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Dell PowerVault vs HPE StoreOnce comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerVault
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise SAN (2nd), Fibre Channel (1st)
HPE StoreOnce
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (2nd), Disk Based Backup Systems (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Dell PowerVault and HPE StoreOnce aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell PowerVault is designed for Enterprise SAN and holds a mindshare of 29.4%, up 4.4% compared to last year.
HPE StoreOnce, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 19.4% mindshare, up 17.4% since last year.
Enterprise SAN
Deduplication Software
 

Featured Reviews

SigfridCecillon - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good stability and simplicity
The room for improvement lies in the responsiveness and real-time feedback of the web server setup. We could set up the installation through a web server, but it's not very reactive on the web server. For example, when you launch a task, and you don't know exactly if the task has begun or if the task is in progress, or if it's finished. You have to wait for three to five to ten minutes to be sure that the task is running or in progress or finished. So at that point, it's not very good. For the rest, we have a good organization for the platform. And it's working everywhere. Another area of improvement is duplication.
Andrew Mcbeath - PeerSpot reviewer
Maximized storage capacity and minimized costs and an easy setup
Most of our client base is between fifty to five hundred end users. We occasionally recommend high-end HPE products for larger clients needing performance and reliability. Our clients predominantly use HPE StoreOnce for small business purposes in industries like dairy and finance Our clients have…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its performance."
"The most valuable features are stability and response time."
"Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage."
"I find this solution to be cost-effective in providing data storage for clients."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup was easy and simple."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to set up PowerVault. I also like the provisioning of storage."
"For us, the initial setup was easy."
"HPE StoreOnce works well, it is stable."
"I'm impressed with their support structure, call availability, understanding, flexibility in scheduling remote sessions, and accommodating customer timeframes."
"If you have a large enough storage capacity then you can take an ample amount of data."
"The scalability is very good."
"The product's most valuable feature is stability."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"It is very easy to implement."
"The hardware is strong and all the equipment has a good infrastructure. Personally, I think it's the best storage product in HPE for small to medium-sized businesses."
 

Cons

"The product could support an NVMe hard disk."
"I would like to see improvements made to the user interface."
"PowerVault doesn't integrate with Active Directory. Other storage solutions offer SAN and NAS unified storage in a single appliance, but PowerVault is only SAN."
"If the solution came with a synchronous application, it would be particularly advantageous for small businesses operating across multiple sites."
"The implementation process takes a while."
"We need higher performance and more reliable storage."
"There have been situations when our customers requested professional support and the price of that feature is quite high."
"In most instances, clients are using Dell PowerVault with tape drives, but we want to transition them away from tape drives due to the risk of data loss."
"They could provide more options for storage capacity."
"The web interface, ease of use, and GUI all need to be improved."
"HPE StoreOnce could improve the capacity support."
"The appliance doesn't have the global deduplication, it has StoreOnce deduplication. It does not deduplicate across the appliance, it will deduplicate in one particular store. With the global deduplication, I could store more data."
"While the solution does everything expected, it would be beneficial if AI could be integrated for optimization and monitoring."
"HPE StoreOnce should come with a detailed installation guide."
"The solution should continue to refine its integration capabilities. I also see they are starting to use cloud integration as well, which is good, but they should do more to integrate with it."
"Cloud integration needs to be simplified."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate Dell PowerVault a six or seven out of ten for pricing."
"I would rate the pricing model a nine out of ten, with one being expensive and ten being cheap."
"They are offering a wide range of support models for the customers such as basic support that is budget-friendly, but they also provide a professional support solution that is a bit costly"
"I rate the price of Dell PowerVault a nine out of ten."
"I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."
"The cost, compared to other solutions, is on the higher end."
"The product is inexpensive."
"It is important to remember that the retail price may seem high, but the final price is usually different."
"With the same capacity of Data Domain and ExaGrid, which is 80 terabytes, HPE is the cheapest one."
"The product is not expensive. It is available at a good price."
"There are costs for additional storage and space."
"We have got a perpetual license, and we have access to all the features. If you are using cloud banks, you can store the internal data in HPE Cloud if needed. You can offload the data to the HPE Cloud. It is a licensed product. We have got around 10 TB of cloud bank storage with a one-time payment. We specifically took 10 TB for very critical offsite backups. We can also increase it in blocks if needed."
"The price puts me off. It's definitely on the high side."
"To be honest, we were quite happy with the price, but we always want things cheaper than they are. I think for what we got, we felt that the price was quite reasonable comparing it to other products that provide that same level of functionality."
"I rate the platform's pricing a seven out of ten."
"The licensing costs is capacity-based and come bundled with support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerVault?
Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?
I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten.
What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?
The product is generally stable, but there have been instances, to my knowledge, where we faced issues in the controller during software upgrades. The availability is not at the desired level durin...
What do you like most about HPE StoreOnce?
I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes.
What needs improvement with HPE StoreOnce?
Veeam Backups provide a stronger capability. It is well-positioned on the radar, with a mature and stable solution. Consequently, it is used throughout the company.
 

Also Known As

PowerVault
HP StoreOnce
 

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Sample Customers

Dayco, FAW Foundry, University of Cambridge, Finder, Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co.
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