We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and IBM ProtectTIER based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."HPE StoreOnce is particularly useful in situations where organizations require a backup solution to store their data. Its deduplication feature is quite impressive, providing a deduplication ratio of around 25 to 26."
"Currently, VTLs can only be created on individual service sets and cannot be used to share the resources of other nodes."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"I think the most valuable feature is the catalyst technology, which is in the StoreOnce appliance."
"I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes."
"The scalability is very good."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."
"HPE StoreOnce works well, it is stable."
"The command-line interface is good."
"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"The solution is highly stable."
"In terms of stability, I've found it to be very stable. I've walked into the server room when it was at 60 degrees Celcius, and it was still running fine."
"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."
"The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of more features to security or WORM."
"I would like to see better integration with Veeam software."
"Its customer service could be faster."
"Agnostic backups."
"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."
"The latency is a bit high."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"HPE StoreOnce could improve the capacity support."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM."
"The backup for a large amount of data is slow."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews while IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 11th in Deduplication Software with 7 reviews. HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4, while IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.2. 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 IBM ProtectTIER writes "Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization ". HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and DD Boost. See our HPE StoreOnce vs. IBM ProtectTIER report.
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