HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. Pure Storage FlashArray

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HPE 3PAR StoreServ
Score 9.0 out of 10
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HPE 3PAR StoreServ is a flash storage option, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.N/A
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Pure Storage in Mountain View, California offers all-flash array data storage promising affordability, high availability, and consistent performance.N/A
Pricing
HPE 3PAR StoreServPure Storage FlashArray
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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HPE 3PAR StoreServPure Storage FlashArray
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
HPE 3PAR StoreServPure Storage FlashArray
Considered Both Products
HPE 3PAR StoreServ
Chose HPE 3PAR StoreServ
Cost effective and a very good customer support.
Pure Storage FlashArray
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
Really the deduplication and compression ratio has been all over these guys. The speed on the flash storage seems more customized if I may say and our deployments were smooth. Nothing against these guys since we work with all at the same level, but there are very notable perks …
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
The Pure Storage FlashArray blows any other array I've used out of the water. We had an investment in EqualLogic and purchased an all-flash array. A couple of years later and with many performance issues, we purchased our first Pure Storage array and the difference was …
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
As a government organization, we cannot just choose a specific product for purchase, so Pure FlashArray was one of the participants that was able to meet the needs of the purchasing process. In proof of concept it proved simpler and more versatile than the HPE solution in the …
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage is cheaper to run and maintain, much simpler to manage, and outperforms the competition.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage offers better support plans, simple UI and easy upgrade options. It can be more pricey but, you get what you pay for and Pure is very competitive when it comes to pricing for features/value. Win-Win-Win!
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
It's faster and more affordable.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
We liked the licensing more with the Pure Array and its performance at the time was better than others.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
HPe 3PAR is a product that tries to emulate the R/W delays times but based on standard technology. The difference for a solution natively built in all-flash technology is way better.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
We considered offerings from HP but our history with them left sour grapes so we didn't investigate their offering too deeply.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
These are all good systems in their own right, but there are two areas where Pure Storage FlashArray beats them all hands-down! First is management. The software interface for management and provisioning is cleaner and doesn't make one jump through complicated processes to …
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
Kaminario was not able to achieve synchronized replication, Pure Storage FlashArray did with their active cluster. On speed tests, Pure was with contest again HPE 3PAR FullFlash. And lastly, Evergreen support contract sealed the final decision.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
We use multiple vendors and used Pure Storage FlashArray to support a very high IOPS application.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray beats all the mentioned storage products in terms of performance, price, and support.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
We were looking for a SAN with a large capacity in a small footprint and easy to use interface. The 3Par had a much larger footprint and cost a lot more. Compellent had fewer features then Pure and seem not as easy to use while the dedupe and compression process seemed not as …
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray was chosen due to the performance, reduced management complexity, and support features as compared to other solutions. Some vendors did not offer a support model that fit, compatibility with legacy HPUX, or offered the compression and dedupe features. …
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
I compare PureStorage M20 to 3Par 8600 with all SSD disks.

- Performance - Pure is far better than 3Par.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
We choose Pure storage FlashArray over all of these competitors because we found better Performance, Price, and Support.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
There's not much comparison to be done, features, TCO, and raw speed are all on Pure's side initially, and in use reliability becomes a glaring benefit. We've never had a storage outage with Pure, I can't say the same for any storage I've ever used previously.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage blew everyone else out of the water in terms of performance, ease of use and setup. Getting a PoC unit allowed us to fully test the array with our own workloads, and fully vet that it would stack up. No other provider was able to give us this comfort!
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
I have used HP storage before and I can say that HP storage is overpriced and support is way too slow.
Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
We did the comparison of our certain requirements and found Pure Storage was better suited for our IT.
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Features
HPE 3PAR StoreServPure Storage FlashArray
Enterprise Flash Array Storage
Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
HPE 3PAR StoreServ
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Ratings
Pure Storage FlashArray
9.3
154 Ratings
2% above category average
Flash Array Performance00 Ratings10.0154 Ratings
Flash Array Integration00 Ratings9.0144 Ratings
Data Compression00 Ratings8.0153 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades00 Ratings9.9148 Ratings
Simplicity00 Ratings10.0154 Ratings
Power Savings00 Ratings9.0131 Ratings
Best Alternatives
HPE 3PAR StoreServPure Storage FlashArray
Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
NetApp FAS Storage Arrays
NetApp FAS Storage Arrays
Score 8.5 out of 10
Dell SC Series / Compellent (discontinued)
Dell SC Series / Compellent (discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
NetApp AFF A-Series
NetApp AFF A-Series
Score 9.6 out of 10
Dell VMAX
Dell VMAX
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
HPE 3PAR StoreServPure Storage FlashArray
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(8 ratings)
10.0
(207 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(25 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(16 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
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8.8
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.3
(75 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
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9.1
(6 ratings)
Configurability
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9.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
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9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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9.1
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
HPE 3PAR StoreServPure Storage FlashArray
Likelihood to Recommend
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is a great storage device for both file and block-level storage needs. You can use it in place of SAN devices required by database servers. It provides an amazing compaction ratio and, hence, reduces overall storage footprint and cost. This is, however, slightly costly if your environment doesn't really see high transactions most of the time.
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Pure Storage
When you need speed, it's FAST, especially for MS SQL databases. If you are having bottlenecks, you can spend your time finding it in the code because it's not Pure Storage. Love the data reduction and duplication. We can store so much more on this unit than the base physical size. Love the data snapshots. When you need to complete copy your entire environment for testing etc. Nothing is easier, a few clicks and you are done. Extremely helpful for testing and training.
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Pros
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • We are using HP 3PAR storeServ 8200 for both our file level and block level storage.
  • I really love the amazing compaction ratio provided by HP 3PAR. Some of our disks have compaction ratio above 25:1, which is super amazing. You can definitely look for around 75% reduction of storage footprints.
  • It has a great user friendly web console "SSMC"(StoreServ Management Console). This is an additional bonus and can be used by even non-storage people like DBA and Network to take a look at storage performance.
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Pure Storage
  • The Pure Array does data reduction particularly well. We've seen a 7x reduction on some of our volumes.
  • It is easy to get used to the system after coming from other storage arrays.
  • It has some welcome additions such as a smartphone app that makes it easier to view your cases, etc.
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Cons
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • The system requires a physical or virtual system to manage upgrades and patches and for call home features. Most other systems have this integrated into the array. Just another piece of infrastructure to manage.
  • There are some system jobs that come pre-scheduled in the initial setup, but there is at least 1 job that should be added to this by default. When you delete storage, you also need to run a job to compact the CPG (a group where the luns all reside) to reclaim the previously used storage as free. This should be done by default at least monthly in the background.
  • There are 2 different GUI front ends that can still be used. The older version (3 PAR management console) is being phased out (has been for 3 years).
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Pure Storage
  • Reporting is too general. Being a tech nerd, I want to be able to see the nitty-gritty details. I also need to be able to define canned sets of reports for problem application systems.
  • Pricing is a bit higher then some of their direct competitors .
  • Seriously, I have nothing else.
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Likelihood to Renew
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
We are very satisfied with 3PAR performance and especially the IOPS (Input Output Per Second) is pretty amazing. It is easy to configure and doesn't require much knowledge of storage for Tier 1 support team.
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Pure Storage
It has so far been a very fast and stable product. We have had wonderful support when we have needed it and the account manager and engineer attached to our organization have been very responsive with any questions and concerns we have had.
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Usability
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Pure Storage
The install went smoothly, and the engineer explained every step along the way. The next couple of days he checked in to make sure that migration was running as planned. The user interface is designed with usability in mind. You don't need a dedicated "Storage Silo" to manage this product. For smaller IT departments that need to support many different workloads, this could not be a better feature
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Reliability and Availability
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Pure Storage
We have never had an outage with Purestorage. Yes we have had 2 drives go out but replacements were installed so fast there wasn't any issues. We have had a NVRAM module replaced but were noticed from Pure they were sending a replacement because they were predicting a failure so pure was proactive preventing any issues. Knowing Pure is monitoring our device 24x7 gives us peace of mind.
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Performance
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Pure Storage
The corporation has a very diverse data load and when we migrate from a hybrid storage to pure all-flash, significant gains have already been observed. Latency always remains below 1 ms regardless of the load and volumetry used. Application performance also depends heavily on whether or not the code is more permormatic and network access infrastructure. The product has been meeting expectations
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Support Rating
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
With their phone home technology, we usually have a replacement part on its way by the time we wake up in the morning, or if the event occurs overnight. We have had great support when we had questions or events that required a call.
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Pure Storage
Pure Support is timely and communicative. They are always ready to assist and very skilled at what they do, no matter the time of day. Even at 12:10 a.m. on New Years Day when your array has a hiccup that causes some errors in your environment, they will be on the phone with you in an instant. If they are unable to determine the cause right away, because things appear to be normal, they will take your environment's configuration, lab it up in their support environment and then research until they figure out what caused the problem. Even if it takes 3 months. True story.
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In-Person Training
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Pure Storage
Excellent training and really you don't need that much. We received training at the Pure offices and also on site when the product was installed. Simple things like how to login to the GUI interface, how to setup users, how to create volume and mount it. How to make a snapshot, how to copy it and mount it. Really is pretty self explanatory on how to do things with the GUI interface. We were expecting complicated base on other vendor products, we got super simple.
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Online Training
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Pure Storage
Great videos and documentation. There is a common theme with PureStorage, "Keep it elegantly simple". They have great support network and great support user groups. Documentation has been very helpful with providing auditors with methods and procedures on security and other ways the product works. Great documentation on setting PureStorage to be the most effective with VM's, SQL Server, and other products.
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Implementation Rating
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Pure Storage
The install was very quick. The engineer that Pure sent said that if we started by 10 am we would be done by lunchtime, and he was not kidding.
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Alternatives Considered
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
We still use NetApp storage enclosures at each plant for our routine file shares (CIFS) but I would love to swap them out for the HPE 3PARs as we use for our ERP app data. The 3PARS are simply faster and much better at near-instant replication. But even more importantly we can get the reporting that we need from the 3PAR within a few minutes, even custom reports. 3PARs are much easier to manage than NetApps in general and I think that the only place that they compete is in compaction.
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Pure Storage
Pure Storage FlashArray came up as being the most cost-effective of the lot plus the extras added like call-home support were very welcome. The competitors' options were a lot more expensive and the call-home support added a lot more to the already high costs.
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Scalability
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Pure Storage
The product suite scales well and the FA in particular can service any need for all but the most demanding file protocol environments
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Return on Investment
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • We grew unexpectedly, which forced us to buy a lot of expensive HP SSD's.
  • We have never had any performance issues with this storage.
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Pure Storage
  • Thanks to the deduplication that is built into the product we are seeing great reduction in total space required by consolidating similar data types on the same array.
  • Our users are very pleased with the performance.
  • The replication allowed us to move our workload from to another data center with minimal downtime.
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