HPE 3PAR StoreServ Reviews

3PAR 8200 is performing good with our environment. I have a lot of applications that need higher IOPS, and 3PAR achieves this operation normally without any issues for the management. 

It is working well. IT achieves our targets. We have been running faster and more efficiently since 3PAR was installed.

It has a friendly interface using the console. I have been working with it for one year and four months, and I have not found any issues. 

I benefit from the HPE Call Home feature. It tells me about any issue once I have it.

Some management functions through a web interface.

It is very stable. We have not experienced any stability issues with the 3PAR Storage. We have other vendors' storage solutions (three of them) and we have experienced issues with their storage solutions.

It is scalable, but I do not need to scale it for the future.

I have used the technical support for Call Home, when there is an issue in network, not in 3PAR. It is in network.

The technical support is knowledgeable and I have never had an issue with them.

I would recommend this solution.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: 

1. Support
2. Widely used in the market.

The speed of the Flash Array is better than what we had with the previous products. We like their blades better than the Cisco Blades. It is easier to manage.

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

The thing that we're a little bit bummed about is they're not so quick to get it with the latest version of VMware and we're also using an older version of OneView; so to get to the newer/later releases, it seems like it's a two week process for two different data centers. If they could streamline that process, make it a little quicker, maybe so that the customer can do it, instead of hiring somebody else, then it would be helpful.

So far, we're very stable; we've been using it for a couple of years now.

Its scalability is really good because we're only using a third of the array's storage that we have, so we'll be able to keep that for several more years.

The technical support team is very good. We've gotten a really good response from them.

We needed a faster storage and more capacity, so that's why we upgraded and switched from EMC to HPE.

The setup was pretty straightforward.

We did look at Hitachi and they were a close second to HPE. However, it was just that, we were more familiar with HPE because we already had some of their C-Class Blades.

Manageability is an important criterion while selecting a vendor. Also, for system administrators like myself, it is important to be able to understand the solution right off the bat.

Probably, you should purchase the CS700 all-in-one storage, so that it's easy to implement it that way. Don't try to do it yourself.

The reliability, scalability, and performance of HPE 3PAR are the most important things for us.

Now we have a reliable solution, divided over two data centers. The peer persistence solution provides us with a viable disaster recovery solution. We can do failover to the other site without interruption; and we can also do upgrades without interruption.

We have only had it for one year. At the moment, I don’t know about areas for improvement. Everything we need is included.

We have it now for more than one year.

It's very stable. We did an OS upgrade three weeks ago. It went very smoothly without any interruptions. It was great.

It is very good on scalability.

The technical support is very good.

We had the HPE EVA solution. We had performance issues with it. We needed another BI solution. Now, we are very happy with the performance. Also, when we needed to upgrade our storage system, we had downtime with EVA. Now with the 3PAR solution, there is no downtime. It goes very smoothly.

The initial setup was quite straightforward. Of course, we had help from the HPE specialists, but it was straightforward.

We were obliged to look into other vendors; but we tried not to leave HPE because we have many years of experience with them.

We have had nothing but a good experience over the last year. I would advise colleagues to go with HPE 3PAR.

The most important criterion when I choose a vendor is reliability. Reliability is very important to me. When there is an issue, I need to be able to count on the vendor.

The thin technology and adaptive optimization features make the SAN appear bigger and faster than what it replaced, all the while using a third of the rack space. We also use Flash SSD disks for adaptive optimization, and this speeds up the performance up to 10 times what it was.

We are using a lot less power and space with this SAN compared to our previous solution. This SAN only takes a third less power and capacity, yet it provides almost twice the performance.

The only area I would say that could use improvement is communication on what upgrades should be applied. We have been told that the re-seller cannot perform, nor recommend, upgrades.

We have been using the product for about two years.

Installation was quite easy, and we were using the SAN very quickly.

None! We had a failed disk and have had replacements before we even knew! Rebuild times are fast!

We added a shelf online with no issues and the SAN was online during the upgrade.

Great, they are able to be reached quickly and without any issues.

Support know the product very well and will escalate any issue quickly within their tiers and without being asked.

We used an EMC solution before. The price, performance and features swayed us to HP 3PAR.

Setup was reasonably easy. We used a CD and a VM template to “birth” the unit. It was all wizard driven and intuitive.

We used a vendor team who were knowledgeable of the product.

Great! The product has exceeded our expectations.

The product seemed to be too cheap when compared to replacing our existing SAN. Therefore, we were hesitant at the features and performance offered. I believe we spent around C$80k for the system. Maintenance and proactive support was included, so day to day costs are really only power.

We compared EMC and IBM, but both cost more and lacked key space and performance features.

Compare all vendors carefully as there are a lot of features that appear to be similar but in actuality are very different.

It's used as online storage; for almost all applications we have one.

Performance, in general, is good.

Primarily good performance because it's an all-flash system. Basically, the applications run faster.

Synchronicity mode through the application we use.

There is a caching solution, I know it's in development, to increase the performance further.

It's very stable. Yes, we've had issues with it. Sometimes control is rebooting and nobody knows why, so there are issues.

It's very scalable.

We've spoken with technical support about the above issues, they have not found the root cause yet.

There are several important criteria when selecting a vendor:

• quality of the products
• the technology
• cost of the solution, of course.

I would give it a seven out of 10, overall. It's a little bit difficult to figure out where the capacity is used. There is deduplication that, of course, saves space, but it sometimes it's hard to find out where the space is used. If you delete something, do you get it back? So it's not very transparent regarding capacity.

In general, the solution is good.

The primary case is the utilization of VMware, and it is performing well.

We have much better performance than we managed earlier and are now saving lots of space. We feel as we spread things out that we have become more efficient in our performance.

Its consolidation.

We are waiting for compression.

It is performing great; no downtime.

We do not have a need for it yet, but it should be no problem.

Technical support has been very good when I have used them before. I felt like I was reaching the right person. They call me to check up when they have seen that we have some problem and tell us what we should do to fix it.

We used Nimble previously, before it was an HPE product.

We had a big issue with the performance. Last year, we spoke with HPE's people, and they recommended this solution and we are now certified.

The initial setup was straightforward.

HPE helped us with the initial setup.

Speak with HPE and describe your whole scenario before buying it, so you do not buy and hope.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: stability. That I feel I can talk to the vendor and they understand what I want.

It's pretty stable and scalable. I think we've only had a couple of issues, three disk outages in six years.

I don't have any complaints.

More than five years.

It meets our needs for now.

We have Care Packs for 3PAR and we are very satisfied with this part. On the C7000, we have six-hour auto repair. They're very proactive, so we are very satisfied with that service.

I'm not working with 3PAR directly. I'm a manager. But from the experience of my employees, I don't see that they have any issues with complexity. To be honest, we have a senior administrator with a lot of experience with 3PAR and other vendors' storage, so I think it's not too complex for him.

The valuable feature for me is the best performance when I source the data. I manage a lot of data and my storage is very low.

I had a lot of problems with storage before. When I implemented this solution, the storage was faster. There is very little down time.

I would like to see better implementation with Veeam.

It is very stable.

The scalability is very easy for this solution.

I have used technical support. They are available 24/7. They provide good support for this solution. I got a replacement part at my site in four hours.

I used Dell. When I changed to 3PAR, it was easier. Dell has delays and didn’t always have equipment. HPE has better service.

When selecting a vendor, I look for support and price.

The setup was straightforward. It was not a complex implementation.

The solution is fast. I’m very excited about it. It's very easy to implement and manage.