We performed a comparison between NEC D3 series and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)."The performance is better than with our previous version."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Ability to use mirroring and SnapVault have made backup no longer necessary."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"The support is very good."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"It lacks automatic tiering, When you use data, some of it goes cold. It is not hot data, so the system should automatically move that data to the SATA, while the hot data is kept on tier-one, the SaaS or SSD drives."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
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NEC D3 series is ranked 21st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 1st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 98 reviews. NEC D3 series is rated 9.0, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of NEC D3 series writes "Stable, performs well, and the technical support is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". NEC D3 series is most compared with , whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem.
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