We performed a comparison between NetApp FAS Series and VAST Data based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"The availability and ease of use are the big features."
"The speed of the Pure FlashArray is very, very fast and nothing in the market can compare to it."
"The stability of Pure Storage is very very good."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"The strong point is that our clients like this are RadLV (Radiology Low-Value). They also use SnapMirror and MetroCluster."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"The replication feature is noteworthy because it's faster than most and it uses little bandwidth. Then there's the friendly interface that the equipment offers. With this interface, it is very easy to manage."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"NAS stability"
"Flexible and reliable storage solution with multiple features such as cloning, replication, and deduplication. Data migration can be done without any performance implications on the production systems."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"The setup needs to be improved the most. They can do a little more with the user interface, but the setup is what I would like to see made a bit easier."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"With scalability, I have run into a little problem with our last upgrade. There were some undocumented limitations to the number of drives that our controller could run on. So, instead of putting in a new data pack as we had anticipated, we had to keep adding and removing to get up to the capacity that we needed to be. What should have been a one day process (or a few hours) turned into a month and a half process."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"The product should include an audit log feature."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The biggest issue we face is parts delivery. There's no local warehouse in Myanmar, so if a customer encounters a technical problem like an IMEI issue, they have to wait a long time for replacement parts."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
"NetApp systems are somewhat more complex, though not excessively so. If you're transitioning from a Windows server environment to NetApp, get training or education; otherwise, you might struggle with this solution."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 18th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews. NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Qumulo, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Snowflake.
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