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Quest QoreStor pros and cons

4.3 out of 5

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PROS

Quest QoreStor provides high deduplication and compression rates, achieving up to 76% deduplication and 50% compression when backing up to the cloud.
Deduplication significantly reduces storage requirements, with 100 terabytes of data reducing to about five to six terabytes after deduplication.
Data deduplication and replication are key features, with additional benefits like encryption and cloud tiering offering future scalability.
Quest QoreStor supports the extended use of existing on-premises hardware, enabling organizations to avoid costly hardware replacements.
It integrates seamlessly with various backup software, enhancing compatibility with existing backup workflows and processes.

CONS

Setup of Quest QoreStor is challenging and often requires assistance from engineers and developers, particularly in S3-compatible situations.
An Air Gap feature for virus protection, disconnecting during non-backup times, is a desired improvement.
Quest QoreStor needs to increase its maximum capacity.
Installation process is complex and typically requires support from Quest.
Ransomware protection features could be enhanced.
 

Quest QoreStor Pros review quotes

WS
Apr 14, 2021
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.
JM
Sep 2, 2021
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.
ST
May 20, 2021
Data deduplication and replication would be the top two features. The encryption and cloud tiering are also attractive for the future.
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reviewer1598805 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 10, 2021
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.
reviewer1557537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 19, 2021
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.
PL
Sep 7, 2023
It integrates with various backup software solutions, which makes it compatible with existing backup workflows and processes.
 

Quest QoreStor Cons review quotes

WS
Apr 14, 2021
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.
JM
Sep 2, 2021
The management interface is in need of improvement. The graphical user interface (GUI) for the web management tools appears clunky, and not super intuitive.
ST
May 20, 2021
They need to increase their maximum capacity. Other than that, they're doing a pretty good job.
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reviewer1598805 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 10, 2021
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.
reviewer1557537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 19, 2021
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.
PL
Sep 7, 2023
The ransomware protection of QoreStor could use improvement.