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    Dell Avamar

    Score5.7 out of 10
    N/ADell Avamar is a hardware and software data backup and deduplication product. It provides protection and recovery through a complete software and hardware solution when paired with Dell Data Domain for virtual environments, remote offices, enterprise apps, NAS servers, and desktops/laptops.N/A

    HPE StoreOnce

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AHPE StoreOnce is a backup and recovery hardware solution from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, providing disk-based backup, deduplication, and long-term storage. StoreOnce offerings can support virtual and cloud environments for small business, mid-size organizations, and enterprises.

    $1,061.46

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    Dell AvamarHPE StoreOnce
    Editions & Modules
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    Gen10 Server
    $1,061.46
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    Dell AvamarHPE StoreOnce
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Dell AvamarHPE StoreOnce
    Considered Both Products
    Dell Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Chose HPE StoreOnce
    Nothing compares to HPE StoreOnce for speed, performance, recoverability, DR, 3-2-1 backup requirements, and even large virtualization environments. These are by far the best of the best for vm and agent backups. You just pay a little more than the rest. Dedupe, compaction, and …
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    Would buy again
    57%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    57%
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    Happy with the feature set
    57%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    60%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Dell AvamarHPE StoreOnce
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Dell Avamar and HPE StoreOnce
    Feature
    Dell Avamar
    6.6
    23 Ratings
    24% below category average
    HPE StoreOnce
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Universal recovery8.021 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.020 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Recovery verification7.018 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Business application protection8.018 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations7.021 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.022 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud3.610 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.023 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Snapshots5.017 Ratings9.95 Ratings
    Flexible deployment4.013 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Management dashboard2.014 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Platform support8.015 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Retention options8.016 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Encryption8.015 Ratings10.05 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Dell AvamarHPE StoreOnce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (23 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dell AvamarHPE StoreOnce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    This software is well suited for companies that want to be very in control of their backups but need a simple tool. It could be convenient for them to just buy their own node, locate it in a different location, and set up the jobs for their machines to backup to the cloud with the specific plugins. However, it would not be convenient for companies looking to have a tool that needs to be secure and compliant, and that need to have different other options for business continuity.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    If you are looking for a backup infrastructure which is efficient and compatible for both file system and block level backup, then HPE StoreOnce is a great choice. It's easy to configure and easy to manage. We didn't have to hire a separate storage expert to set up StoreOnce for us. The HPE team helped our system admins and it was a easy to configure.
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    Pros
    Dell Technologies
    • Avamar performs data deduplication on the remote host. This greatly reduces the amount of traffic that each backup requires. This even applies to the virtual environment through change block tracking. Backup times are reduced from hours to minutes.
    • The management interface makes it easy to configure and maintain data retention periods. Many times certain data must be kept for an extended period of time. There is a specific menu for managing retention periods.
    • The system is able to recover itself from a hard failure with virtually no loss of backups. There is a checkpoint taken each day that provides a recovery point in the event of a catastrophic failure. Since this is a node based system, the loss of more than one node could require a recovery be performed.
    • While another grid must be purchased, the replication utility allows all backups to be replicated to another grid at a remote location. This ensures the resilience of the backups in the event there is the loss of the primary data center.
    • Also works on HCI devices performing image-level backups as in our primary data center environment
    • There is also now an All-in-One appliance for smaller locations
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • We really like the deduplication feature of HPE StoreOnce. It helps reduce storage footprint by 1:3 to 1:10 depending on type of files being stored.
    • It's easy to manage files on HPE StoreOnce servers using command line options.
    • We use Veeam Backup Server software to manage our backups on HPE StoreOnce.
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • The client interface has constant JAVA issues and can be slow and chunky. We have often had issues with current versions of JAVA breaking it so it will not even run.
    • The backup clients are split out for function. Although this makes them light, it also makes it cumbersome to upgrade clients. The naming scheme can also be confusing for the clients.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • file share based backups
    • larger drive options for the storage system
    • somewhat dated on network connectivity parts to have the fastest network connections
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dell Technologies
    I have been using the product for over five years. This has performed so well that with the current system reaching its End-of-Life with EMC next year, I have proposed replacing it with the latest version of the product. Now that it integrates with Data Domain, the cost has been greatly reduced. Instead of the need to purchase many nodes, one Data Domain can replace them creating a significant cost savings.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It just works and the support contract we have is good enough for the company needs
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    Usability
    Dell Technologies
    The system overall is easy to monitor and see your backup/restore status. The user interface could use updating as it relies on Java and any updates to Java cause the interface to stop working need to be reinstalled
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    My team who are currently administering HPE StoreOnce do not come from a storage background. We still didn't had to struggle much configuring and using HPE StoreOnce. Of course, HPE team was very helpful in smooth technology transition. For critical errors, we already have phone home feature enabled and HPE support team has been excellent and their response time in dealing with technical errors/incidents.
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    Support Rating
    Dell Technologies
    Support is very convincing, always eager to solve issues from the root rather than workaround, don't hesitate to take webex, describe the issues to the core and recommend configuration to avoid further issues. We can ask few questions other than the main issue. They don't hesitate to answer.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We had couple of incidents so far and HPE support team was very proactive through the process until the incident was closed satisfactorily.
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    Implementation Rating
    Dell Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It was pretty smooth, at least smother that a Dell EMC Unity we set it up last week
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dell Technologies
    Avamar has simplied the back up approach in their VE edition and is much easier to use than Data Protector. Backing up multiple VMs takes minutes instead of hours now. Creating policies, retentions, and schedules, is vastly improved and much easier.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Some of our staff have worked with Baracuda, so it was a recommended product. But after our evaluation, we decided to use StoreOnce because of the types of backup, ease of administration, and cost savings.
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    Return on Investment
    Dell Technologies
    • Absolute Zero ROI
    • This appliance does not work in its current state and to update we need to wait 2-3 months
    • Can't wait to get rid of it and replace it with something else. (not even sure if we will be able to get it running before that)
    • [I think] this is one of the worst mistakes we made
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • While not completely eliminating tape, it has relegated the use of tape to monthly and annual backups for compliance. It has reduced the recurring expense of tape media.
    • It has increased the length of the retention period because of its efficiency in storing backups.
    • The online backup repositories are now replicated to the secondary datacenter, a capability not possible with tapes.
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