HPE 3PAR StoreServ Reviews

• High resiliency with four controllers, no performance impact on single controller failure
• Cage protection
• Performance
• Easy to use and maintain

Failover times.

Yes, we have had a few issues with stability.

No, we haven't had any issues with scalability.

Very good but not perfect.

HPE does the initial setup (hardware and initialization) which makes things much easier. Using 3PAR is simple and straightforward, unlike its competitors such as EMC.

Current licensing model is good. Future users can optimize by buying the best suited model for their needs and future growth plans.

I wasn't part of that effort at the time, so I can't comment.

Go for it, it's a good choice, unless it's too big/expensive for your needs.

• Virtual volume sets
• Hosts sets
• Remote copy
• Snapshots
• Storage tiering
• We currently use SSD for a few databases

Our storage management has been simplified and the performance has improved.

We have a need for a LUNS larger than 16TB but this unit does not support it.

I've used it for two years.

We had HP installers help with the setup and deployment.

We haven't had an issue yet.

Not so far.

Customer service is excellent.

It's excellent.

An EMR upgrade forced us to do a hardware refresh and HP was chosen for several reasons including cost, performance, and ease of use.

It was straightforward as HP did most of the setup.

We a had a team from HP help with the installation and they were great.

We also looked at EMC storage.

I would highly recommend working with HP directly during the installation process. We had the system up and running with production data one week after the equipment arrived.

• ASIC assisted RAID Calculations
• Performance
• Flash

• Incredible performance
• Automation
• Ease of use

• Host Integration
• Support for new platforms

I've used it for four years.

There were some minor issues.

No issues if you plan properly.

No scalability issues at all.

It's the best.

It's the best.

We switched because of the performance and cost of 3PAR was better than our previous solution.

It depends on what aspects you need to configure.

We implemented it in-house.

It was two to three years.

• EMC
• NetApp

My advice would be to do the following:

• Plan it properly
• Implement it
• Check it's working as it should be
• Monitor it regularly

We use the solution for database backups.

I have been using HPE 3PAR StoreServ for more than four years.

The solution is stable.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is scalable.

We have approximately 15 customers using this solution.

The technical support is very good but it is expensive.

I have used IBM FlashSystems.

We used three engineers from HPE to do the implementation and it took two days.

The price of the solution could be reduced for the license and for support.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE 3PAR StoreServ a nine out of ten.

It is used in data centers. We are using HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400.

It is easy to set up, easy to use, and user-friendly. It is easier to work with HPE 3PAR than with Hitachi. Its technical support is also good.

It is suitable for medium-sized businesses and data centers with less number of users and less important data. It is not really an enterprise-level solution. It needs more capacity.

It is also not really stable. It should be more stable. It should also support any server model. It is really weak in this area.

I have been working with this solution for three years. 

It is not really stable. It should be more stable.

Its scalability is good, but it needs a bigger capacity for an enterprise data center. We have around 1,000 users.

Their technical support is really good. HP is the best in terms of technical support.

The initial setup is easy. It is easier to install than Hitachi. You need two or three people for its deployment.

I would recommend Hitachi over this solution. We plan to keep using this solution because it is useful for one or two of our projects.

I would rate HPE 3PAR StoreServ a seven out of ten.

The solution is very stable. HPE is always stable.

The scalability has always been great because of one idea from HPE: no need for us to pay from the beginning for the full machine. We can purchase based on the budget of our company. This makes it scalable. It's great.

Technical support for both 3PAR and Dell EMC in my country, Iran, is very difficult because we are under sanctions. We can get it through other countries.

The initial setup was straightforward. 

Any action we want to do with a Dell EMC product needs a license. But with 3PAR's converged solution, at least there is no need to purchase more licenses to get all the features that we need. We can get basic and mid-range features without licenses. But for simple activities with Dell EMC, we need a license. Also, HPE is simpler than Dell EMC for the end-user.

I would recommend this product for sure.

At a minimum, I would rate this product at eight out of ten. I give it an eight because of the support, that I can't get support in my country. This is the worst part. Support cannot be sold until we are out of the sanctions. It's not anything to do with HPE, it's political issues.

We are using it for the storage for our on-premise servers, which are both Oracle workloads, as well as having many VMs. We have a lot of complex business needs around legacy things.

Our organization has been using 3PAR for about a decade. The performance has been good.

Everything runs smoothly.

The expandability is good. 

HPE can login, fix things, alert us to things, and upgrade. We are there and aware, but we do not do the work. So, that is good.

There are some weird things that we can't figure out.

Stability is good.

Scalability is good.

My team is happy with technical support. However, I have not called them personally.

We had EVAs before, then switched to an earlier generation of 3PAR.

If you can afford it on-premise, and that is the way you want to go, then it is a good solution. 

Overall, it has been a good product, and it is stable.