We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and Pure Storage FlashArray based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"It's incredibly easy to use and greatly simplified our ability to both deploy and manage our storage subsystems."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"It's helped us because we've changed fundamentally what we talk about. We don't talk about storage and different tiers of storage anymore nor do we talk about servers. We talk now about applications and how applications impact the business and end users."
"The solution is very straightforward to set up."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"What I really like about this program, is that it is easy to use and easy to configurate."
"The solution is scalable."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"Deduplication and compression are in a good ratio. It supports the HPE Catalyst protocol, which is much faster than NFS and other protocols. We use CommVault and Veeam, and these two solutions support the Catalyst protocol very well and are integrated at high speed. It is faster than normal access."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its catalyst mode, along with better performance, backup, and recovery."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"It results in more efficient storage utilization, cutting capital expenditure in half."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature."
"The speed and deduplication ratio are two of the most valuable features of the solution."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"The product cheaper compared to other solutions concerning the technology that they are using."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"Pure is simple to set up and manage on a day-to-day basis."
"The mobile app is very helpful."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"I like its speed. It has all the features that I need."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with enterprise backup systems."
"Every time I think of something that needs to improve, they're one step ahead, which I love. The only area I wish to see improve, I believe is coming, is in the FlashBlade product. Blade implementation fell short on a few of the services."
"Many options to check performance, like read, writes, random writes, and random reads, are missing in Pure FlashArray X NVMe."
"It's more multi-tenant functionality in their Pure1 manage portal that is lacking."
"The software layer has to improve."
"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of more features to security or WORM."
"HPE StoreOnce could improve the capacity support."
"One item I wanted to see is SSD drives as a cache, and that was, for a time, still lacking in StoreOnce, however, they have done it now. It's not available yet, however, it will be shortly."
"Hardware maintenance involves some downtime for backup destination storage which can be a problem for some."
"Its customer service could be faster."
"The user interface of HPE StoreOnce should be more user-friendly. Additionally, the configuration and troubleshooting could be better."
"While StoreOnce has many features, it needs to focus on integrating with third-party backup software solutions."
"We archive our backups on tape, so I feel like if we could somehow plug our tape drive directly into the StoreOnce device and set it up to where it would archive based on, if some kind of rules based engine or what have you, that would really be an improvement for us."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"A minor issue that comes to mind is that, every once in a while, a hard drive will go bad."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"The only time that we had problems with it was that there was a bug in the VVol implementation but, outside of that, it has been flawless."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews while Pure Storage FlashArray is ranked 3rd in All-Flash Storage with 174 reviews. HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4, while Pure Storage FlashArray is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashArray writes "Effective provisioning, helpful support, and reliable". HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas Pure Storage FlashArray is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, HPE Nimble Storage, IBM FlashSystem and VMware vSAN. See our HPE StoreOnce vs. Pure Storage FlashArray report.
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