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NEC D3 series vs NetApp FAS Series comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

NEC D3 series
Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)
19th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetApp FAS Series
Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (5th), NAS (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) category, the mindshare of NEC D3 series is 0.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp FAS Series is 17.2%, up from 14.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)
 

Featured Reviews

Gungor Bingul - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 30, 2020
Stable, performs well, and the technical support is good
We use this storage solution to host our ERP, CRM, file server, databases, and lots of other things The performance is better than with our previous version. We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio. We have had contract-related…
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

"The performance is better than with our previous version."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"The support is very good."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"It offers data compression and people management."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"The product is flexible."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
 

Cons

"We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"They should add new features to the product."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"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."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price it not low, but comparing features to other vendors, the price can be balanced."
"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being expensive. We pay a one-time purchase price."
"Low-priced product, but pricing could still be made more attractive."
"When we need to implement a less expensive solution we use Huawei. NetApp FAS Series is a little bit expensive compared to the average of the market."
"The scalability is pretty good, but it's too expensive."
"The NetApp FAS series price is very competitive compared to other solutions on the market it is a good choice."
"There are products available in market with comparatively lower costs."
"It is a moderately low-priced platform."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
61%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
4%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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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.
 

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