We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, and HPE StoreOnce 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."It's very easy to use the domain once it's been set up. The interface is also user-friendly."
"As our organization functions, we have a total of 2500+ primary sites and 6300+ secondary sites. All of our entire backup systems are totally dependent on this product. EMC Data Domain is very reliable and there are no issues using it since 2015."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"Dell PowerProtect DD is a stable solution."
"The solution can scale up to one petabyte right now. It's very good for enterprise-level organizations."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"It is secure, reliable, and has officer support."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its ability to provide small to medium-range storage. It doesn't have any specific standout features, but it's great for applications, such as surveillance where a large number of videos need to be recorded and performance isn't a priority."
"PowerVault comes with free software that performs functions like data deduplication and replication, which is cost-effective and delivers added value to the product."
"It is an inexpensive storage solution."
"I find this solution to be cost-effective in providing data storage for clients."
"The storage has been good."
"For us, the initial setup was easy."
"The solution is reliable and stable."
"Dell PowerVault is user-friendly and easy to deploy."
"The hardware is strong and all the equipment has a good infrastructure. Personally, I think it's the best storage product in HPE for small to medium-sized businesses."
"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."
"I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that the tool provides good value for somebody who needs an affordable and reliable storage solution."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"Currently, VTLs can only be created on individual service sets and cannot be used to share the resources of other nodes."
"Installation and deployment for this product need improvement. These processes need to made easier. Currently, it's not an easy installation for customers. This product needs to be installed by professionals."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"We would like to see the price of this solution brought down to be comparable with similar products currently on the market."
"We have some problems with backing up on the Power Platform. PowerServer is an IBM product, and it forces us to back up over LAN, which is not suitable for us."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
"We could set up the installation through a web server, but it's not very reactive on the web server. For example, when you launch a task, and you don't know exactly if the task has begun or if the task is in progress, or if it's finished. You have to wait for three to five to ten minutes to be sure that the task is running or in progress or finished. So at that point, it's not very good."
"We need higher performance and more reliable storage."
"The implementation process takes a while."
"I would like Dell to improve on the configuration of the disk groups. Only one group is expandable. Once you configure the other disk group types, you cannot expand them. It limits scalability. If you want maybe to grow a disk group, you lose information, and then you need to build it up again, which is not a good use case for customers."
"The tool needs to improve its UI."
"There have been situations when our customers requested professional support and the price of that feature is quite high."
"Dell PowerVault is block-oriented storage only."
"PowerVault doesn't integrate with Active Directory. Other storage solutions offer SAN and NAS unified storage in a single appliance, but PowerVault is only SAN."
"The GUI and its user-friendliness have some room for improvement."
"When it comes to upgrading, it always goes block-wise. One block is 48 TB raw capacity. It would be good if they can include a smaller capacity for SMB customers. Currently, it is not possible to increase in a smaller capacity. You have to buy the exact same unit. It would be great if they can provide a smaller next block. There are around 20 hard disks, and it would be really helpful if we can add 10 hard disks initially and 10 hard disks later."
"HPE StoreOnce should come with a detailed installation guide."
"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."
"HPE StoreOnce Backup to Disk (BTD) is not a good backup solution for NAS devices. It does not have a dual controller, so if one controller fails, the entire system will go down."
"Cloud integration needs to be simplified."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"The web interface, ease of use, and GUI all need to be improved."
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