HPE StoreOnce vs. SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM)

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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SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) is pretty good at forecasting capacity consumption, which was a must for us. If you have LUNs that have high latency in a normal environment (user shares, for instance), you'll need to customize the alerts to tune out the noise. As with all SW modules and most other products, there is a time lag between what is in the console and what's happening now. Data in the console and alerts are typically 5 to 15 minutes old.

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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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• Unmasks storage performance metrics and gives a common dashboard for monitoring.
• A simple, intuitive interface for adding supported storage frames.
• Lineage -- "The guest OS is connected to the virtual host and the virtual host is connected to the ... wait, what LUN is that?!?" #SOLVED.

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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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• Issues getting SMI working correctly to monitor Compellents through SRM.
• The ability to break down alerts to a more granular level.

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

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It has helped me prove that we need more storage as well as faster storage to management

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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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Easy to set up and start. Out of the box alerts which you can tweak to your needs. Easy to use interfaces as well

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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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Do not have to contact support for issues often and when i do it is fast to get response and resolve my issues

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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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Easy to use set up wizard went off without a hitch.

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HPE StoreOnce is a great value for money.

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We have a full suite of SolarWinds products and did not evaluate other options for a full package. For selective monitoring we log into the devices, but this has made that much easier as we have a dashboard rather than logging into devices one at a time.

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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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• Real-time monitoring and alerting to surpass those of native vSphere and in some occasions, better than manufacturer written software.
• Historical monitoring of environment with charts and graphs to assist with ever changing environment loads.

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