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HPE StoreOnce Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8.6 out of 10
Score
8.6 out of 10

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Pros

Easy Installation and User-Friendly Interface: Many users have found HPE StoreOnce to be incredibly easy to install and interconnect. They appreciate the simplicity of the process, as well as the graphical user interface that is highly intuitive and user-friendly.

Efficient Deduplication and Compression Capabilities: Numerous reviewers have praised the deduplication and compression capabilities of HPE StoreOnce, stating that they work exceptionally well. These features effectively reduce the storage footprint by up to 95%, allowing for more efficient data management.

Good Performance and Connectivity: Users consistently express satisfaction with the performance and connectivity of HPE StoreOnce. The system ensures smooth backup processes and enables fast data recovery when needed, providing reliable support for their business operations.

Reviews

6 Reviews

The best vm and agent backup storage system there is

Rating: 9 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use HPE StoreOnce for vm and agent based backups for Veeam. It is a wonderful product that works amazing well with top notch performance both in backups and in restoring content. We use this product across our entire IT infrastructure for all virtualization backups and agent backups. It is so successful we have upgraded from a previous model to this model due to its high quality backup functionality.

Pros

  • vmware vm backups
  • windows agent backups
  • hyperv vm backups

Cons

  • file share based backups
  • larger drive options for the storage system
  • somewhat dated on network connectivity parts to have the fastest network connections

Likelihood to Recommend

Vm backups are the fastest I've ever had with this unit for any backup software system. Agent backups are the fastest ever to this device too. Veeam supported HPE StoreOnce for file backups way back. However, we discovered you cannot do this for large network drive scenarios. So, we have to have a separate backup system for file based share backups. it would be great to resolve this at some point in the future. Also, replication of a primary SO to a DR SO works amazing now based on the 52x0 series HPE StoreOnce units. The older 5100 series just could not cut it to copy to another backup target fast enough for large data backup consumers.

VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
HPE StoreOnce
8 years of experience

Smart Backup Server that helps reduce size on disk

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using HPE StoreOnce as our backup server to store organization wide backups for database, virtual machines and applications. We are also using HPE StoreOnce to mount NFS drives for network storage. Additionally, we are using HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Stores on the server to store Oracle Database RMAN backups.

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • StoreOnce to StoreOnce Replication is not real time. It needs to be setup as copy jobs with specific time interval.
  • There is not StoreOnce Catalyst Stores Replication between two HPE StoreOnce servers.
  • Navigating through large number of files on the server is slow and sometimes causes GUI interface to hang.

Likelihood to Recommend

HPE StoreOnce is great backup server especially for large organization as it helps reducing storage footprint due to its deduplication feature. However, the encryption feature is an additional license cost and may impact the deduplication.

RG
Ravi Gupta
Information Technology Architect in Information Technology at Los Angeles County Office of Education (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
HPE StoreOnce
4 years of experience
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HPE StoreOnce has nothing but great usability and superb support

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We don't currently use it at our home office, but we have deployed it with two customers as a DRP backup for vSphere infrastructure and a couple of IBM LPARs running RMAN.

Pros

  • It handles the storage on a DRP quite well.
  • It was not that hard to implement it, even though 3Par was easier.
  • Setting it up on vSphere was painless.
  • It was easy to link the paths on a couple VIOSes.

Cons

  • Could be more user-friendly when deploying.
  • Cost is as friendly as Pure Storage Array.
  • HPE does well support this technology.

Likelihood to Recommend

I definitely would recommend it since it's HPE and has support worldwide.

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Victor Padro
Service Engineer in Information Technology at SCAT - Servicios en Computación y en Alta Tecnología (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
HPE StoreOnce
4 years of experience
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Versatile backups. ease of administration and amazing compaction ratio

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ours is a big size ERP solution with 150 + virtual machines and 20+ Physical Servers. We use HPE StoreOnce as backup infrastructure for backing up OS, software binaries and databases. We use third-party software to store OS level backups on StoreOnce and we use native HPE StoreOnce RMAN Catalyst Plugin to push our RMAN backups for Oracle databases to StoreOnce. We also use CIFS share on StoreOnce as a mount point for key shared drives.

Pros

  • File uploads and querying the backup repository is quite fast, given that we have so many backups and a good retention period.
  • A free add on "HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Plugin for RMAN" was a great benefit. We saved the cost of buying an additional backup infrastructure for our databases.

Cons

  • HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Stores do not have a native replication. You will have to rely on third party software to backup your backup files from primary StoreOnce to secondary StoreOnce.
  • We also see disconnects in the HPE StoreOnce Catalyst RMAN Plugin. We are still trying to figure out if this is a StoreOnce issue or something with our network.

Likelihood to Recommend

HPE StoreOnce is well suited for backup an infrastructure that can accommodate a few hours for a total backup. It is quite suitable for your disaster recovery plan for your backups. We are currently using it with Veeam and Oracle products.

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Amanda Decker
Development Coordinator, Advancement Services in Information Technology at University of Southern California (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
HPE StoreOnce
2 years of experience
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An awesome backup infrastructure solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using HP StoreOnce as our backup infrastructure for both databases and applications. We have 200 + Virtual Machines and 20+ Physical Servers. We are using HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Store RMAN plugin to backup oracle databases to StoreOnce catalyst store. This is a great feature since now we don't need to take local backup and then push it to tape device. The backups to StoreOnce device is very efficient. We are also using CIFS (NAS) Shares on HPE StoreOnce to backup virtual machine using a third party backup software.

Pros

  • Backups to HPE StoreOnce device is very efficient. This is particularly because we are using all SSD (flash ) devices in our HPE StoreOnce infrastructure.
  • The compaction ratio with HPE StoreOnce is amazing which reduces our total storage footprint by upto 95%.
  • It supports both block storage and file system storage. This is especially beneficial since we wanted one backup infrastructure for both our application and database backups.

Cons

  • We had a little trouble sending backups of physical servers using SMBv1 protocol to SMBv2 CIFS shares. We had to implement a work around but it would have been nice if StoreOnce could be smart enough to take care of SMB version automatically.
  • There is no native Catalyst Store replication from one StoreOnce device to another StoreOnce. The replication has to be handled by the backup software which is backing up to one StoreOnce device. This puts an extra overhead on the source.
  • HPE StoreOnce command line is a little complicated for beginners. It takes a little while to get familiar with how to leverage it.

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

RG
Ravinder Gupta
Senior Oracle Database Administrator in Information Technology at CGI (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
HPE StoreOnce
3 years of experience
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StoreOnce is a compelling backup storage platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

<div>HPE StoreOnce was used to transition from tape backups to disk backups. IT in the organization is centralized, so the StoreOnce provides the backup storage for the entire enterprise backups. It allowed extended online retention periods, cut down on the restore time and decreased the time windows for backup. The Catalyst deduplication technology allows cost-effective and extended retention periods by consuming less disk space, along with accelerating the backups by utilizing the same deduplication technology at the endpoint or on the storage device. It requires compatible software which can talk over the proprietary Catalyst protocol.</div><div>

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Pros

  • Catalyst deduplication technology is very effective.
  • Catalyst protocol maximizes backup speeds.
  • Design with disk shelves provides dense storage and minimizes the rack units required to deploy.
  • Offers NFS, CIFS/SMB, and virtual tape library functionality for compatibility (in addition to Catalyst stores).

Cons

  • For fastest performance and best dedupe, ISV software supporting Catalyst required
  • VTL capability requires more overhead and space due to aging policies, etc.
  • Use of CIFS/SMB for backups is significantly slower than Catalyst.

Likelihood to Recommend

There are two scenarios where StoreOnce plays extremely well. First, coupled with Recovery Manager Central from HPE, StoreOnce is a tightly integrated, snapshot based backup solution for HPE's primary storage platforms. This offers line of business app protection and virtualization backups with better efficiency and windows than traditional ISV backup software.

Secondly, coupled with ISV software that supports Catalyst, this is a great purpose built storage platform for backup repositories; however, the list of ISV software supporting Catalyst is short - Veeam, Symantec NetBackup, and Data Protector (formerly HPE's, now owned by MicroFocus). Other third party software can work with the hardware, but the best performance and best efficiencies are offered when using Catalyst protocol and Catalyst stores on the StoreOnce. If you're a Veeam user, StoreOnce definitely deserves a look - it is a compelling alternative to DataDomain or SMB shares.

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Philip Sellers
Senior System Administrator in Information Technology at AmWINS Group (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
HPE StoreOnce
6 years of experience
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