We performed a comparison between DD Boost, HPE StoreOnce, and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."DD Boost has improved our data backup and recovery process. Its data deduplication feature is amazing. The product comes with cloud features. It helps to save time."
"We can retain the data for a pretty long time."
"There are no limitations when it comes to the scalability feature of the product. You can scale up or scale down however much you want."
"Overall, scalability is great."
"The solution is very easy to manage. That's its most valuable feature."
"I like the tool set, it's easy to work on and the support is brilliant."
"The solution is very good because it is easy to use and it speeds up the backup and lowers the requirement for the storage rate. It is capable of encryption, compression, and deduplication and it is fast for sending all of the data over the network because it sends only the change blocks from the client to the DD server."
"The solution can scale."
"The initial setup is one of the most user-friendly B2B user solutions. It's good, it's easy. Deployment usually takes less than one day. You only need one person for deployment and maintenance."
"It is very easy to implement."
"The solution saves a lot of storage capacity."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"The scalability is very good."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."
"HPE StoreOnce is particularly useful in situations where organizations require a backup solution to store their data. Its deduplication feature is quite impressive, providing a deduplication ratio of around 25 to 26."
"The support is very good."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"One of the most valuable features offered is double-parity RAID, which guarantees that your data will stay intact. We're also able to provision storage and monitor which ones are really consuming storage."
"Has rock solid reliability and is easy to use."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The SnapMirror is a good tool because, as long as you're going NetApp to NetApp, it's ultimately the fastest way to move data. We replicate everything to another site for disaster recovery."
"Connectivity with the cloud and on-premises needs improved gateways."
"It would be good if the product could be useful not just for general backup. Its pricing is also expensive, and it can be a difficult application, particularly when you need to write a script for anything you would like to do."
"My customer was interested in ransomware protection. Currently, Dell offers the Cyber Vault solution, which is separate from Data Domain. Ideally, ransomware protection would be integrated directly within DD Boost, without requiring an additional out-of-the-box solution. This feature is currently available with HPE's Zerto and Huawei's Ocean Protect with third-party products like PradoNet. While Cyber Vault exists as a separate solution from Data Domain, having some standard protection for immutable backups into DD Boost would be a valuable addition and make it more competitive with other vendors."
"The main issue I've identified is that when backing up a final backup from the branch server, we don't have deduplication functionality."
"The solution needs to be more user-friendly for the end-users."
"This product is expensive compared to other storage so the price can be improved."
"When my company faced a problem with the product, it took some time to get proper support."
"The solution must provide better deduplication."
"HPE StoreOnce could improve the capacity support."
"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."
"HPE StoreOnce needs to be made cheaper than products from Dell and Veeam."
"Hardware maintenance involves some downtime for backup destination storage which can be a problem for some."
"The appliance doesn't have the global deduplication, it has StoreOnce deduplication. It does not deduplicate across the appliance, it will deduplicate in one particular store. With the global deduplication, I could store more data."
"They could provide more options for storage capacity."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"The user interface of HPE StoreOnce should be more user-friendly. Additionally, the configuration and troubleshooting could be better."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"The one aspect of the solution that's negative for us is also more unique to us due to the fact that we did a MetroCluster. The tiebreaker piece that does the monitoring of the two different locations, and determines if one is not talking to the network normally (or if it's truly down) is a little difficult. It feels like it was not designed from the beginning to fit well into the other pieces. It feels like it was thrown in at the last minute and it is not smooth."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
