HPE Cloud Volumes vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

In our organization, we are using HPE Cloud Volumes for backups storage. HPE Cloud Volumes has given the flexibility of maximum availability and scalability. Now adding space is not a cumbersome process and it can be easily managed by HPE Cloud Volumes as per our need. In another scenario, we have used HPE Cloud Volumes for temporary storing the data for Datacenter move activity. On the downside, I think HPE Cloud Volumes solution is not suitable for temporary need as its more of a long term solution.

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NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP was well suited to begin our journey to cloud storage as a service. The ease and intuitiveness of the product to enable our administrators to design, configure, and deploy the storage in a hybrid cloud environment was instrumental to the success and the early adoption of the service.

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• It Really simplifying our day to day operations for engineers to maintain the backup needs, aligning our infra to actual use
• You can leverage efficient,and, we have kind of mixed needs for cloud and on-premises storage, It does exceptionally well
• It really provides a Ransomware Protection and long-term retention.
• It delivers simple diaster recovery and also its statisfy our backup needs from the edge to cloud for our genesys applications.

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• Simplicity
• Flexibility
• Cost savings

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• Not suitable for small scale enterprises
• Initial setup is bit difficult
• Pricing can be more flexible which can suits different customer of different needs.

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• More competitive pricing at lower volumes of storage
• Make it possible to manage storage across hybrid and multiple cloud environments

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We utilized NetApp remote Professional Services to assist in our deployment and also engaged support since the deployment for assistance regarding some networking concerns. NetApp support was surprisingly quick to reply and very proactive in resolving our concerns much quicker than other support personnel from many of our other vendors we use. No complaints about NetApp support at this time.

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HPE Cloud Volumes Backup unlocks agility and powers innovation. It really eliminate the complexity of day-to-day hassles. For our On-premises and Muticloud backup needs Based on our evaluavtion , we had to come to this decision to go for HPE

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ScienceLogic SL1 and SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) were the closest competitors to meeting our business objectives. Tivoli Storage Manager was not able to meet the initial requirements. There was a significant overlap of capabilities between ScienceLogic SL1, SolarWinds SRM, and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. The latter provided a more positive and cohesive experience for our administrators and executives.

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• Backups on HPE Cloud Volumes has significantly reduced the cost of on premise handling of backups
• It provided storage for datacenter move which reduced the migration time
• Hosting smaller application in HPE Cloud Volumes has helped in saving operating cost.

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• Not really any noticeable impact yet
• We are utilizing the free tier that is provided as a promotion with current systems
• It remains to be seen if it will continue to be enough value to renew the subscription

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