HPE 3PAR StoreServ Reviews, Competitors and Pricing

Senior IT Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Dec 31, 2015

With the reporting, we get needed information about how much and where we're consuming storage.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are the reporting and replication. With the reporting, we get needed information about how much and where we're consuming storage. Reporting also shows us our replication as we replicate between volumes.

How has it helped my organization?

It's helped us with data redundancy, which makes our system run more efficiently. Also, the interface is user friendly, but it requires a little training to know all the different functionalities and options.

What needs improvement?

It could improve in the virtualization of the storage. Also, it needs better reporting on other vendors' technologies, such as VMware.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We don't have problems with deployment.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It scales without issues for us.

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it_user215859

Team Lead for Infrastructure at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Dec 10, 2017

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High resiliency with four controllers, no performance impact on single controller failure

What is most valuable?

High resiliency with four controllers, no performance impact on single controller failure
Cage protection
Performance
Easy to use and maintain

What needs improvement?

Failover times.

For how long have I used the solution?

Three to five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Yes, we have had a few issues with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No, we haven't had any issues with scalability.

How is customer service and technical support?

Very good but not perfect.

How was the initial setup?

HPE does the initial setup (hardware and initialization) which makes things much easier. Using 3PAR is simple and straightforward, unlike its competitors such as EMC.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Current licensing model is good. Future users can optimize by buying the best suited model for their needs and future growth plans.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I wasn't part of that effort at the time, so I can't comment.

What other advice do I have?

Go for it, it's a good choice, unless it's too big/expensive for your needs.

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it_user229386

Network Administrator at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 26, 2015

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We were looking for a way to simplify our storage management.

What is most valuable?

Virtual volume sets
Hosts sets
Remote copy
Snapshots
Storage tiering
We currently use SSD for a few databases

How has it helped my organization?

Our storage management has been simplified and the performance has improved.

What needs improvement?

We have a need for a LUNS larger than 16TB but this unit does not support it.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had HP installers help with the setup and deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We haven't had an issue yet.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Not so far.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Customer service is excellent.

Technical Support:

It's excellent.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

An EMR upgrade forced us to do a hardware refresh and HP was chosen for several reasons including cost, performance, and ease of use.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward as HP did most of the setup.

What about the implementation team?

We a had a team from HP help with the installation and they were great.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also looked at EMC storage.

What other advice do I have?

I would highly recommend working with HP directly during the installation process. We had the system up and running with production data one week after the equipment arrived.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user107568Works at HPE

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May 3, 2015

Thanks for the review. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: hpstorage.me

it_user225660

Systems Integrator - VMWare, Cisco, EMC & HP. with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 19, 2015

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We switched from our previous solution because the performance and cost of 3PAR was better.

What is most valuable?

ASIC assisted RAID Calculations
Performance
Flash

How has it helped my organization?

Incredible performance
Automation
Ease of use

What needs improvement?

Host Integration
Support for new platforms

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for four years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

There were some minor issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues if you plan properly.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No scalability issues at all.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It's the best.

Technical Support:

It's the best.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We switched because of the performance and cost of 3PAR was better than our previous solution.

How was the initial setup?

It depends on what aspects you need to configure.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it in-house.

What was our ROI?

It was two to three years.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

EMC
NetApp

What other advice do I have?

My advice would be to do the following:

Plan it properly
Implement it
Check it's working as it should be
Monitor it regularly

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: The company I work for is partners with HP and numerous other tech vendors.

it_user107568Works at HPE

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Apr 20, 2015

Thanks for the review. For anyone that wants to read more about HP 3PAR, here's a link to the hp.com product page: hpstorage.me And if you want a more technical view, here's a link to 3PAR articles on my blog: bit.ly

it_user185622

Managing Director with 51-200 employees

Jan 25, 2015

Adding Drives To Your 3PAR Array is a relatively easy process.

About a year ago I was tasked with expanding one of this first US production StoreServ 7000 arrays and wanted to share the process and shed some light on the "gotchas" involved. This post was sitting in my drafts folder 90% completed for a while now but as many 7000 arrays are starting to be expanded I wanted to complete this post.

The system I was working on it was relatively small since this Financial client was just getting starting with 3PAR storage. We started with a one shelf 16 drive 7200 array (leaving 8 slots open) and the task at hand was to fill the remaining 8 slots with 450GB 10K SFF drives. As depicted in the StoreServ Installation Guide adding drives to the array is a relatively easy process. Overall there are 5 milestones to the process with a majority of them being fully "autonomic", they are:

• Checking initial status
• Inserting Hard Drives
• Checking Status
• Checking Progress
• Completing the upgrade

Read the rest of the post at http://3cvguy.com/tolessons-learned-adding-drives-...

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user107568Works at HPE

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Feb 20, 2015

Want to be sure folks see that HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. hpstorage.me

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reviewer1386717

Technical Presales Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Jul 19, 2021

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Reliable, scalable, and good technical support

Pros and Cons

"The solution is stable."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for database backups.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using HPE 3PAR StoreServ for more than four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is scalable.

We have approximately 15 customers using this solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support is very good but it is expensive.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used IBM FlashSystems.

What about the implementation team?

We used three engineers from HPE to do the implementation and it took two days.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of the solution could be reduced for the license and for support.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE 3PAR StoreServ a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner

reviewer1480734

Senior technical and storage expert at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jan 12, 2021

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User-friendly, best technical support, but needs more stability and capacity

Pros and Cons

"It is easy to set up, easy to use, and user-friendly. It is easier to work with HPE 3PAR than with Hitachi. Its technical support is also good."

"It is suitable for medium-sized businesses and data centers with less number of users and less important data. It is not really an enterprise-level solution. It needs more capacity. It is also not really stable. It should be more stable. It should also support any server model. It is really weak in this area."

What is our primary use case?

It is used in data centers. We are using HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8400.

What is most valuable?

It is easy to set up, easy to use, and user-friendly. It is easier to work with HPE 3PAR than with Hitachi. Its technical support is also good.

What needs improvement?

It is suitable for medium-sized businesses and data centers with less number of users and less important data. It is not really an enterprise-level solution. It needs more capacity.

It is also not really stable. It should be more stable. It should also support any server model. It is really weak in this area.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with this solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is not really stable. It should be more stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Its scalability is good, but it needs a bigger capacity for an enterprise data center. We have around 1,000 users.

How are customer service and technical support?

Their technical support is really good. HP is the best in terms of technical support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. It is easier to install than Hitachi. You need two or three people for its deployment.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Hitachi over this solution. We plan to keep using this solution because it is useful for one or two of our projects.

I would rate HPE 3PAR StoreServ a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

reviewer1620432

System Administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 15, 2021

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Great for information management; stable

Pros and Cons

"This is a stable solution."

"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."

What is most valuable?

This is an amazing solution, it's been very good for all our projects.

What needs improvement?

We use the old disk and we can't make a VMO in HPE 3PAR without getting an upgrade. We activated a new disk but it failed, it's hard to manipulate and format it. The disk might be okay but when we put it in the storage array, it failed.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for seven years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution.

What other advice do I have?

This is an older solution so if you're replacing, buy the new products like Primera and Nimble.

I rate this solution an eight out of 10.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.