Also worth noting but not included in this article is HPE SimpliVity. In fact, HPE SimpliVity has the highest reviews of all the hyperconverged solutions (9.2 with next closest is 9.0): https://www.itcentralstation.com/categories/hyper-converged-infrastructure. You can read…

Wow - great review. Thanks for taking the time to leave it and really glad to hear that 3PAR and Synergy is a great fit for you. As for Nimble Storage, you can bet we are working hard to develop our roadmap and our engineers will be working hard to include Nimble where it…

Actually there's a difference and I'd suggest what you need to look at is the integration between SRM and storage. Storage integration with SRM is key and if you look on the VMware Compatibility Guide for SRM, storage is all that is listed, not servers. Last I checked…

Riza - trying to give you an accurate answer is kind of like asking "who much will dinner cost"? To get a quote that is in the ballpark, you need to work with either an HPE rep to get you a quote based on the details of what you want (capacity, performance, features, etc.)…

Ozgur Bulent Koza - I am not speaking for Gary but your conclusion that NetApp is better if you need local snapshots and 3PAR for remote replication is inaccurate. 3PAR has more than adequate snapshot capabilities and has advantages over NetApp. And in fact with 3PAR and…

@Peter Fairclough - if you have a 3PAR 7450, the full name is HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7450. Some people use just 3PAR, some just StoreServ but they are the same thing.

Can you define what you mean by data protection? Are you talking about remote replication, backup integration, or something else? the response from Ozgur and Syed both expose some good information but let me point you to a few blog posts with more details Veeam…

Anil - I don't disagree with your perspective but if someone posts content questioning viability of HP Storage or FUD, I will respond. People are influenced by opinions and given the nature of Martin's comment, I think it was appropriate for me to respond.

Martin - Yes, I still work at HP and don't expect that to change. The announcement of layoffs as I understood it (I don't speak for HP in this case because I don't know details) is related to Enterprise Services. It's never good news when people lose their jobs but I'm very…

Joe - so much of what you said is inaccurate. My colleague John already corrected you on your 3PAR misinformation/FUD Your information about how analyst track midrange SAN arrays is also incorrect. Vendors like HP have to separate spindles sold inside a server from what…

Disclaimer: I work for HP Storage Martin - I'm not sure what HP free fall you are referring to. The latest IDC Q2 WW Storage System Tracker report shows that HP is the ONLY vendor amongst EMC, Dell, NetApp and IBM that has gained market share. Additionally, HP Storage is…

Thanks for the review StoreOnce. Here's a link to a blog (with videos) that we have that gives more. http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

Thanks for the review StoreOnce. Here's a link to a blog (with videos) that we have that gives more. http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

Thanks for the review StoreOnce. Here's a link to a blog (with videos) that we have that gives more. http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

Thanks for the review StoreOnce. For those that don't know the portfolio well, here's a blog post with a good overview. Be sure to watch the videos too: http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0 Steven - I'm happy to answer questions you have. HP 3PAR is really a different class of…

Wow - that was a huge difference in price compared to EMC Data Domain. StoreOnce is a hidden gem in the HP Storage portfolio? For those that don't know the portfolio well, here's a blog post with a good overview. Be sure to watch the videos too: http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

Glad to hear HP 3PAR was such a great fit for you. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Patrick - thanks for the review. I believe that HP 3PAR is a superior storage array than EMC. I'm glad to read reviews like yours that confirm it. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Robert - sorry to read that you were driven to replace what you had because of reliability issues. That's never a good thing . Glad to have you as an HP Storage customer. For anyone that wants to learn more, here's a link to many HP 3PAR articles on my blog…

Nice review Tim - thanks for taking the time. Here's a link to many HP 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Thanks for taking the time to do the review. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many HP 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Red, scalability of 3PAR is very impressive and glad that's worked so well for you. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

David - thanks for the review. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Thank you for the review and your honest feedback on StoreOnce. I'll be sure the product team sees your suggestions. For those that don't know the portfolio well, here's a blog post with a good overview. Be sure to watch the videos too: http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

Hi Steven - I can't speak to performance specifics for Nimble because they haven't submitted to the SPC-1 benchmark site. What I do know is we have lots of service providers and other customers who are running mix workloads and they're quiet happy with 3PAR performance. And…

I always appreciate folks taking time to leave a review - thank you It sounds like you have an older StoreOnce unit. The latest StoreOnce 6500 can start at 120TB and grow to over 2.2PB (raw capacity before any deduplication). Here's a blog post that gives a good…

This is getting annoying! Something is getting changed in the Gartner URL so it doesn't work. I'm removing. Add "www." to this: gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-2ID0TDI&ct=150624&st=sb%20%3c

Sorry, a couple of those links didn't work > Link to DCIG report: http://hpstorage.me/1I2Dzms > For the Gartner link, be sure to copy/paste it as part of the URL is dropped from the hyperlink:…

Hi Bill - There's not much I'll say in the way of a direct comparison to Nimble but I'd call out a few things about 3PAR > HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8 > The…

Hi Michael - thanks so much for the great review. And I've got great news for you. At HP Discover at the beginning of June, we announced bi-directional Peer Motion. You can read about it here in this blog post from the product manager. http://hpstorage.me/1I2wzpM If…

HI Avigail - spot on with the HP 3PAR StoreServ products. These are for data center consolidation and the emerging all-flash data center. There are so many blog posts that go into detail about the new HP 3PAR but this post that I did includes a ChalkTalk and is a good…

Steve - also just noticed you work for EMC XtremIO - if you're leaving those kind of comments here to create FUD, shame on you. If it's the line you're being fed by your competitive attack people, you should have them create true competitive information instead of spreading…

Let me hit each of those 1). The 3PAR architecture was built around mix workloads. It uses internal fine grained virtualization and multi-layer abstraction are key. There's also a mesh-active controller architecture that is important to this. There's a very good white paper…

Thank you for the review - I always appreciate it. Which StoreOnce are you using? If you've been using it for 3 years, I'm guessing the portfolio updates have replaced what you have now. For those that don't know the portfolio well, here's a blog post with a good overview…

Great, great review! Love hearing when StoreOnce solves fits in and does what we say. For those that don't know the portfolio well, here's a blog post with a good overview. Be sure to watch the videos too: http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

Wow - thank you for the honest feedback on StoreOnce. StoreOnce is a hidden gem in the HP Storage portfolio? For those that don't know the portfolio well, here's a blog post with a good overview. Be sure to watch the videos too: http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

Steve - also just noticed you work for EMC XtremIO - if you're leaving those kind of comments here to create FUD, shame on you. If it's the line you're being fed by your competitive attack people, you should have them create true competitive information instead of spreading…

Thanks for the review - StoreOnce is a hidden gem in the HP Storage portfolio? For those that don't know the portfolio well, here's a blog post with a good overview. Be sure to watch the videos too: http://hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

Thanks for the review - which StoreOnce appliance did you use? For those that don't know the portfolio well, I did a ChalkTalk (an easy on the eyes video format I use) that gives an overview of StoreOnce. Here's a blog post that has that ChalkTalk and more…

Thanks for the review - If you didn't hear about it, HP StoreOnce was named the backup product of the year by Storage Magazine/TechTarget. There is a blog post you can read on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1B95gUm. Lots of good stuff coming with HP StoreOnce - watch my blog…

Great review! For those that want to learn more about HP 3PAR, here's a link to the hp.com product page: http://hpstorage.me/1IW1V0t. And if you want a more technical view, here's a link to 3PAR articles on my blog: http://bit.ly/XJjczN

Let me hit each of those 1). The 3PAR architecture was built around mix workloads. It uses internal fine grained virtualization and multi-layer abstraction are key. There's also a mesh-active controller architecture that is important to this. There's a very good white paper…

Thanks for the review Dalibor. We just need to get you a 3PAR at your new company! For those that want to learn more about HP 3PAR, here's a link to the hp.com product page: http://hpstorage.me/1IW1V0t. And if you want a more technical view, here's a link to 3PAR articles on…

Hey Chris - thanks for the review. I saw this on your blog a few days ago and really appreciate you posting it here. A very, very insightful review. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Hi Dan - can you say what array HP 3PAR replaced? Thanks for the review. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Thanks for the review. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Thanks for the review. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

Nice review Gerald. For anyone that wants to dive deeper, here's a link to many, many 3PAR articles on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1IAQhqU.

What a great review of HP 3PAR - I love reading these and reaffirms the work the team is doing. For anyone that wants to read more about HP 3PAR, here's a link to the hp.com product page: http://hpstorage.me/1IW1V0t. And if you want a more technical view, here's a link to…

Thanks for the review. HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8. We also introduced the 7000 family that brought the fabulous 3PAR architecture down to the midrange and in…

Thanks for the review - so much has changed since you implemented your T-400. You've probably heard about the HP 3PAR StoreServ All-Flash Array. HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it…

Hi Avigail - I have a blog post that talks about 16Gb/s Fibre Channel with HP 3PAR. Readers can find it here: http://hpstorage.me/1GDkNxY. I also hope to have a video soon with Dennis Martin from Demartek talking about the latest testing that he did. Stay tuned for that.

Thanks for the review. For anyone that wants to read more about HP 3PAR, here's a link to the hp.com product page: http://hpstorage.me/1IW1V0t. And if you want a more technical view, here's a link to 3PAR articles on my blog: http://bit.ly/XJjczN

Graham - thanks for the informative review. You covered a lot here. For anyone that wants to read more about HP 3PAR, here's a link to the hp.com product page: http://hpstorage.me/1IW1V0t. And if you want a more technical view, here's a link to 3PAR articles on my blog…

Thanks for summarizing the Buyers Guide Jerome. It's an exciting time for me with HP 3PAR getting such great industry recognition. If you want to explore more about HP 3PAR, here's a link that has lots of other great information: http://hpstorage.me/1IW1V0t

Love hearing these kinds of stories. I think you made a great choice but so do others. HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Array Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8. There's been lots of other "best of"…

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. HP 3PAR is racking up industry recognition as well! It was named best-in-class midrange array by DCIG. Here's a blog about that: http://hpstorage.me/17hnng2. Also, HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Product of the Year Award…

Thanks for the review - If you didn't hear about it, HP StoreOnce 6500 was named the backup product of the year by Storage Magazine/TechTarget. There is a blog post you can read on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1B95gUm. Lots of good stuff coming with HP StoreOnce - watch my…

Thanks for the review - If you didn't hear about it, HP StoreOnce 6500 was named the backup product of the year by Storage Magazine/TechTarget. There is a blog post you can read on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1B95gUm. Lots of good stuff coming with HP StoreOnce - watch my…

Thanks for the review - I just found it. One point I'm sure you're aware of is that there is a large family of StoreOnce products that scale from 5TB to over a PB for backup. Hopefully your HP StoreOnce 2620 is the right size for your needs If you didn't hear about it, HP…

Thanks for the review - I just found it. If you didn't hear about it, HP StoreOnce 6500 was named the backup product of the year by Storage Magazine/TechTarget. There is a blog post you can read on my blog: http://hpstorage.me/1B95gUm Thanks again for the review!

Great review! HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Array Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8. There's been lots of other "best of" for the HP 3PAR family - if you're interested in those, drop me an email at…

A quick follow-up to the DCIG "best-in-class" I mentioned: HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8

This is so cool, I wanted to be sure no one miss that HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8

I've said this in other comments but didn't want folks to miss that HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8

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. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8

Want to be sure folks see that HP 3PAR All-Flash won the All-Flash Array Product of the Year Award from TechTarget. I have a blog that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8. There's been lots of other "best of" for the HP 3PAR family - if you're interested in those…

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. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8

Couldn't agree more. And if you didn't see, HP 3PAR StoreServ was named the All-Flash product of the year by TechTarget. I have a blog post that talks about it. http://hpstorage.me/19Cw9a8 And like I said in the post, I'm still doing a happy dance. Very proud of what HP…

Thanks for leaving the review. I'm obviously biased but I think you have the best mid-range array you could have! But not just me - HP 3PAR was named best-in-class midrange array by DCIG for two years in a row. Here's a blog that talks about it: http://hpstorage.me/17hnng2…

Hi Zane - I actually don't have access to your email as IT Central doesn't give that to vendors (probably good for you!) My email is hpstorageguy at hp dot come. If you haven't connected with Ivan on LinkedIn, I'm happy to help connect you with him and the HP 3PAR team!

Hey Dave - what a great review and really captured the 3PAR special sauce. Thanks for taking the time.

Thanks Enrico - with your 360° view of the industry as an independent consultant and blogger, I always appreciate your perspective both positive and areas of improvement.

Justin has a fantastic blog with a lot of HP 3PAR information. I highly recommend it as a place to learn more.

Disclaimer: I work for HP Storage What a great summary and review of HP 3PAR. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Hi Zane - since this is my first comment, I want to do a quick intro. From my screen name, you can see I work for HP Storage (and have for 25 years - before RAID!). I am very active in social media and also manage our hp.com storage blog (www.hp.com/storage/blog) I…