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NetApp FAS Series pros and cons

Vendor: NetApp
4.3 out of 5
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PROS

NetApp FAS Series provides robust data management features including SnapMirror, Snapshot, and SnapVault, ensuring data security and compliance.
Highly stable and reliable, NetApp FAS Series offers excellent performance and scalability, especially under heavy load.
With the ability to handle both SAN and NAS environments simultaneously, NetApp FAS Series delivers versatility in storage solutions.
Customers praise its cost-effective storage capabilities, including integrated snapshot and backup features for all performance levels, including all-flash.
NetApp FAS Series is known for its ease of setup and maintenance, offering seamless integration with public cloud components and enabling automation via API.

CONS

NetApp FAS Series lacks sufficient documentation for automating APIs, making it challenging for customers.
Upgrades in NetApp FAS Series can be complex and often lead to bugs, impacting system performance and reliability.
The migration process from 7-Mode to Clustered Data ONTAP in NetApp FAS Series needs significant improvement as users face challenges.
NetApp FAS Series has persistent issues with high pricing, making it less attractive to cost-sensitive users and often compared unfavorably to competitors.
Technical support for NetApp FAS Series requires improvement, especially in regions where partners are not available, impacting user experience.
 

NetApp FAS Series Pros review quotes

Srikanth Purushothaman - PeerSpot reviewer
DIRECTOR at Vellore Online Systems
Oct 8, 2025
An advantage we've seen with NetApp FAS Series is that snapshots provide very rapid backup and fast recovery.
GM
Analyst at Sutherland Global Services
Jul 6, 2026
The data management features of Data ONTAP are highly valuable for my organization in terms of data security and compliance, and with SnapMirror, Snapshot, and SnapVault in place I have not experienced data loss or unavailability, which has helped prevent escalations and allowed me to resolve issues within one to two hours while maintaining data integrity.
Shailendra Choudhary - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 4, 2026
The integration with cloud environments has benefited my customers' storage strategy by providing cloud volume ONTAP.
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reviewer2689182 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 9, 2025
In NetApp FAS Series, I appreciate the visibility.
HT
Senior Cloud System Engineer at Atos Poland
Apr 17, 2025
The biggest advantage that makes NetApp FAS Series better is that we can use RAID technology on the storage.
reviewer2560449 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 24, 2024
It gives us the performance we need and the reliability we need to make sure that our systems have the uptime that our internal customers demand.
AR
IT Services at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 25, 2024
The ONTAP tools make managing VMware easier.
reviewer2560956 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 25, 2024
It's enabled us to allow admins across the IT organization to more easily manage their own subset of data within our organization.
reviewer2560530 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Storage Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 24, 2024
NetApp's cloud-based PaaS has been a massive help for unstructured data.
reviewer1395864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Director France, Belgium and Luxembourg at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Mar 5, 2025
One important feature for customers is its ease of use and continuity, enabling seamless usage across on-premise and cloud environments.
 

NetApp FAS Series Cons review quotes

Srikanth Purushothaman - PeerSpot reviewer
DIRECTOR at Vellore Online Systems
Oct 8, 2025
The main area for improvement for NetApp FAS Series is price. Unfortunately, in India, NetApp price clearance takes longer than EMC.
GM
Analyst at Sutherland Global Services
Jul 6, 2026
Regarding its pricing, I believe it is high. I utilize both HDD and SSD, where SSDs are more cost-friendly, yet HDDs are higher in cost, making it not very affordable but still useful.
Shailendra Choudhary - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 4, 2026
There is room for improvement when it comes to response time and first-level support quality.
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reviewer2689182 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 9, 2025
It was not possible to have a custom user inside ONTAP without the delete permission to delete the volume. We wanted others to be able to create a SnapMirror and volume, but have no volume deletion permission. In the newest version, it seems to already be in place, but there was a bug enabling this one in older versions 9.11, 9.10, or earlier.
HT
Senior Cloud System Engineer at Atos Poland
Apr 17, 2025
Regarding the stability of NetApp FAS Series, I would rate it seven or seven point five because there are frequent panic messages.
reviewer2560449 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 24, 2024
When we were going through all the MFA hardening and the anti-ransomware setup, I gave some feedback to our executive. The MFA process for getting that set up on the AFF systems was cumbersome compared to some of our other systems.
AR
IT Services at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 25, 2024
It's hard to find in-person training that fits our schedule in our area. They offer a lot of online training, but we need somewhere to go because we can't really get away from the office.
reviewer2560956 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 25, 2024
A big problem with physical appliances is that updating them can be a bit burdensome.
reviewer2560530 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Storage Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 24, 2024
NetApp could improve costs while making the solution more straightforward to use and deploy.
reviewer1395864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Director France, Belgium and Luxembourg at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Mar 5, 2025
One area that needs improvement is the hyper-converged solution. Although NetApp has a solution, compared to Nutanix, it falls short.