HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs SolidFire comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

HPE 3PAR StoreServ and SolidFire compete in the storage solutions category. Based on user reviews, HPE 3PAR StoreServ leads in pricing and customer support, whereas SolidFire excels in feature set, giving it a competitive edge for feature-focused users.

Features: HPE 3PAR StoreServ is known for its scalability, stability, and integration capabilities. SolidFire users value its performance, automation, and QoS features, highlighting SolidFire's advanced capabilities.

Room for Improvement: HPE 3PAR StoreServ users highlight needs in software update management, user interface, and enhanced cost efficiency. SolidFire users seek better cost efficiency, support responsiveness, and more streamlined features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE 3PAR StoreServ is noted for easy deployment and consistent customer service. SolidFire offers straightforward deployment but has variable user experiences with customer support.

Pricing and ROI: HPE 3PAR StoreServ is praised for cost-effectiveness and quick ROI, with specific pricing noted. SolidFire, while more expensive, offers substantial ROI through a robust feature set, catering to those prioritizing advanced functionalities.

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Everpure FlashArray

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Everpure FlashArray is 6.4%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is 4.3%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolidFire is 1.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

All-Flash Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Everpure FlashArray	6.4%
HPE 3PAR StoreServ	4.3%
SolidFire	1.7%
Other	87.6%

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Cristian Ion

Senior Information Technology Engineer at Eta2u

All-flash storage has unified my clients’ workloads and has reduced TCO through efficient data services

The pricing and licensing of Everpure FlashArray is a problem because Everpure is considered more expensive than competitors. IBM, Lenovo, and Dell are more aggressive on prices. It is a very complicated market, especially now, and I understand the prices are higher at Everpure because of the software and all the enhancements it has. However, in this competitive market, we have a big problem selling to customers that are on a tight budget. A product with better pricing would be a win in the end. The RC or C20, for example, was a very good product that I could sell more easily than other options. Everpure FlashArray//C is sufficient for most workloads and virtualization workloads if you do not have very large databases. A product like that helps, and perhaps a new product in the future that is a little cheaper than the current options would be a possibility to gain more market share. I see the return on investment clearly from using Everpure FlashArray, but the challenge is selling it to customers for the first time. There are many customers who fall in the sweet spot where they are too small for an X or even a C model. They need something a little cheaper, they have the money for a cheaper version, and they need the performance of a Pure system. These customers could be more easily approached if Everpure offers a version of a local device in the future that is even cheaper than the C-class. I am trying now to help customers understand the concept behind AG1. I know that AG1 is not profitable if capacity is less than 50 terabytes. However, some customers would be very willing to pay for 25 terabytes in a cloud operated by Pure and to have it accessible with very good speed. We will see what the future brings.

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Muhammad Saqib

System Engineer at Hybrid Tech

Uninterrupted upgrades accelerate performance with good support

I would rate the solution eight out of ten. It should be noted that in Pakistan, some parts are not readily available, and we need to import them from Singapore or other countries. We encountered an issue with a customer where the midplane failed and was not available. We had to wait for several days for a replacement, even in a 24/7 support case. Additionally, we faced motherboard failures in the customer's environment, encountering two motherboard failures simultaneously. We obtained one motherboard immediately, yet had to wait ten days for another. These issues should have been resolved promptly given the 24/7 support level.

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Ramil Cerrada

Solution lead at Globe Mobile

A versatile storage solution suitable for various workloads in cloud environments providing scalable architecture, granular Quality of Service and consistent performance

The most significant benefit lies in its exceptional performance, driven by its Flash-based architecture. This enhances routing speed and, consequently, database performance. The provisioning process is efficient and doesn't demand higher latency, ensuring optimal data transfer performance which is particularly valuable for tasks like data mining, where quick results are essential.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is all-flash. This makes it a lot faster than the rest of what we have, as it is able to drive high I/O loads, which is big for us."

"The scalability options are very nice because you can scale it much better and faster. The scalability was there in the previous environment also, but this is far better than what we had before. It basically helps the user in case they are looking for more storage. We can scale it much faster."

"Do it. I have zero reservations about recommending Pure to anyone who is looking for some really good all-flash."

"One valuable feature of the Pure Storage FlashArray is its Flash-based architecture, which provides a significant advantage."

"The back-end data reporting for Pure Storage is phenomenal. The data that you can see on the performance of your customers' array, so you can be proactive about upgrades or enhancements, and is a phenomenal tool to have access to as a partner. I haven't seen this type of stuff out of anything of the other storage systems."

"Overall, Pure Storage FlashArray has never let us down in front of customers so far."

"We're getting good performance, and the compression ratio is also very good in Pure Storage FlashArray."

"You can get your storage access within two minutes, which is great, because it is a lot quicker for our team to get the servers up and running."

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"3PAR stability has been there since day one, and it's one of the platforms that has just been a joy to work with because it changed the way that we are able to protect our entire environment."

"The solution’s deduplication functionality works great. We are getting about a 16:1 dedupe ratio on our VM workloads."

"It all works in concert using Recovery Manager Central (RMC). HPE coordinates it all, so it is more of a solution instead of products trying to do things together."

"It has helped a lot for times when our customers do DR testing. Instead of having to spin down and spin up, I can do it live and seamless. I do not have to schedule downtime with an organization."

"3PAR has enabled us to bring additional services to the organization that we wouldn't have been able to bring on, giving us the flexibility of just not worrying about the infrastructure and giving the business the confidence to roll out services."

"With our electronical health record, we are one of the few customers who are able to offer it as a service to other hospital systems."

"The most valuable features for me are the simple management of the platform and its performance."

"It handles the structure of our system easily and provides us with really good performance."

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"With a SolidFire I think that problem goes away."

"The product is easy to manage and deploy, it's got full API functionality and the performance is pretty steady."

"It's absolutely a consistently stable solution, with 100% up-time and no data loss at all, not even the slightest, delivering not only stability but also a lot of efficiency with the data storage."

"SolidFire has seamless performance for the nodes and extensions. I also like the tool’s scalability. The product’s performance does not get affected when we scale either up or down. This is not the case with other products."

"Individual settings you can put on each individual volume, if you want to do that."

"The provisioning process is efficient and doesn't demand higher latency, ensuring optimal data transfer performance which is particularly valuable for tasks like data mining, where quick results are essential."

"Each time I have been in contact with technical support, it has been proactive."

"The scalability and being able to implement it quickly."

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Cons

"From a scalability perspective, it is a very small storage solution, so it's not very expandable."

"Price per terabyte is substantially higher than their competition. We would like to see it drop."

"The price should be lower."

"FlashArray could improve on the administrative side. For example, when you need to upgrade the boxes, we can't do that ourselves. We need to open a ticket with support and have them do that for us. You don't need to be on the call with them. We tell them we have a slot that we want to upgrade, and they send us an email when it's done."

"There was some complexity in the initial setup."

"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."

"A noticeable area for improvement is the support for object storage. The FlashArray does not natively support object storage like S3 or Swift, which pushes customers needing these features towards the more expensive FlashBlade."

"I would prefer that they lower their pricing."

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"Once we starting using this solution, there were some problems with the performance."

"I would like an easier user interface and setup to help with deployment. There were many areas of the setup where I was like, “Why don't we do it this way?” Therefore, some of the things in the user interface could have been more refined, so you don't have to click in 5000 different places to accomplish one goal. Less clicks means more efficiency."

"The price of this solution should be lower."

"Technical support was average, and bad handling some incidents."

"The GUI interface could be improved."

"Stability could be better. We have had it 3 years and we had three down times."

"The one thing that we've always struggled with are the file sizes. HPE 3PAR still has a limit of 16 terabytes for VMDK limit and I think there is more to do in this aspect."

"I would like an easier user interface and setup to help with deployment."

More HPE 3PAR StoreServ cons

"The user interface needs to be improved."

"For people using FC SAN, SolidFire is not an option because of the interface."

"However, when we wanted to change how we want to do it and basically start it over, do some hands on training with some of the architects who would be working on it, one of the issues was there wasn't an admin password at the BIOS level to restart it over."

"The user interface needs to be improved. Much of the client feedback involves comments such as "Oh, it's hard to navigate through.""

"Lately, we've had lots of hardware having general issues with lots of failures. It seems like every month at least we're replacing an entire node, as opposed to just drive failures which you would normally expect, or small components."

"We are looking for, potentially, on the Active IQ reporting side, to do reporting based on the datastore. Right now, I can report on the whole SolidFire, or I can report on just a certain datastore or a volume. I'd like to take all of my VDI infrastructure, which as an example would be multiple datastores."

"Though it is a stable solution, its users may face some security issues at times...The security provided by the solution is one area that can be improved."

"In fact, the price is quite high compared to other vendors, but what we really loved about SolidFire was the agility of the team."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have seen a reduction in TCO."

"We implemented Pure Storage FlashArray nine years ago when it was new to the market and obtained it at a preferential price."

"Cost-wise, it's been very effective."

"It's a good price point and it's a solid product for the price."

"For us, as the customer, it reduced the price of the management."

"We purchased a license to use this solution and we pay for the storage ourselves."

"Pricing is very competitive, and it's better than other competitors."

"We have seen a reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO)."

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"This licensing fees for this solution are merged with all of our HP annual costs, which in total are a couple hundred thousand dollars."

"It is reasonable. As compared to other solutions, it doesn't seem to be much different."

"The cost is reasonable given that the licensing is all included once you purchase it."

"They have added features, such as the compression and duplication, which have further increased our ROI."

"The SSD is a little bit expensive."

"The solution has two parts: software and hardware, and you need to buy licenses for some features."

"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is an expensive solution."

"We purchased the total package for approximately $60,000."

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"The price of this solution is more expensive than others."

"We would probably use SolidFire more, except we're getting more bang for our buck with our purchases of ONTAP right now, and the deal we made with NetApp, so it's more of just a cost decision"

"On a scale where one is a high price and ten is a low price, I rate the solution between three and four. It is an expensive solution."

"It might be considered expensive, but when evaluating performance, it represents good value online because you pay for what you get."

"Based on what I heard from other people, its price was on the higher side."

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Federal Civ/Intel Engineering Lead at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 1, 2015

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Outsourcing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Construction Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Outsourcing Company

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Small Business	75
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	162

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Small Business	73
Midsize Enterprise	74
Large Enterprise	170

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	17

Questions from the Community

Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?

Both are great platforms, but if you are considering all flash solutions, I would recommend you to consider Pure Stor...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashArray?

When comparing cost, I find that the cost is either the same or slightly higher, but that is returned by the ease of ...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashArray?

The only thing I think could be improved is price. The price is the main concern for our customers.

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What's the difference between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE Primera?

HPE Primera has many great features but one of the best is that it is very easy to deploy. From an overall perspectiv...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

As a customer, I always prefer to have a lower price. Any customer will always ask for the cheaper price.

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What needs improvement with HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

I have no specific ideas for improvement at present. We just need to verify whether our current virtual server setup ...

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Also Known As

Pure Storage FlashArray

HPE 3PAR Flash Storage, InServ, Storeserv, 3PAR Flash Storage, HP Enterprise Storage, 3PAR Flash Array, HP 3PAR Flash Storage

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Overview

The FlashArray family delivers consistent, high-performance data services across block, file, and object workloads. As part of the Everpure Platform, it provides the foundation for a unified data plane, enabling applications to reliably access, protect, and manage data across environments with simplicity and predictability. With built-in capabilities such as inline data reduction, snapshots, replication, and ransomware resilience, FlashArray ensures efficient operations, protected data, and consistent application uptime.

As the foundation of the (unified) data plane, FlashArray enables policy-driven automation, monitoring, and centralized management while integrating across cloud and on-premises environments. Built on an Evergreen architecture, it supports non-disruptive upgrades and continuous performance improvements over time while simplifying operations at scale.

What Key Features Does FlashArray Offer?

Simplicity and Speed: Easy management and rapid performance enhancements.
Data Reduction: Effective deduplication and compression.
Flash Architecture: Seamless upgrades and outstanding resilience.
VMware Integration: Excellent compatibility with virtualization platforms.
Predictive Analytics: Strong insights for proactive management.

What Benefits Should Users Consider?

Reliability: Proactive support with minimal downtime.
Efficiency: Reduced storage footprint and enhanced data management.
Performance: Faster processing speeds and low latency.
User Experience: Simplified management with Evergreen model.

In industries like finance, banking, and healthcare, FlashArray supports high-performance storage needs focusing on virtualization and database environments. Employed for VMware workloads, disaster recovery, and storage provisioning, it ensures application performance in private or hybrid cloud setups while enhancing management of virtualized environments.

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)

HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers unparalleled performance and flexibility for enterprise storage needs. It is highly valued for its manageability and advanced capabilities, making it ideal for mission-critical workloads.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is a high-performance storage system known for its ease of use and robust architecture. It supports seamless upgrades and is adaptable to evolving technology, making it an excellent choice for electronic medical records, virtualization, and centralized data management. With integration capabilities supporting applications like SQL Server, VMware, and SAP, it effectively meets diverse business needs.

What are the key features of HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

Ease of Use: Simplifies management tasks with an intuitive interface.
Reliability: Offers high availability and robust architecture for mission-critical workloads.
Flash Storage: Provides fast data access and improved performance.
Dynamic Provisioning: Enhances scalability and resource allocation.
Data Deduplication: Reduces storage costs by eliminating duplicate data.
Tiered Storage: Optimizes data storage with automated tiering.

What benefits should users consider when evaluating HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

Performance: Handles demanding workloads with efficiency.
Scalability: Grows with enterprise needs without compromising performance.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with existing systems and applications.
Proactive Support: Ensures smooth operation with timely updates and support.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is employed in industries like healthcare and finance, supporting applications such as Oracle databases and SAP. It enhances data processing and provides essential storage for virtual and real-time applications, meeting the rigorous demands of sectors requiring reliable and high-performance storage solutions.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

SolidFire stands out for its QoS features, scalability, and user-friendly experience, making it a trusted choice for enhancing VDI environments with reliable IOPS allocation.

SolidFire offers a robust architecture that allows seamless node control, supporting dynamic data centers effectively. Its integration with platforms like OpenStack via RESTful APIs, along with efficient auto support and high performance using flash architecture, makes it suitable for demanding workloads. Its compact design and swift deployment make it appealing for diverse environments. However, users suggest improvements in IOPS allocation clarity, purchasing guidance, and reporting options. Additional fiber channel support, enhanced multi-tenancy, and improved IPv6 configuration are also desired. The platform's integration and compatibility could benefit from cloud support and protocol diversity. While its initial cost is high, which can be challenging for smaller setups, there is also feedback on enhancing node management and the upgrade process.

What are SolidFire's most significant features?

QoS Features: Prioritize and allocate IOPS to enhance VDI environments.
Scalability: Supports seamless node control for dynamic data centers.
RESTful APIs: Integrates smoothly with platforms like OpenStack.
Flash Architecture: Ensures performance in demanding workloads.
Compact Design: Facilitates quick deployment across environments.

What benefits might reviews highlight?

IOPS Allocation: Enhances performance in virtualized settings.
Integration Capabilities: Seamless blend with existing infrastructure.
Deployment Ease: Swift setup process in heterogeneous environments.
Node Control: Simplifies management within data centers.

SolidFire is predominantly utilized in hyper-converged environments catering to workloads in ESX and Hyper-V settings. It functions as an on-premises VMware provisioning tool, elevating software-defined data centers with agile storage options. Employed in private cloud settings for high-tier flash storage, it supports iSCSI connections for SSD disk allocation and serves as a block storage solution. Organizations leverage SolidFire for cloud operations, virtualization, and Oracle RAC implementations, indicating its adaptability and strength in supporting critical infrastructures.

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