HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs HPE StoreEasy comparison

HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StoreEasy are both solutions in the NAS category. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.5, while HPE StoreEasy is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.8. HPE 3PAR StoreServ holds a 3.5% mindshare in N, compared to HPE StoreEasy’s 4.9% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of HPE 3PAR StoreServ users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of HPE StoreEasy users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 7, 2024

HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StoreEasy compete in the storage solutions category. HPE 3PAR StoreServ appears to have the upper hand due to its strong performance, advanced features, and scalability capabilities.

Features: HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers flexible thin provisioning, dynamic tiering, and supports SSDs for enhanced speed and efficiency. It includes automated failover and recovery, allowing seamless operation across systems. The solution is praised for its scalability, particularly in the 7400 series, and ease of integrating updates without downtime. HPE StoreEasy, on the other hand, is recognized for straightforward provisioning and Windows integration, making it ideal for simpler storage needs.

Room for Improvement: HPE 3PAR StoreServ could improve its monitoring and reporting capabilities by adding more automation, refining GUI management, and enhancing scalability options. Users also suggest having easier firmware updates and intuitive error reports. HPE StoreEasy would benefit from improved scalability, better compatibility with additional cloud platforms, and more robust support for system crashes, which often require a full system reinstall. Enhanced alignment in technical support between Microsoft and HPE components is also desired.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StoreEasy are noted for their ease of deployment, with a smooth setup process for on-premises environments. Customer service and technical support are generally rated highly, scoring 9/10, with users appreciating knowledgeable staff although some experience delays in resolving issues with StoreEasy.

Pricing and ROI: HPE 3PAR StoreServ features premium pricing strategies, allowing room for negotiation and offering a strong ROI due to its robust capabilities. Users see the higher cost as justified by its performance and efficiency. HPE StoreEasy is considered a cost-effective NAS solution with a lower upfront purchase price, appealing to users who prioritize economical choices. Both solutions deliver value by enhancing system performance and organizational efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Ranking in NAS

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

302

Ranking in other categories

Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) (2nd), All-Flash Storage (8th)

HPE StoreEasy

Ranking in NAS

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the NAS category, the mindshare of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is 3.5%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE StoreEasy is 4.9%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Wayne Cross

Director of cyber security at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Very stable and scales quickly, allowing us to roll out new services

At one point, we had HPE EVAs and when we were changing them out we didn't just look at 3PAR, we looked at all the solutions. We actually started out with a V400 which is an older version of the 3PAR - they didn't have the 7400s as yet - at our data center. Eventually, when the V400 became end-of-life, we looked at all the EVAs and by that time, they had come out with the 7400 and 7200, which are a lot less expensive and a better fit for a smaller organization. We were able to throw any workload on it and not worry about performance. It certainly made my job easy and my team's job easy in terms of maintenance and management of the platform.

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Vinoth Bala

HPE Consultant at Mannai

Reliable, cost-effective, and easy to deploy and manage

I did not have any difficulties in deploying StoreEasy for the customers. It is user-friendly and easy to deploy. It has a Windows Server and a required license built in. For implementation, we follow the HPE documentation. We follow the Configuration guide and the Installation guide. For all HPE products, we follow the HPE documentation. For a single box, it takes a maximum of two days. It depends on the customer's availability. For different configurations, it can take two to three days. The number of people required varies from customer to customer, but generally, it requires three people. For mounting the storage, we always have three people to unbox, mount, and do other things. It does not require any maintenance. From the data center perspective, maintaining StoreEasy is very easy. No customer has complained about any difficulty in maintaining StoreEasy.

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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

"You can scale it out almost indefinitely."

"We do not have to take the whole system down to do upgrades."

"If you can handle the IOPS, throughput is a natural byproduct. Usually, IOPS is where you are capped. HPE has done a great job in making sure that our IOP-intensive EMRs stay up and running. We have really good performance on them."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"I really like the new RMC (Recovery Manager Cental) software that was introduced with the 3.0 or 3.1 update. It allows us to use our data protector with our 3PAR and give it a nicer front-end than the SSMC did."

"Since it's being used to support a virtual infrastructure, that gives us access to all of the benefits of a virtual infrastructure. So, instead of spending hours trying to rebuild or to fix a broken server, we can instead wipe it out and throw up a new one and we're up and running again."

"We know exactly the capacity that we need for the upcoming year, and it's much easier for us to enlarge the capacity and expose these disk volumes to the relevant servers."

"It's a very popular product for enterprise storage."

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"It is easy to manage. There is a management console that comes with StoreEasy. It simplifies managing storage permission. There is snapshot scheduling as well. The updates and everything else is good."

"StoreEasy is a better solution for backup purposes."

"I like the tool's provisioning feature and OneView."

"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreEasy is the storing of virtual machines."

"This solution allows me to better and more easily manage user data without impacting my primary storage."

"The tool's data protection capabilities are robust."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the duplication."

"I can use both the on-premises and cloud storage options. I need to have an APR extension from StoreEasy, and it's that simple."

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Cons

"It needs better dedupe. It is hard for all the older generation arrays to put up dedupe because they tend to do the other stuff so much better. They have to keep the stability before any other new feature."

"We are seeing that there are some enhancements which are required in the SSMC console. There are some features that we do not see in the dashboard."

"It would also help if they integrate current technologies, newer technologies, and more efficient technologies, as time progresses. For example, integrate the fourth level of NAND devices."

"Setting up 3PAR is somewhat complicated, and it took about a week."

"I'd really it to be able to interact with older 3PAR storage, and possibly even non-HPE. I would like to be able to pull stuff off of old things and bring it up to the standard that has been set, simply, quickly, and efficiently. That would be a really nice feature. Right now it is a big pain. It seems to work but we tend to get some latency behind."

"I would like to see the ability to be able to migrate to newer versions of the 3PAR without having to take any of our data offline and be able to upgrade on the fly."

"It's still an older architecture, you've got a lot of physical spinning disks. I would imagine more the memory-based computing is coming."

"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."

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"We need some monitoring tools and it would be helpful if they were included."

"I would like to improve the tool's technical support. I would also like to see the product's hybrid cloud version."

"The support of HPE StoreEasy can improve its responsiveness. Dell support is better."

"There are some SKUs in StoreEasy that are built to order, and there are only limited options, such as StoreEasy 1670 and 1870, which can be configured to order based on customer preferences."

"There is a default Windows installation. Sometimes, when it crashes, the HPE support team asks the customer to reinstall it. That is the only issue customers are facing."

"It would be better if it were more scalable. In the next release, I would like to access some Microsoft Windows storage server features. I guess the newest version of Windows Server has some restrictions."

"There are some SKUs in StoreEasy that are built to order, and there are only limited options, such as StoreEasy 1670 and 1870, which can be configured to order based on customer preferences."

"When I configure the StoreEasy in a complex environment I have problems finding compatibility with all the software."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cost-wise, it is a little bit on the higher side, but it is an awesome product."

"For the price that we were able to acquire it, we have seen it give us the performance and stability that we require to run our enterprise."

"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."

"The SSD is a little bit expensive."

"The cost is reasonable given that the licensing is all included once you purchase it."

"Since the prices of the flash storage has gone down tremendously, I would definitely recommend going for the all-flash storage array or 3PAR. It is a big expensive even now, but it will be the future of all industries."

"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. It is expensive."

"Our licensing cost are $32,000 annually."

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"The price of HPE StoreEasy is approximately $15,000 to $20,000 and it is a one-time purchase. The price is similar to competitors, such as Dell."

"Based on what I hear from our customers, it is not very expensive. From the cost perspective, I see nobody complaining about its cost."

"I would rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. You need to pay additional costs for the solution."

"This is an economical solution for the company and I am satisfied with the pricing."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

86%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Retailer

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Questions from the Community

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?

The tool’s price is higher compared to other products. The solution is 20% more expensive than other storage.

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What do you like most about HPE StoreEasy?

I like the tool's provisioning feature and OneView.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE StoreEasy?

In comparison with local brands, the prices of StoreEasy are higher.

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What needs improvement with HPE StoreEasy?

There are some SKUs in StoreEasy that are built to order, and there are only limited options, such as StoreEasy 1670 and 1870, which can be configured to order based on customer preferences. It's a...

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Compared 7% of the time

Dell Unity XT vs HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Compared 6% of the time

HPE MSA vs HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 56% of the time

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Compared 27% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

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

HP StoreEasy

Overview

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is an AI-driven storage solution that prevents issues before they occur by learning and adjusting in real time. The solution offers a tier-1 all-flash foundation for mission-critical workloads. HPE 3PAR StoreServ was designed with more than 3M IOPS and consistent sub-ms latency. It aims to transform midrange and enterprise deployments with solutions that scale from a few TBs to more than 20PBs. In addition, the solution is built to modernize data centers and is made to handle unpredictable workloads effortlessly. By implementing HPE 3PAR StoreServ, you gain automated and rapid provisioning, hardware-accelerated deduplication and compression, and a multi-tenant design.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Features

HPE 3PAR StoreServ has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Flexibility: With HPE 3PAR StoreServ, you can easily deploy highly configurable, scale-out storage for multi-tenant workloads.

Always-on availability for your data: HPE 3PAR StoreServ includes an always-on resilient storage infrastructure for your hypervisors and applications. In addition, with Peer Persistence, your virtual machines (VMs), hosts, and data can move freely across data centers rather than being constrained by their physical boundaries.

Fast, scalable performance: HPE 3PAR StoreServ enables you to accelerate consistent mixed-workload performance and also provides necessary QoS levels that are optimized for your highest priority applications.

Performance insights: HPE 3PAR StoreServ helps you gain performance insights in real time, and anticipate as well as prevent issues across the infrastructure stack by utilizing cross-stack analytics.

Flash optimized data protection: With tier-1 data services, multi-tenant security, and copy data management, you can avoid downtime.

Seamless data mobility: HPE 3PAR StoreServ makes it possible for you to not only experience converged data protection, but also experience seamless data mobility services, at flash speed, from the edge to the cloud.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing HPE 3PAR StoreServ. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Easy to manage. The web interface to manage the units is a great asset and one that makes managing storage easy.

User-friendly GUI

Exceptionally fast and well-managed replication
Low latency

Hybrid storage gives you the ability to assign different roles to different types of storage arrays inside one enclosure

Both file-level and block-level replication

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the HPE 3PAR StoreServ solution.

A SAN Consultant at a tech services company says, “One of the features that I like the most is the data replication element. The reason I like it is due to the fact that it's pretty clean on replicating data over to a second site. The product stands on its own in heavy enterprise environments. It's easy to make changes without affecting the environment. The solution is very easy to use. The product is very robust and offers very good performance.”

A Storage Manager at a financial services firm mentions, "There are a lot of screens for easy management where you can change some settings. But after a few years, the important settings were better after an upgrade, and all the vendors have other ways to upgrade their systems."

A Senior IT Infrastructure & Data Center Operation Engineer at Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) comments, “The adaptive optimization is the biggest feature in 3PAR. 3PAR is very usable with thin volume because it detects zeros while writing. Every time I tell the hypervisor to make the full provisioning, it makes the volume as simple provisioning in 3PAR, not full provisioning.”

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HP StoreEasy Storage is the #1 NAS product family under $15K USD range in units. Count on optimized, efficient, secure and highly available storage that simply addresses file and application storage challenges, no matter the size of your business. Straightforward features and new enhancements mean simpler installation and monitoring of utilization and health status.

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Sample Customers

Just Energy, Latisys, team AG, DreamWorks, BlueShore Financial, Erasmus MC

John Lewis, HPE IT, Comline AG, AmeriPride Services

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