HPE StoreOnce vs IBM Spectrum Protect comparison

The compared Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM solutions aren't in the same category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #2 in DS , with an average rating of 7.8, and holds a 19.3% mindshare in the category. IBM is ranked #16 in BRS , with an average rating of 7.1, and holds a 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of IBM users who would recommend it.

HPE StoreOnce

Read 107 HPE StoreOnce reviews

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94% willing to recommend

IBM Spectrum Protect

Read 149 IBM Spectrum Protect reviews

4,841 Views
3,695 Comparison Views

86% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

HPE StoreOnce

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

107

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (2nd), Disk Based Backup Systems (2nd)

IBM Spectrum Protect

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

149

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (16th)

Mindshare comparison

HPE StoreOnce and IBM Spectrum Protect aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. HPE StoreOnce is designed for Deduplication Software and holds a mindshare of 19.3%, up 16.9% compared to last year.
IBM Spectrum Protect, on the other hand, focuses on Backup and Recovery, holds 2.2% mindshare, down 2.5% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Andrew Mcbeath

Technical Director of Managed IT Division at base2

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…

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Syed Habib

Head of Infrastructure Security (S.A.V.P) at EXIM Bank Ltd

Manageable and comprehensive and integrates robust backup features for core banking

It's adequate for my core banking, however, I am looking for another solution for all systems. It is not compatible with other operating systems like Windows or Linux, and lacks a consolidated dashboard from Browser Spectrum. This is why I am searching for another solution. The product also lacks any centralized graphical user interface (GUI), such as Jarek Pod, and I am limited to using a console-based text user interface, which my local partner handles completely.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most effective features for data deduplication are maximizing storage capacity and minimizing expenditure."

"I'm impressed with their support structure, call availability, understanding, flexibility in scheduling remote sessions, and accommodating customer timeframes."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its catalyst mode, along with better performance, backup, and recovery."

"It results in more efficient storage utilization, cutting capital expenditure in half."

"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."

"The speed and deduplication ratio are two of the most valuable features of the solution."

"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."

"I think the most valuable feature is the catalyst technology, which is in the StoreOnce appliance."

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"Every time we go and try to get a file, we can get it. Restores are quick and the data is always there."

"Replication processes with container storage pools allow reduction of storage space and network bandwidth, using deduplication and compression."

"The best part of this solution is that it just works."

"The backup is very good. In other backup systems, you need a lot of storage to gain the same backup policy."

"The licensing isn't very clear. They should work to simply or clarify the cost structure."

"The addition of the retention set feature provides a reduction in storage costs. It also reduces RTO and RPO so that you can respond quickly to your clients and services in case of data loss."

"The solution can back up every kind of workload in the environment."

"The ability to use S3 Data Store as a repository."

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Cons

"The solution's technical support should be faster."

"We do not foresee the need to have an artificial intelligence app. It is not mature enough."

"The platform's price could be lower."

"It is difficult to solve issues with this solution remotely. I prefer to use the knowledge base platforms. The response time could improve."

"The repository should have an extension to connect to the cloud and deposit the backups."

"I don't see any new features that we could want or anything that could be done along those lines. Just that we need a bigger machine, so more speed."

"The solution could always be less expensive."

"Hardware maintenance involves some downtime for backup destination storage which can be a problem for some."

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"I am not really impressed with the Level 1 support, but once I get past that and go to Level 2, then we will usually get some type of resolution."

"We would like to see bare-metal restorers."

"We need better protection from ransomware or the ability to identify ways we can protect ourselves from ransomware. Having backups is one thing, but specifically, we need methods to recover if we have a ransomware attack."

"It could use single store. The ability to mark an archive from my backup for long-term retention."

"The Hyper-V and SQL Server backup could be improved. In the 2016 version there was a significant improvement, but I think IBM has a big challenge with these technologies."

"IBM Spectrum Protect is not a very user-friendly tool."

"They are behind on many things, especially security. They are catching up a little bit now, but the competitors are doing better security-wise. There should be malware detection and prevention and higher security."

"The main admin console from the UI cannot do anything in the product. It just allows us to maintain, maybe, 30% to 40%. For the rest, we have to use the command line."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"HPE StoreOnce is cheaper compared to other solutions in the market."

"I rate the product's pricing a seven out of ten."

"The licensing schemes could improve in HPE StoreOnce and the price is high. They should reduce the price."

"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."

"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."

"Price-wise, it comes with a high price tag when compared to other products."

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"For my company, the tool is affordable and reasonable...I don't think most people know that when a company has large systems in place, the TCO is a lot lower."

"It is expensive."

"It's very complicated. Licensing is a pain."

"I don't have an idea about the pricing. They send that over to someone else, but I know that one of the issues they had was the licensing costs. I don't think they were happy with how they were charged."

"It is very scalable, but the downside is that it costs money."

"Spectrum Protect is not a cheap option."

"The pricing model of this solution is another difficult area, it's very sophisticated in the way they charge. It's based on PBU, which is a type of processor, how, many processors, and you need to put everything into an equation. However, they have different ways of charging or licensing. One way is a back-end volume or front-end volume, which is quite complicated."

"Use capacity licensing. It's easier and cheaper."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE StoreOnce?

The solution is quite expensive, possibly rated around seven and a half on a scale of one to ten. It aligns with the costs of similar high-quality solutions in the industry.

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What needs improvement with HPE StoreOnce?

The cost is at the forefront of everyone's mind. While the solution does everything expected, it would be beneficial if AI could be integrated for optimization and monitoring. This could improve th...

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What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Protect?

IBM Spectrum Protect is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Protect?

For my company, the tool is affordable and reasonable, but most people don't know that. People only see one major price for the tool, which runs into millions, so they would always say that it is a...

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect?

The technical team's service depends on where the support service is located. Some products are not included in IBM itself, but external companies are developing some solutions for IBM. I think the...

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Also Known As

HP StoreOnce

IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

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Overview

HP StoreOnce Backup is a data backup solution that provides a consistent, high-performance, scale-out architecture for your entire enterprise. Reduce the amount of backup data capacity by 95 percent, and choose between powerful dedicated appliances for data centers, or flexible virtual appliances for smaller and remote offices.

IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) is a data protection platform that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery. It is the flagship product in the IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) family. It enables reliable, cost effective backups and fast recovery for virtual, physical and cloud environments of all sizes.

Sample Customers

Eurobank Serbia

CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America, Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV, Arkansas Tech University, British Columbia Institute of Technology

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