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HPE EVA [EOL] vs NetApp FAS Series comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

HPE EVA [EOL]
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetApp FAS Series
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (5th), NAS (3rd), Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

MK
Apr 29, 2024
Has the ability to automatically deal with faulty disks
In terms of the most beneficial features of the product, I would say that during the faulty disk replacement process, the tool automatically ungroups the faulty disk, so from the tool itself, anybody can identify which disk is faulty and then repair it. The data replication part is not enabled in the product that I use since the DRP feature is not enabled. I work with the product's high availability feature. Considering the size of the environment where the product is used, the product offers around 80 to 90 TB of storage space. I won't recommend the product to others who plan to use it. The implementation process of the product would be as per the standard of the organization where it is going to be used. Everyone should have their own organizational data structure as per the data orientation needs. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
Arnaud Salmon - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 17, 2023
Offers good performance and
Once, I've been in a program, but they stopped supporting protocols like HTTP, STP, and that kind of stuff. All of the DIP supports at the beginning were kind of support when it was just Python and just five storage. And it happened a few times that the customer required the STP and HTTP protocol for storage. And I was surprised I couldn't do it anymore with NetApp. So, it would be beneficial for them to support both kinds of protocols. The only little black points that I would put on top of NetApp FAS Series. There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes. The thing with ONTAP is that we have a lot of layers, from the raw disks to the volumes we present to servers and configure. There are quite a lot of things to configure. Probably NetApp should ease the way to install that. In NetApp products, such as ONTAP and FAS, a solid understanding of storage is still necessary to handle configurations in larger systems. It's not the same with Pure Storage or Huawei. Even someone less familiar with storage could manage it, making it more accessible.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
"​HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement.​"
"The solution's most valuable feature is storage provisioning, which allows me to easily provision the disk space on the servers."
"​It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"Compression of the backup Oracle by RMAN on NFS saves space 5:1."
 

Cons

"I faced some issues during the disk replacement process in HPE EVA."
"Performance could probably be improve with faster controllers, but it is already an old device. We do have performance problems now, but it is a rather old device, so we have what we have."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"They should add new features to the product."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The licensing cost is on yearly basis."
"it’s not an inexpensive solution and it may not be for the cost-sensitive customer."
"The price, compared to competitors, is quite high."
"NetApp FAS Series is a reasonably high-priced solution, partially because we select the configuration that duplicates the entire system."
"I've sold arrays for as little $20,000 USD and as high as $300,000 USD."
"The only area that could be improved is to lower prices for their All Flash FAS."
"The scalability is pretty good, but it's too expensive."
"In general, I find NetApp to be very expensive. That's the main issue I have with them. So it's a drawback in terms of pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
University
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Educational Organization
61%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE EVA?
The solution's most valuable feature is storage provisioning, which allows me to easily provision the disk space on the servers.
What needs improvement with HPE EVA?
I don't want to make many improvements to the product because it is an entry-level storage product. There are a lot of storage products available on the market, such as Nimble Flash Array Storage. ...
What is your primary use case for HPE EVA?
I use the solution for almost 36 servers since it has a huge storage capacity. In HPE EVA, my company has created two pools of different capacities in terms of disk sizes. In the different pools, m...
Which SAN product would you choose: IBM FlashSystem (FS9500) vs PureFlash Array/X NVMe vs PureFlash Array/XL NVMe?
Have you considered a NetApp FAS Storage for your NAS needs? I am sure it fits very well.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp FAS Series?
The pricing depends on the disks we choose. We got quite a good price compared to Huawei Dorado because we compared the prices between NetApp SSD and Dorado, and the price was quite similar.
 

Also Known As

EVA P6000 series, HP EVA
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Bank Simpanan Nasional, EDF, Saint Mary's University, Thomson Reuters
Children's Hospital Central California, Plex Systems, PDF PNI Digital Media, Denver Broncos, PDF KSM Legal, Clayton Companies, Virginia Community College
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