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    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

    NetApp AFF A-Series

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ANetApp AFF A-Series All Flash Arrays are the company's flagship flash storage solutions.N/A
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    HPE StoreOnceNetApp AFF A-Series
    Editions & Modules
    Gen10 Server
    $1,061.46
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HPE StoreOnceNetApp AFF A-Series
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    HPE StoreOnceNetApp AFF A-Series
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    NetApp
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HPE StoreOnceNetApp AFF A-Series
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of HPE StoreOnce and NetApp AFF A-Series
    Feature
    HPE StoreOnce
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    NetApp AFF A-Series
    -
    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
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of HPE StoreOnce and NetApp AFF A-Series
    Feature
    HPE StoreOnce
    -
    Ratings
    NetApp AFF A-Series
    8.3
    8 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Flash Array Performance00 Ratings9.18 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Data Compression00 Ratings6.37 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Simplicity00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
    Power Savings00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HPE StoreOnceNetApp AFF A-Series
    Small Businesses
    BDRShield
    Score6.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HPE StoreOnceNetApp AFF A-Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    HPE StoreOnceNetApp AFF A-Series
    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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    NetApp
    Easy interface and the accessibility of the features are effective and this solution functionalities on data migration and processing of different from other packages is amazing. NetApp AFF A-Series All Flash Arrays is the most secure platform for easy management of all the business and project data and the capacity planning tools and even the configuration options are the best and easy to use.
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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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    NetApp
    • Protective multiple project and business data is excellent.
    • Solutions for data storage and data migration.
    • Providing useful and quality data reports is effective.
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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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    NetApp
    • Cost is still prohibitive for performance.
    • Performance tuning at the Fabric Interconnect level.
    • Automation and scripting improvements in the PowerShell module.
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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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    NetApp
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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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    NetApp
    Our organizations primary storage platform is NetApp AFF-A900 nodes. All our storage requirements, be it storage visible to our compute either using FC or NFS is through these nodes. The shares or CIFS too are setup on these nodes. We also use the fabric pool to write the data to NetApps Storage Grid
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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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    NetApp
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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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    NetApp
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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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    NetApp
    I have been an IBM and EMC storage customer. I used EMC CX and VMX series SANs. I have used IBM Shark SANs before that. Much has changed over the years. It is my experience that Netapp has shown a great deal more innovation with large leaps in technology, ease of use and an aggressive progress while the two other vendors that I have experience with are more tied to their legacy technologies.
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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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    NetApp
    • ROI has been tremendous as it has come in handy in all the scenarios we were looking at
    • Users and admins both happy with the overall performance and management is happy that they got a good deal from reseller.
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