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    Dell Unity XT Unified Storage

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ADell Unity XT hybrid flash arrays are storage systems for running general purpose workloads that do not require the low latencies and speed of all flash/NVMe architectures. Unity XT hybrid flash arrays balance performance, efficiency, features or outcomes.N/A

    HPE StoreOnce

    Score9.4 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 Unity XT Unified StorageHPE StoreOnce
    Editions & Modules
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    Gen10 Server
    $1,061.46
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE StoreOnce
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE 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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    Chose HPE StoreOnce
    Price mostly. Netapp has some not so good quirks about it's licensing, which aren't there with HPE. The rest are good but the ROI is not that well since they seem overpriced sometimes.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    82%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
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    Features
    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE StoreOnce
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Dell Unity XT Unified Storage and HPE StoreOnce
    Feature
    Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
    9.3
    16 Ratings
    5% above category average
    HPE StoreOnce
    -
    Ratings
    Flash Array Performance10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Compression9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simplicity9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Power Savings9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Dell Unity XT Unified Storage and HPE StoreOnce
    Feature
    Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
    -
    Ratings
    HPE StoreOnce
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.95 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
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    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE StoreOnce
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    BDRShield
    Score6.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8 out of 10
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE StoreOnce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dell Unity XT Unified StorageHPE StoreOnce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    Dell EMC Unity is an easy system and very flexible component and very easy to navigate while providing effective services and management of multiple project information management and the data pulling from the supported third-party platform is easy and quick. Excellent reporting features and easy to use and the analytics tools are amazing.
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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
    • Enables you to create multiple copies of any database.
    • Data savings feature with compression.
    • Integrity with VMWare, RHEL, Oracle.
    • The best option is a midrange unified storage array in a customer environment.
    • Some models support NMMe.
    • Copy Data Management (iCDM), Data-At-Rest-Encryption (D@RE).
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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
    • Alerting: receiving an alert when an issue occurs. That is good to know. However, if the alert is cleared, or somehow no longer in alarm, no email is received. At times I will receive the email alert on weekends, not knowing if the issue is resolved or not until Monday when I can access the unit. I have learned in most instances, the alert is a false alarm, which could be a problem.
    • The alerting itself is sometimes not clear. For example, it tells me the link is down, we reset the connection, the link is still down, a tech was dispatched, he troubleshot, and finally the alarm cleared. This incident took almost a week. It went back into alarm after he left, then suddenly it cleared on its own.
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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
    No answers on this topic
    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 Unity was easy to connect, set up and maintain
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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
    Dell EMC Unity, in my honest opinion, is basically an all-flash VNX with a better interface. There is ZERO innovation coming out of EMC. If you want a company that's going to give you good support and be proud of their product instead of their profit margin, I strongly urge you to look elsewhere as there are better and more innovative products in the marketplace.
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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
    No answers on this topic
    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
    I was instructed to buy these arrays, but I was not given the opportunity to evaluate other arrays. We evaluated other products in the market that competed with Unity and found that the younger array built from scratch had far better features, software, and ease of use. The Unity system has a unique way of storing the data when compared with other systems.
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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
    • Less business downtime and reliability is a major business concern. DELL EMC UNITY addresses this concern well and provides robust storage.
    • Investing in UNITY system is less expensive than all-flash storage systems.
    • Managing and provisioning VMware disks became simpler from a single interface in the Vcenter
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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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