We are using it for storage.
Before, retrieving data or searching for something on the application would take some time. But since we migrated to NetApp, retrieving of the data happens quickly. It's fast.
In addition, we can easily manage the volumes on the NetApp application. We are getting very good, high performance and it has simplified our data management jobs, such as creating volumes. If our hard drive fails, we can reinitialize the process, and do many other things. It's very helpful.
NetApp has helped to reduce support issues due to performance or troubleshooting as we do not have such issues. We have not faced any performance issues since installing this device.
In addition, the ONTAP data management software has simplified our operations. We use it for high-availability of our file system. If any hard drive goes down, it will automatically be recovered.
We use NetApp AFF to support cloud integration and SAP Oracle. It has made the Oracle WebLogic site very fast and we can deploy the machines very easily. We can assign storage to the server visually, and use it to manage the storage.
The speed of data retrieval is the most valuable feature. We mostly use it for our SAP database and we are getting good IO from the hard drive.
Also, NetApp AFF helps simplify data management with unified data services across SAN and NAS environments.
I have been using the NetApp AFF A400 system for the last three months.
We have had no issues with its stability. It has been up 100 percent of the time since we installed it.
We can increase the storage if needed.
Currently, 60 percent of our storage is in NetApp. Another 20 percent is in HPE, and we use Synology storage for the NAS.
Their support is very good. Whenever I have contacted them, whoever has dealt with me has been good.
But the cost of support is quite high.
Our HPE system was old so we switched to a new one.
The deployment was not complex, but it was done by our vendor team. Still, it was easy. It was not a big deal.
Our experience with our vendor team was good. They are quite a good technical team with good knowledge.
We only installed it three months ago so it's too soon to talk about ROI.
There is room for improvement when it comes to the cost. The cost is very high compared to other devices. The HPE storage we used before was less expensive. NetApp is also more expensive than Dell EMC.
We evaluated Dell EMC and HPE storage.
The NetApp interface was very easy, as was managing things. Our experience with HPE, which we used before, was that it was quite a complex system to manage when it comes to the storage and volumes.