HPE StoreOnce Reviews

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.

The product is primarily used for recovering data, backup storage, backup solutions, and, in some cases, virtualization.

The product is stable.

The scalability is very good.

Technical support is okay.

It's all pretty perfect. There are no missing features. 

The solution could always be less expensive. 

The initial setup is difficult. 

I've used the solution for one to two months. 

The product is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable and the performance is good. 

The product can scale if you need it to.

We have 50 or 60 clients using the product.

Technical support is pretty good. We are satisfied with the level of service we got. 

Neutral

The initial setup is quite complex and difficult. It's not simple or straightforward. 

The last time I implemented the solution, it took me an hour or two to deploy.

The product could be more affordable. We typically order the license before we begin with the installation.

I didn't use it for myself. I just sell them to clients.

I would rate the solution a seven out of ten overall.

It just works – there isn’t anything specific about it. We can backup our exchange server, we can backup our files, and it just works without being overly complex either.

I can’t say that it has, they are lagging behind on the features, we went to vSphere 6 and it failed a while ago. The DP9 just came out a few weeks ago to answer that integration issue.

It’s the speed to market with new technology that they are not keeping up with. Also, the integration could be better, the Comvault features are offering more and StoreOnce is lagging.

I've used it for 15 years.

Not so much deployment more on the support end of things.

It’s stable – it works.

VMware changed something when they went to 6, even Comvault was a week behind, but while Comvault provided a solution, HP just released their updates a week or two ago in the new version – we now have to go to DP9.

Customer support is fine.

Technical support is brutal, my guy never wants to get on the phone with me, and he prepares to be tortured. He knows going in that it’s going to be painful.

Look elsewhere – you can’t change something once you have it, and it accomplishes what it needs to, but it's not leading edge enough to address the new technologies out there.

• Industry-leading backup
• Deduplication technology
• Efficient backup
• Disaster recovery operations
• It's very valuable for virtual backup

Excellent and seamless virtual and physical backup. If given the opportunity, it also helps with product development.

It needs to be more versatile to run our tests smoothly.

I've used it for one year.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

It's 10/10.

It's 10/10.

It's 10/10.

We previously used QNAP, and it just wasn't enough for our needs.

It was simple to setup.

It's 10/10.

• Faster backup and restore process
• Data de-duplication mechanism

With D2D2T appliance, and backup jobs reconfiguration we are reducing the backup tapes count. The appliance offers a fast backup and restore process, and a data replication mechanism to a remote site location. This ensure data center backups disaster recovery.

• Data capacity graphical interface

I've used it for three years.

No issues during the deployment.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

10/10.

10/10.

This is the first solution we have implemented.

It was straightforward, because we had chosen the right template for our needs and all the connectivity was prepared before the device was on site.

It was implemented through the local HP support team. They provided us with excellent support and knowledge of the product technology.

Always follow the vendors best practice and guidance to avoid any problems.

Data deduplication.

Backups are much more optimized, and we can take more backups and more often because of data deduplication.

This is an entry level model, even more disk space would be valuable.

HP StoreOnce 2620 iSCSI Backup Storage - 1 year

No

So far, no.

No. This is an entry level model, and this one cannot be scaled.

Very good.

Very good.

Straightforward.

In-house.

No, this was the first choice, based on internet reviews.

Highly recommended the product, be sure to use the right backup application (Veeam or similar), so you can get the most out of it.

Deduplication and many integration options ie. NAS, VTL, Catalyst.

It's reduced costs for storage based on the previous deduplication hardware we were using.

We've been using it for two years alongside HP Data Protector.

Scalability can become an issue once you grow past the capacity of a single cluster pair. This will mean additional controllers and licensing and can be fairly costly.

Very good support for the hardware.

We moved from the previous solution due to the support cost of the old product.

Initial setup of the hardware was fairly straightforward.

Implemented through a third party vendor. There were some complications with delivery of the units and site surveys not being completed. After those issues things were fine.

We evaluated this against other products and based (mainly) on cost we selected the HP solution.

While we have been very happy with StoreOnce, HP Data Protector leaves a lot to be desired.