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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

    Unitrends

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliances are hardware developed for data backup and management. They cover enterprise backup, ransomware detection, recovery assurance, proactive monitoring, and cloud continuity into a single platform for organizations of all sizes.N/A
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    HPE StoreOnceUnitrends
    Editions & Modules
    Gen10 Server
    $1,061.46
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HPE StoreOnceUnitrends
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    HPE StoreOnceUnitrends
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Kaseya
    Chose Unitrends
    disaster recovery
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    Would buy again
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    89%
    Would buy again
    170 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    164 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    178 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    156 Answers
    Features
    HPE StoreOnceUnitrends
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of HPE StoreOnce and Unitrends
    Feature
    HPE StoreOnce
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Unitrends
    7.5
    360 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Universal recovery10.05 Ratings6.8302 Ratings
    Instant recovery10.05 Ratings8.7290 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.05 Ratings7.3288 Ratings
    Business application protection8.06 Ratings6.5262 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.06 Ratings8.0268 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.06 Ratings8.3338 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.02 Ratings6.5213 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression10.06 Ratings8.0326 Ratings
    Snapshots9.95 Ratings7.3243 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.05 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Management dashboard7.05 Ratings6.17 Ratings
    Platform support9.05 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Retention options10.05 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Encryption10.05 Ratings8.36 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HPE StoreOnceUnitrends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (372 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.9
    (23 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    3.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HPE StoreOnceUnitrends
    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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    Kaseya
    We have a traditional stack and pretty typical needs as a manufacturer. I have used and evaluated everything out there, but the Unitrends solution fits very well and was competitively priced. I would think if it fits us, it could fit anyone like us with a similar stack.
    Incentivized
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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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    Kaseya
    • It has fully automated and customizable dashboards that can run with less administrative attention.
    • It should be able to run on virtual machines or be deployed as a virtual machine within MS Azure or AWS.
    • It's AI-based ransomware detection helps to understand data characteristics and alerts for ransomware attacks.
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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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    Kaseya
    • Errors on backup jobs could be more clearly explained. As the administrator of the device for my company, I often don't know what caused an error, and can't tell from the error information what happened or caused the error.
    • Updates of the devices should have an automatic option. It takes to much time to do an update to the devices if updates haven't been maintained.
    • Shutdown and restarting the device should be available from the main UI screen to eliminate some time when doing updates or if you're doing some maintenance on the device.
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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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    Kaseya
    We have grown very attached to the Unitrends appliances and their use for recovery and other file restoration needs as well as data archival, data replication to other appliance and data migration to other servers or long term storage requirements. The appliances work well and the support for them is very good as well.
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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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    Kaseya
    I have never used such an easy product that is stable and scalable like Unitrends. I have been running backups for MANY years. On premise, tape, disk, cloud, you name it. Unitrends is very flexible, stable and has incredible reporting features. It's nice when management requests a report and it takes you 5 minutes to run it and dump it to PDF. How can you beat that?
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    Reliability and Availability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Kaseya
    The appliances have been there when we need them and have rarely if ever gone down. Hardware issues have been resolved quickly.
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    Performance
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Kaseya
    The hardware is adequate and speedy. The user interface responds quickly. Backups complete quickly.
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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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    Kaseya
    They're incredible, attentive, thorough. They make sure my issue is resolved and follow up. I'm usually behind on giving them a reply or an update. They have always gone above and beyond for me, and I'll continue to do the same for them.
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    Online Training
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Kaseya
    It was sufficient to get started. It was not super deep. We called support often to get going.
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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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    Kaseya
    The Unitrends employees involved in the installation were very friendly and knowledgeable. A certain degree of hiccups can be expected during any installation but never shook my confidence because of the friendly and knowledgeable team that was assigned to my project.
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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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    Kaseya
    Symantec Backup Exec was the primary tool used for backups for years. We also used Veeam for some Office 365/Exchange backups. Unitrends once configured and set up works very well against the competition. Backup Exec interface was more user friendly. The search tool for exploring backups was much better than Unitrends as well. Unitrends is much faster if you need to restore an entire VM or large file folders. Also once you have Unitrends all set up, it is very low maintenance, it just works. If something fails 9/10 it will correct itself on the next backup that is scheduled to run
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    Scalability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Kaseya
    Once you exceed the capacity of the appliances, you have to forklift a new appliance. This is very expensive.
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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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    Kaseya
    • It has saved some deleted file server data for our business department.
    • We have lost some reports for the business department due to an overlooked setting that make the backup reports look great, but the server was not being backed up in reality.
    • Less anxiety for the IT department, we have backup plan and that is worth a lot to us.
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