HPE StoreOnce vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Pure Storage are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Additionally, 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Pure Storage users who would recommend it.

HPE StoreOnce

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93% willing to recommend

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and Pure FlashArray X NVMe 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.

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HPE StoreOnce vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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Categories and Ranking

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)

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (15th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (6th)

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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Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

Helps to save money and resources with the data compression feature

One point I'd like to improve is that the tool should start selling small boxes again. It discontinued some products and is focusing on bigger, more capable boxes, neglecting the SMB market. Even though it's not a big market, it shouldn't have removed them. One way to improve the product is to add an operational assistant that doesn't depend on VMware. It could also establish more alliances with other operational systems.

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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 valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."

"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 most valuable feature of the solution is that the tool provides good value for somebody who needs an affordable and reliable storage solution."

"The initial setup process is simple."

"Currently, VTLs can only be created on individual service sets and cannot be used to share the resources of other nodes."

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

"We also really benefit from the GUI capabilities."

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

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"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."

"We're able to get higher-density workloads on the same infrastructure, and we have a smaller physical footprint. The performance is excellent – during our test the bottlenecks are never on the X array, it just keeps picking up the pace to match what you need. The real-time visibility is a differentiator in my opinion."

"It offers competitive performance, and the Evergreen storage model of Pure fits well with my organization."

"The tool's valuable features are speed, security, data compression, and reliability. Its data compression feature is the best that we have ever seen. It helps us to save money and resources."

"On a scale of one to ten, I rate Pure FlashArray as ten."

"Offers excellent features like efficient data reduction, a reliable SafeMode, and a great support model for continuous assistance and updates."

"It's incredibly easy to use and greatly simplified our ability to both deploy and manage our storage subsystems."

"The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance."

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Cons

"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 product could be improved with better support for data protection."

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

"improvement? HPE StoreOnce has a limitation with respect to controllers. Other tools offer more than one controller. I feel that the high availability of the view controller should be redundant. The tool’s control and UI part should be improved and made more advanced. The feature that helps with the manual movement of tapes should also be improved."

"The dashboard needs more improvement."

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

"When it comes to upgrading, it always goes block-wise. One block is 48 TB raw capacity. It would be good if they can include a smaller capacity for SMB customers. Currently, it is not possible to increase in a smaller capacity. You have to buy the exact same unit. It would be great if they can provide a smaller next block. There are around 20 hard disks, and it would be really helpful if we can add 10 hard disks initially and 10 hard disks later."

"HPE StoreOnce needs to provide a SaaS solution by offering high-density disks."

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"Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial. Storage replication should be essential, and the analytics should not incur extra charges."

"If the customer only needs 500 terabytes and doesn't care how much data they'll put in the server, IBM is cheaper than Pure."

"It is on the expensive side."

"There are some challenges with data encryption and reduction."

"The tool's portfolio is minimal. It is expensive."

"Many options to check performance, like read, writes, random writes, and random reads, are missing in Pure FlashArray X NVMe."

"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."

"It's more multi-tenant functionality in their Pure1 manage portal that is lacking."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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 licensing costs is capacity-based and come bundled with support."

"The cost of HPE StoreOnce is very expensive."

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

"The price puts me off. It's definitely on the high side."

"I think the product is competitive in terms of pricing. Other products like the one from Dell are costlier compared to the tool."

"I would rate it around two or three because, compared to others, it tends to be higher priced."

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"The licensing is on a yearly basis."

"Our licensing fees are $500,000+ USD."

"As far as the licensing costs, everything is included in the license."

"The product is expensive."

"With Pure Storage, we would like to continue seeing price reductions with flash storage. I don't think we're any different than anybody else when we continue to look to the industry for price reductions of both NVMe and traditional SSD storage. We would like to see these prices continue to decline and erode, even displacing large spinning disks."

"We pay approximately $50,000 USD per year in licensing fees."

"Its price could be better. It is not too expensive, but it is the high-end cost. It is kind of a Rolls-Royce. You pay a lot, but you get a lot out of it. So, the price pressure on the way down would be great, but at the end of the day, if you need to do the work, you just pay for it."

"The tool's pricing is cheap; I rate it a six to seven out of ten. Most of our sales are not subscription-based. We sell the hardware, and customers keep using it. They only renew the service part annually. The support can be a bit pricey, but the solution is more cost-effective than anything else out there."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

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 setup cost is rated as four out of ten.

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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.

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What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

I am an engineer and am not aware of the setup cost.

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What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial. Storage replication should be essential, and the analytics should not incur extra charges. This is one of the main things organizations need.

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Also Known As

HP StoreOnce

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X

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.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.

Pure Storage

Sample Customers

Eurobank Serbia

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

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HPE StoreOnce vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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