HPE StoreOnce Reviews

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

The benefits are more capacity in the backup server and the ability to retain backups.

I would like to see better integration with Veeam software.

It demonstrates high stability and it can integrative with Veeam and other HPE products such as 3PAR.

The scalability is very high and you can get more space if you need to grow.

I have not used technical support.

We knew we needed to invest in this solution because we needed to fine-tune our backup windows.

We are not evaluating other companies.

When selecting a vendor, we look for reliability in the market, the capacity for growth, and how the company integrates their products.

I recommend this product because of the easy integration with Veeam and other backup products.

We just put two StoreOnce appliances in our data center. They provide me with everything in one box and I don't need to worry about other equipment.

We can focus on things more important than performing backups. It has everything we need and I think we've made a good decision.

We want to be able to use Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC), but that won't come until the next version of the StoreOnce software. Now we're using Data Protector.

It's been up and running now for four months and we haven't had any issues.

I just say I need X terabytes and I'm done. At the moment, we have around 150TB and we expect to grow because we're going more and more to video. We have four newspapers and an online presence with videos embedded in our stories.

We were using a very old backup platform with tapes and an older version of Data Protector. We upgraded Data Protector and bought StoreOnce.

I think you just have to experience it. You'll see that companies that use it have a good experience with it.

• Deduplication
• Performance

It has provided us with easier and faster backup, and recovery solutions.

It needs better integration with third party backup applications.

I've used it for three years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues with the systems size from VSA (Virtual appliance) to a four couplet system.

7.5/10.

8/10.

Previously, we used tape systems for backup and recovery.

It's an easy installation if you start with the virtual appliance (VSA). There are also white papers and best practices available.

We did it in-house.

We have saved time as less is spent on tape handling, and there are fewer hardware issues than with a tape. Also, the ROI has been achieved with faster backup and restores. I would say it takes around 18 months to get ROI.

A one TB VSA is available for free and there is no need for day-to-day administration, just daily check of backup applications and jobs.

We also looked at EMC Datadomain.

Deduplication ratio depends on your data types. Do a Proof of Concept with the free VSA to test the product.

Catalyst functionality: for performance, it is better than VTL or NAS configs, and it provides total integration with HPE storage and backup solutions (3PAR, Data Protector, VM Explorer, and so on), and also integration with NetApp, Symantec (NBU/BE), and Veeam with the Catalyst plugin.

The special plugins developed with Oracle RMAN, MS-SQL for direct backup from these application systems to StoreOnce.

It reduces backup time and reduces storage space requirements, compared to non-deduplicated systems.

It reduces the amount of time it takes to recover data from storage compared to tapes.

It is easy to deploy and configure.

Deployment / config / install experience: 3 years.

Not especially.

Good.

Initial setup is simpler because all of the tasks can be done from GUI whereas before it was from the CLI.

HPE backup systems are very good products. Easy to manage, very good performance, with a lot of ongoing new development. Good integration with many backup or storage products.

StoreOnce gives us full-system backups, meaning we need less storage capacity. This is very important to us because less storage capacity means we buy less hardware and have less overall costs.

Not only do we need less storage capacity, but it also performs backups a lot quicker. We save money this way as well because it saves us time which can be better spent elsewhere.

Although we're very happy with it right now, the encryption could be better. Security of our backups, of course, is very important.

We have no issues with deployment.

It's very stable. We've only had one small problem since the implementation.

We're not using anywhere close to what we have. We've designed it to allow for our five-year growth. We're not there yet.

We try to avoid technical support because it's "entertaining", though I'd use different words to describe it.

The initial setup was straightforward.

HP implemented the solution, but it's fine if you go at it on your own. The thing is, if you run into problems, then you have to deal with HP support, which is something I wouldn't advise anyone to do.

We are a BAU house, so our focus is on keeping the business running. We don't have the skill set of an American architect who scoped out the project. We've partnered with an HP partner who does have the skill set once we purchased StoreOnce.

Make sure you run a proper POC. It's a pretty straightforward solution so long as it's configured right from the start.

StoreOnce has the following advantages:

• Fast backup
• No need to manage and store tapes
• Ability to run data straight from the device in case of a disaster
• Reliable compared to weekly problems with tapes
• The data is replicated to two remote locations

We have moved away from tape backup.

I've used it for one year.

We had one problem when data replication got stuck and we had to ask HP for help.

No issues encountered.

It's very good.

It's very good.

We only used a tape solution. We switched because tapes are too slow, prone to mechanical problems, tape management is a burden, and the time taken to do a restore is slow.

It was easy. Also I did HPs StoreOnce training.

HP installed the device for us, and showed us various configuration options. The team was very knowledgeable.

The initial cost was high, however, day to day costs are low.

I could not find a better product.

It is worth buying HP installation. It is difficult to estimate how much storage is needed as de-duplication depends on the type of data, so reserve extra money for expansions, and buy a model which can be expanded. Also, the StoreOnce course is very good.

Compression and replication are the features of this product that are the most valuable to me.

We moved from MSL and VSL, building a number of virtual libraries with different LTO formats and removing hundreds of physical tapes that we replaces with virtual replicated tapes.

I would like to see improvements regarding segmentation or the size limitations per library.

I have used this solution for 15 months.

Segmentation was one of the requirements. The HP team promised us that it is possible, but it wasn't available.

Technical support is excellent.

We previously used MSL and VSL, and we moved to this product because it supports virtualization (D2D).

Initial setup was very simple.

We implemented it in-house. I think the solution was easy to implement using HP Data Protector 8.01 at the beginning. The tricky part is the upgrades. I recommend upgrading the FW to latest the stable release before configuring.

The price is good.

If you are going to replicate, buy the two-way license.

I recommend this product.

The most valuable is the deduplication ability, but file sharing is also really good.

We saw less capital outlay after implementing the solution.

For subsequent models, I would like HP to improve deduplication rations for tiny files numbering near a trillion, which they do in our business. StoreOnce doesn’t work for our class of data, which is small, and needs to include more genomic and medical research as test cases.

I have been using StoreOnce D2D for four years.

Stability was good but undersized for what we needed. We weren't able to de-duplicate what we needed.

It was not able to scale for us; we had to buy another solution (X9000) to store copies.

I found HP to be helpful, but they asked too many questions and were not really able to help our business.

We were in need of backing up petabytes of data for medical databases.

We had experience with the solution, so it was relatively simple.

• EMC
• Comvault

The most important criteria for us is reliability.

If you work for a medical research institute or something with very small files, then this solution may not be for you. Your best move is to do a POC.