NetApp AFF A-Series pros and cons

4.3 out of 5

7 reviews
100% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

NetApp AFF A-Series excels with hot and cold storage, unmatched inline deduplication, and Five 9s availability through immutable snapshots and MetroCluster. While storage synchronization is market-leading, improvements are needed in ransomware protection and core speed technology. Volume share limitations affect Kubernetes integration, and pricing should be more affordable for enterprise storage. Annual sessions to introduce new features are recommended for tech buyers.

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PROS

NetApp AFF A-Series is faster and more robust than other all-flash storage options from NetApp.

NetApp's hot and cold storage are highly valuable features.

Immutable snapshots offer advanced security benefits.

NetApp's MetroCluster efficiently synchronizes storage.

NetApp's inline deduplication and compression are superior to other vendors.

CONS

NetApp is encouraged to organize yearly sessions with partners to discuss new features and potential enhancements.

Ransomware protection in NetApp could be improved.

NetApp's shift to the cloud and AI adoption has not led to improvements in core technology regarding faster storage delivery.

Limitations in volume sharing in NetApp systems pose challenges, especially in integrating with Kubernetes container volumes.

Pricing for NetApp, particularly for enterprise-level storage, is suggested to be more competitive to increase appeal to businesses.

NetApp AFF A-Series Pros review quotes

Raymond Ciscon

Senior Systems Engineer at MacLean-Fogg Company

Sep 25, 2024

The amazing thing is that whenever we have come up with an issue where we need to get something done, and it wasn't necessarily available, they could do things for us, usually within the next revision of the software.

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MartinSandell

Senior Storage Engineer at Orange Business

Feb 14, 2025

NetApp's inline deduplication and compression are unmatched compared to other vendors.

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Chetan-Patil

Service Advisor at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Apr 25, 2025

NetApp AFF A-Series is faster and more robust compared to the all-flash storage of NetApp.

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reviewer2560527

Sr. Systems Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 24, 2024

We've reduced downtime. Without all of NetApp's benefits, we would have had to reconfigure parts of storage that would have required downtime. We have dramatically reduced our downtime through successive generations of NetApp, allowing us to get Five 9s availability.

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Veerle Van Ransbeek

Manager ICT Infra and Operations at De LIjn

Oct 7, 2024

NetApp's hot and cold storage are its most valuable features. We currently use the A series. Immutable snapshots are another advanced security feature that is positive.

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reviewer2560926

Product Owner Storage at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 25, 2024

MetroCluster is the best product on the market. It synchronizes the storage. NetApp's update packages are a huge advantage because the firmware and server updates are in one package.

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Design Automation Principal Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 25, 2024

NetApp helps us get the fastest output.

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NetApp AFF A-Series Cons review quotes

Raymond Ciscon

Senior Systems Engineer at MacLean-Fogg Company

Sep 25, 2024

I really don't have a lot of complaints. In the past, there were issues, however, they've really done a great job of reaching out.

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MartinSandell

Senior Storage Engineer at Orange Business

Feb 14, 2025

Pricing could always be lower.

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Chetan-Patil

Service Advisor at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Apr 25, 2025

NetApp AFF A-Series should work on cost. The solutions, especially enterprise-level storage, should be more affordable to improve their appeal to businesses.

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reviewer2560527

Sr. Systems Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 24, 2024

The solution's ransomware protection could be improved.

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Veerle Van Ransbeek

Manager ICT Infra and Operations at De LIjn

Oct 7, 2024

It would be helpful if our partner organized a yearly session with my team to discuss the new feature sets on our current solutions and other ways NetApp can help us. Perhaps we are missing some information to help us make the right decision.

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reviewer2560926

Product Owner Storage at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 25, 2024

We have several problems with the limitations of NetApp systems in terms of volume shares. We have a brick in a 700 or a controller, and we sometimes make small volumes, but Kubernetes container volumes don't allow us.

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reviewer2560899

Design Automation Principal Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 25, 2024

NetApp is shifting to the cloud and adopting AI, but it is not improving its core technology to deliver faster storage. We're still waiting to see if it improves speed with solutions like the 90 series.

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