We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and StarWind Storage Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product lasts a very long time without having to be replaced. It's had a very long life."
"Good performance because it's an all-flash system. Basically, our applications run faster."
"With the support that our organization has, I can talk to someone right away if I have an issue. It has been very good."
"The support is really fast. There is very good support for 3PAR storage."
"They are using Ansible to automate the provisioning, so that simplifies the day-to-day operations."
"This is a very robust product and it offers everything that we are looking for."
"The all-flash positions our organization for growth. If somebody comes to us who needs an application with performance, we have that already formulated."
"All-flash has been the most innovative way of using storage based on the 3PAR platform."
"Its user-friendly interface makes it an attractive option, especially for customers who may not be highly tech-savvy."
"The integration is excellent."
"We are able to easily back up our data and send it to an offsite location."
"We saw an ROI. We have saved both time and money by using it."
"I would say data protection and easy management are the most valuable features of the product...I rate the technical support a nine out of ten."
"Another good feature is that you can pause the appliance if you want to move it from one location to another and then once it's moved you can resume it, this way you can physically move the whole cluster or storage without any downtime. Its really easy to use, if you have a good foundation in storage and clustering then you will need less then one hour to figure out how to operate it."
"They call us when monitoring shows a possible issue and are very flexible in working with our schedule to troubleshoot when it is convenient for us."
"It is very easy to use and very cost effective."
"The interface could be improved to match the system."
"The solution could be improved in regard to space reclamation by adding automation."
"As a management tool, it would help us to have more customer reports."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"The speed of the hard disk could be better. The performance is the main issue for us. The performance of the VMs is not comparable to desktop machines, for instance, and we might need another solution to improve the performance. Other than that, we don't have any issues. We already have a great part of storage with SSDs, and the performance is not as good as I expected."
"The initial setup was complex, due to calculating the amount of performance that we needed for the floor."
"Would like to see some management functions through a web interface."
"I would like to see more virtualization: storage virtualization, data virtualization would be very nice."
"It needs more integration with backup vendors so there is native integration with it that will allow storage level backup/snapshots. I would love to see integration with Veeam and Commvault so it can be recognized by them directly and added as network storage."
"Other solutions, such as StorMagic, offer more flexibility in terms of handling caching and moving data between additional nodes."
"StarWind should improve the synchronization time of its product. There should be a standard operating procedure (SOP) for synchronization to reduce the time it takes."
"The dashboard features are not in the free version."
"An improvement would be if they reached out to education customers with other available products."
"They offered onsite installation, but we chose to do it ourselves. That took longer and was more work for us but saved us a ton of money in the end."
"With StarWind Storage Appliance, it would be better to have an overall easier setup with a little bit of configuration changes since, currently, even a small mistake may cause the setup process to go wrong."
"They could improve by providing integration with HP."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 298 reviews while StarWind Storage Appliance is ranked 10th in NAS with 9 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while StarWind Storage Appliance is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Storage Appliance writes "Offers stable performance even with a single node failure and manages everything with just two nodes". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and VMware vSAN, whereas StarWind Storage Appliance is most compared with FreeNAS, StoneFly VSO NAS, VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. StarWind Storage Appliance report.
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