HPE StoreOnce vs. HPE Synergy

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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Best suited for virtualization and multi-environment implementations. Bare metal deployments have a few more limitations.

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• 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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• Nearly instant configuration of applications according to specific requirements within a single pool
• Deployment, updating and monitoring via a single interface
• Updates and redeployment with minimal service interruption
• Support for virtual, bare metal and containerized workloads

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• Could be more user-friendly when deploying.
• Cost is as friendly as Pure Storage Array.
• HPE does well support this technology.

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• Firmware repository size limitations could be larger (was increased recently but still is only room for a few SPPs)
• Profile template updates flag all machines that haven't had their profile updated from the template, causing the dashboard to go red with warnings and can cause unnecessary concern
• OneView, while powerful isn't as user friendly as it could be

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It just works and the support contract we have is good enough for the company needs

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The hardware has fulfilled all of the promises that it made when we first acquired it. The only thing that would preclude this would be if the organization decided to holistically switch hardware vendors for reasons other than performance and feature sets.

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It is quite efficient and easy to administer. You don't really get into trouble with HPE StoreOnce often.

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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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It was pretty smooth, at least smother that a Dell EMC Unity we set it up last week

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HPE StoreOnce is a great value for money.

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While all similar offerings can achieve basically the same thing, HPE Synergy stands out against Cisco and Dell offerings with respect to manageability, ease of use and flexibility - HPE Synergy offers configurations groups of chassis to create logical enclosures that can be managed as a single entity and also blades in any slot can be plumbed and allocated as necessary to multiple uplinks. This is one level more flexible than the others which limits configurations of blades in a single chassis to similar uplink settings. Also, the HPE Synergy chassis itself supports 12 blades vs 10 in competitive offerings.

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• 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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• Eased concerns for go-live of a huge new deployment as we knew we could respond to any scaling concern swiftly and thoroughly
• Hardware has been rock solid since implementation
• Limits to initially deployed logical enclosure configurations have been addressed rapidly by the introduction of new hardware with fast speeds/additional management ring connectivity options

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