HPE StoreOnce vs. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

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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Veeam is our top-tier solution for backing up a handful of old-school physical Windows servers, and it is very good at this. It is also top notch in user-friendly granular file restores and application specific object restores (AD, SQL, etc).

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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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• Relatively speedy backups for a traditional backup solution
• Good efficiency solutions used to shrink backup sizes
• Robust synchronization capabilities for offsite backups
• Veeam can perform a full metal restore of a physical server
• If needed, Veeam can convert a backup of a physical server to a virtual server

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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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• Veeam could use more flexible job scheduling options
• The Veeam Backup and Replication GUI is good but could be simplified
• Veeam Support can be a bit slow at resolving some issues

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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 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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Veeam is vastly superior. It was the product we vetted and switched to from Cloudberry. CB can perform adequate backups but restores can be challenging and there are a lot of missing features compared to Veeam.

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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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• It allows end users to easily self-serve their own file restores, freeing up IT resources
• It provides a seamless DR solution for the resources it backs up
• It frequently take a long time to resolve problems when they do occur

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