Dell EqualLogic PS series vs HPE 3PAR StoreServ comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) category. Dell Technologies is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.3, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8. Dell Technologies holds a 5.0% mindshare in MS, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 11.8% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Dell EqualLogic PS series

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Dell EqualLogic PS series are competing in the enterprise storage solutions category. HPE 3PAR StoreServ takes the upper hand with its thorough set of features and strong customer support.

Features: HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers comprehensive features like a combination of SSD, SAS, and SATA disks, providing high performance with an active-active controller design. Its transparent failover between data centers ensures uninterrupted operations, and the replication and dynamic provisioning features enhance data management. Dell EqualLogic PS series provides solid storage capabilities but lacks advanced features such as auto-tiering and flexible migration.

Room for Improvement: HPE 3PAR StoreServ could enhance its monitoring and reporting tools, make updating simpler, and focus on integrating more advanced deduplication and cloud capabilities. Dell EqualLogic PS series requires improvements in scalability, mixed RAID level support, and replication efficiency. Both systems need improvements in energy efficiency and cost reduction.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers a reliable deployment process backed by strong customer service, highlighting knowledgeable technical support. Dell EqualLogic PS series provides easy deployment and effective customer service, but with its end-of-life status approaching, support is diminishing, potentially affecting future deployment experiences.

Pricing and ROI: HPE 3PAR StoreServ has a high upfront cost that is offset by its significant ROI due to enhanced performance and manageability, with a newer licensing model that adds value. Dell EqualLogic PS series is more affordable initially, but offers lower long-term ROI due to limitations in scalability and advanced features relative to competitors, though maintaining a strong relationship with Dell may provide pricing flexibility.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell EqualLogic PS series

Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

304

Ranking in other categories

NAS (8th), All-Flash Storage (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) category, the mindshare of Dell EqualLogic PS series is 5.0%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is 11.8%, up from 9.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE 3PAR StoreServ	11.8%
Dell EqualLogic PS series	5.0%
Other	83.2%

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Khuram Ayyaz

Network Executive at Virtual University

Has enabled uninterrupted access to educational platforms and simplified storage management

Dell EqualLogic PS series is easily scalable, and we can add extra boxes and storage. It was easy to deploy during COVID. Deploying Dell EqualLogic PS series is straightforward, with no complexity involved. Dell EqualLogic PS series is a good product. We did not experience any failures in the last six to seven years, and it is still running as our storage for offline data. There are snapshot capabilities in data protection available, but we did not use that feature because it consumes much space. We have only 150 terabytes of space and simply use it to create volumes without utilizing it for snapshots. We use thin provisioning in Dell EqualLogic PS series, but I did not explore that feature further.

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Cyril Omatsola

Information Systems & Security Administrator at a government with 501-1,000 employees

Ease of use in data center boosts resilience and infrastructure efficiency

I find the HPE 3PAR StoreServ valuable for its ease of use and resilience, which is beneficial. The main benefits I have seen from having HPE 3PAR StoreServ include its use at a small branch I managed for about three years with around 60 users. It operates effectively because it is an HPE product we use there. I have not experienced any significant issues besides occasional IT-related ones, such as local database problems. Since handing over the administration of the system to someone else and moving to another department, there have not been any issues. There are many features that exist but I haven't needed to try. Before moving out of that role in my organization, I knew it was a product I enjoyed working with for infrastructure purposes. After completing my new role, I intend to return to infrastructure.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution offers very good read capacities, the size of the box we have is pretty decent, the speed on offer is very good, we have found the initial setup to be fairly straightforward, and Dell's technical support is very good."

"We've dealt with technical support and have found them to be helpful and responsive."

"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."

"I have been using Equallogic arrays for myself and my customers for over seven years now, and they continue to be my gold standard for SMB storage."

"It is stable and scalable."

"It has contributed to the implementation of virtualization and all its benefits."

"The technical support for EqualLogic has been universally outstanding."

"You can always trust it. It is stable."

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"It's robust and offers very good performance."

"We came from the EVA which was the previous version and this is, hands-down, way better."

"It pretty much does almost everything we're looking for."

"We're using Peer-to-Peer for two data centers and having that fill over instantaneous is what we really needed for disaster recovery."

"It has high availability, and it's flexible to tuning for system admin."

"This solution is stable and reliable, it has good performance and we have a team of three to monitor the 3PAR on a daily basis."

"Very recently, we are able to do a lot of data center automation by being able to script some of the 3PAR actions for our private cloud."

"Previously, we were using EVA from HPE. When we moved to 3PAR, we noticed a reduction in footprint, reduced by more than 30%. We use the Adaptive Optimization, giving us a reduction in cost and with better performance."

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Cons

"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."

"When they deployed our cluster, they did not provide any documentation or low-level or high-level diagrams. They simply came, mounted the servers, and started installation without documentation, which is a negative point on the vendor side."

"It is at the end of support and no longer supported."

"EqualLogic is really not going to be relevant in the marketplace too much longer."

"It's kind of expensive when you buy the EqualLogic solution because, as you grow, you have to keep buying another controller. It can be more expensive with time."

"The searchable online documentation is missing."

"One problem with this solution is that synchronous replication requires lots of duplicated space."

"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."

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"Yes, we have had a few issues with stability."

"Sadly, the support from HPE has not been all that great. It is tough to get a tech out or get a response from some of the techs that we have."

"I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime."

"The price is a little bit high."

"The one thing that we've always struggled with are the file sizes. HPE 3PAR still has a limit of 16 terabytes for VMDK limit and I think there is more to do in this aspect."

"There were one or two small issues where it would have been more helpful to talk directly to a subject matter expert."

"There is need to have pre-defined setups for your clients so that you know that the configuration at the LS is correct."

"3PAR did not increase our performance, and it has increased our latency by at least double."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It seemed expensive at first, but the durability lowered the cost of ownership dramatically over time."

"All features are out of the box. The license will be in the virtual, OS, or application layer."

"Price-wise, the solution is cheap. I rate it a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive."

"I don't think I would say that the product is less expensive...The product's price is not an issue for our company, considering the relationship we have with Dell and the customer support we receive."

"Licensing is pretty straightforward."

"Dell EqualLogic PS series can improve its scale-out feature. Sometimes the customer has a limited budget for storage expansion. When they want to expand their capacity, they need to buy a complete controller plus storage capacity, which sometimes is out of their budget. If Dell EqualLogic PS series support could scale up the environment in which only hard drive extension controllers should be supported, then customers can expand within a lower budget."

"I didn't buy it. It was another person seven years ago. So, I don't really know, but all storage platforms cost a lot of money. It is probably in the mid-range, but you get what you pay for."

"Initial packages include all upgrades and services."

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"I would like it to be cheaper."

"We are going to buy eight nodes this year and eight nodes next year. Eventually, we are not going to want to buy large storage devices and probably utilize just storage, but in a different manner going forward."

"It is quite difficult to decide on the cost. At one point, I was the project lead to cover with some people, but the price was important and we had its compression calculated. At that moment, it was fair because that was one of the things moving their product due to the cost of HPE 3PAR StoreServ as they were competing with Hitachi and IBM A9000, which I'm not sure if is still available."

"Performance is at least two times, if not three times, what we had previously."

"We purchased the solution as CapEx and we only pay support now. I find the pricing fantastic."

"We have seen ROI. While the costs were quite high at the time of purchase for our environment, the ease of use and the fact that it hasn't failed all the time, working fine, that makes it worth buying."

"We purchased the total package for approximately $60,000."

"The licensing cost for HPE 3PAR StoreServ is expensive."

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Large Enterprise	170

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell EqualLogic PS series?

The technical support for the solution was really good.

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What needs improvement with Dell EqualLogic PS series?

I do not have anything in mind regarding new capabilities for Dell products at this time.

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What is your primary use case for Dell EqualLogic PS series?

We are essentially a university, and we have deployed Dell EqualLogic PS series in our data centers to run our production sites, student portals, websites, our on-premises portal, and campus manage...

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What's the difference between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE Primera?

HPE Primera has many great features but one of the best is that it is very easy to deploy. From an overall perspective, it is reliable, easy to set up, stable, and offers quality block storage. All...

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What do you like most about HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

The compression features are good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

As a customer, I always prefer to have a lower price. Any customer will always ask for the cheaper price.

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Also Known As

EqualLogic PS series

HPE 3PAR Flash Storage, InServ, Storeserv, 3PAR Flash Storage, HP Enterprise Storage, 3PAR Flash Array, HP 3PAR Flash Storage

Overview

Dell EqualLogic PS series offers enterprise-level scalability, reliability, and virtualization at reasonable costs. With exceptional performance and ease of management, it's an ideal choice for modern storage needs.

EqualLogic PS series provides impressive scale-out capabilities, seamless virtualization compatibility, automated tiering, and thin provisioning. The storage system supports robust features like snapshot capabilities, synchronous replication, and stable data expansion. High reliability and efficient data management make it suitable for organizations needing dependable storage solutions. While enhancements in controller failover, performance, and Fibre Channel connectivity are desired, it addresses high IOPS demands and integrates well with VMware environments, offering stable operation in data centers.

What are the key features of Dell EqualLogic PS series?

Scalability: Allows easy expansion to meet growing data needs.
Automated Tiering: Optimizes storage efficiency and performance.
Thin Provisioning: Maximizes storage utilization and efficiency.
Virtualization Compatibility: Seamlessly integrates with virtual environments.
Snapshot Capabilities: Enhances data protection and recovery.

What benefits can users expect from Dell EqualLogic PS series?

High Reliability: Zero failures over extended periods.
Reasonable Costs: Offers competitive pricing for its performance.
Exceptional Support: Backed by robust technical support services.
Straightforward Management: Easy to deploy and manage.
Redundancy: Ensures data safety and reliability.

In industries like education and corporate IT, Dell EqualLogic PS series is used for shared storage in VMware environments, powering virtual machines, student portals, and production sites. It effectively supports databases with high IOPS requirements, such as Oracle and SQL, making it a trusted component of data center operations for file storage and backup needs.

Dell Technologies

HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers unparalleled performance and flexibility for enterprise storage needs. It is highly valued for its manageability and advanced capabilities, making it ideal for mission-critical workloads.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is a high-performance storage system known for its ease of use and robust architecture. It supports seamless upgrades and is adaptable to evolving technology, making it an excellent choice for electronic medical records, virtualization, and centralized data management. With integration capabilities supporting applications like SQL Server, VMware, and SAP, it effectively meets diverse business needs.

What are the key features of HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

Ease of Use: Simplifies management tasks with an intuitive interface.
Reliability: Offers high availability and robust architecture for mission-critical workloads.
Flash Storage: Provides fast data access and improved performance.
Dynamic Provisioning: Enhances scalability and resource allocation.
Data Deduplication: Reduces storage costs by eliminating duplicate data.
Tiered Storage: Optimizes data storage with automated tiering.

What benefits should users consider when evaluating HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

Performance: Handles demanding workloads with efficiency.
Scalability: Grows with enterprise needs without compromising performance.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with existing systems and applications.
Proactive Support: Ensures smooth operation with timely updates and support.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is employed in industries like healthcare and finance, supporting applications such as Oracle databases and SAP. It enhances data processing and provides essential storage for virtual and real-time applications, meeting the rigorous demands of sectors requiring reliable and high-performance storage solutions.

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