HPE StoreOnce vs Quest QoreStor comparison

"HPE StoreOnce is an easy-to-use tool."

"This is a user-friendly solution."

"The valuable feature is the ability to work with the Veeam software to reduce the backup windows."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its UI. The product's UI makes it easy for users to configure the tool."

"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."

"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."

"The implementation is not that complex for someone who has experience."

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

"The features we use for the data deduplication are nice because we're able to back up a much larger amount of data, yet it doesn't necessarily take up that much data on the devices."

"Data deduplication and replication would be the top two features. The encryption and cloud tiering are also attractive for the future."

"It integrates with various backup software solutions, which makes it compatible with existing backup workflows and processes."

"QoreStor has helped us to reduce our backup storage requirements on-premises. We've been using the same devices for quite a while, and so it lets us keep using them as opposed to having to rip out all that hardware and create a new on-prem solution. The advantage here is even if we had to retire the hardware tomorrow, the QoreStor part doesn't change. We just have to have additional hardware and put the solution back on whatever hardware we pick and it'll do the same thing."

"The dedupe and compression are pretty extreme. On disk, we're getting dedupe rates of up to 65 percent of data and compression of 34 percent. When you go to the cloud, it's more like 76 percent for dedupe and almost 50 percent for compression."

"Deduplication is the most valuable feature. It saves us a lot of space. When we back up 100 terabytes of data, after dedupe, it only uses maybe five to six terabytes for the disk space in QoreStor."

"We would like to see some improvements in the Veeam Backup & Replication integration. It's good, but it has a lot of room to improve. In particular around the inability to easily move data between StoreOnce appliances."

"Its customer service could be faster."

"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."

"I would like to see better integration with Veeam software."

"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."

"I would like to see an emphasis placed on making data deduplication and compression more powerful."

"We're outsourced with a partner who recalls a larger amount of problems with the stability of the product."

"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."

"They need to increase their maximum capacity. Other than that, they're doing a pretty good job."

"The setup of the software is definitely not the easiest thing. I worked a lot with Quest engineers, especially in the early days when we were first testing it and trying it out. I actually had some of the developers working with us at one point because they were going through these point releases, and I was having trouble getting it to work in this S3-compatible situation. We got it all working eventually, but setup is definitely not the easiest thing in the world."

"The management interface is in need of improvement. The graphical user interface (GUI) for the web management tools appears clunky, and not super intuitive."

"The ransomware protection of QoreStor could use improvement."

"In terms of improvement, we would like to have an Air Gap feature to prevent a virus from attaching to something. So that when we don't do a backup, we want the QoreStor to stay offline. It would be a nice feature to have."

"The installation could use improvement. The initial installation was a little touchy and it's not really user-installable. You have to have a connection to support to install."

"The cost of HPE StoreOnce is very expensive."

"The solution's cost is above average."

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

"The product's pricing is medium."

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

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

"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."

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

"Its pricing model is very attractive. You have one price, and you get everything from QoreStor."

"The cost is per terabyte, and overall, the cost was reasonable when compared to some competitors."