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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    HPE Synergy

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHPE Synergy is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software designed to support a composable infrastructure, which treats IT resources as a service that can be "composed" and deployed out to applications in near real-time, eliminating the need to configure hardware.N/A
    Pricing
    HPE StoreOnceHPE Synergy
    Editions & Modules
    Gen10 Server
    $1,061.46
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HPE StoreOnceHPE Synergy
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    HPE StoreOnceHPE Synergy
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of HPE StoreOnce and HPE Synergy
    Feature
    HPE StoreOnce
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    HPE Synergy
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots9.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    HPE StoreOnceHPE Synergy
    Small Businesses
    BDRShield
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HPE StoreOnceHPE Synergy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HPE StoreOnceHPE Synergy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Best suited for virtualization and multi-environment implementations. Bare metal deployments have a few more limitations.
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    Pros
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Handles high performance workloads efficiently
    • Has automated failover for downtime reduction
    • Easier to replace spare parts
    • Cable management is easier compared to previous generation
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    Cons
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It just works and the support contract we have is good enough for the company needs
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    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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    Usability
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    The GUI of Synergy is very user friendly and simple. Compared to previous generation products it has many great built in features. HPE Synergy shines in the management features of the OneView software making it a very good update from last gen. The ease of cabling and hardware replacement only add more to this.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Implementation Rating
    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
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    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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    Return on Investment
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Downtime has been minimal resulting in less service imapct
    • Freed up a lot of valuable rack space
    • Forecasted ROI target is much shorter
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