Dell PowerVault vs HPE StoreOnce comparison

The compared Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise solutions aren't in the same category. Dell Technologies is ranked #2 in ES , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 30.4% mindshare in the category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #2 in DS , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 19.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerVault

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100% willing to recommend

HPE StoreOnce

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3,668 Comparison Views

93% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerVault

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise SAN (2nd), Fibre Channel (1st)

HPE StoreOnce

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

107

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (2nd), Disk Based Backup Systems (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

Dell PowerVault and HPE StoreOnce aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell PowerVault is designed for Enterprise SAN and holds a mindshare of 30.4%, up 4.5% compared to last year.
HPE StoreOnce, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 19.3% mindshare, up 17.9% since last year.

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SigfridCecillon

Director at Arsium

Offers good stability and simplicity

The room for improvement lies in the responsiveness and real-time feedback of the web server setup. 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. For the rest, we have a good organization for the platform. And it's working everywhere. Another area of improvement is duplication.

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Andrew Mcbeath

Technical Director of Managed IT Division at base2

Maximized storage capacity and minimized costs and an easy setup

Most of our client base is between fifty to five hundred end users. We occasionally recommend high-end HPE products for larger clients needing performance and reliability. Our clients predominantly use HPE StoreOnce for small business purposes in industries like dairy and finance Our clients have…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The stability is quite good. Once you deploy all the equipment, it's very stable."

"The most valuable features are stability and response time."

"Dell PowerVault is user-friendly and easy to deploy."

"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerVault is its performance."

"PowerVault comes with free software that performs functions like data deduplication and replication, which is cost-effective and delivers added value to the product."

"Dell PowerVault is cheap."

"It is an inexpensive storage solution."

"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."

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"It is a very scalable solution."

"HPE StoreOnce is an easy-to-use tool."

"The important feature is compression and duplication. It has a good compression ratio and is very stable."

"HPE StoreOnce has high performance."

"I like the tool’s deduplication feature. We get a ratio of 9:1 for deduplication. The product is also Linux based. Last year, our organization faced some virus attacks. However, the backup was safe because of the product being a Linux version. HPE StoreOnce is a secure product."

"Recovery is important."

"Has very good deduplication and encryption features."

"If you have a large enough storage capacity then you can take an ample amount of data."

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Cons

"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."

"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."

"The price of the solution could be lower."

"I would like to see improvements made to the user interface."

"There have been situations when our customers requested professional support and the price of that feature is quite high."

"We need higher performance and more reliable storage."

"The product is generally stable, but there have been instances, to my knowledge, where we faced issues in the controller during software upgrades. The availability is not at the desired level during these upgrade processes, as we sometimes need to shut down both controllers. This could be an area for improvement."

"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."

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"The web interface, ease of use, and GUI all need to be improved."

"The platform's price could be lower."

"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."

"HPE StoreOnce could improve the capacity support."

"In terms of areas for improvement, I believe HPE StoreOnce could learn from competitors like Dell's Data Domain and ExtraHop in refining its architecture."

"Some high-level cybersecurity features could be achieved with some entities, and their integration could be built into the store."

"The cost is at the forefront of everyone's mind."

"improvement? HPE StoreOnce has a limitation with respect to controllers. Other tools offer more than one controller. I feel that the high availability of the view controller should be redundant. The tool’s control and UI part should be improved and made more advanced. The feature that helps with the manual movement of tapes should also be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

"I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."

"I would rate the pricing model a nine out of ten, with one being expensive and ten being cheap."

"The price of Dell PowerVault could be reduced. It is more expensive than some IBM solutions."

"I rate Dell PowerVault a six or seven out of ten for pricing."

"The cost, compared to other solutions, is on the higher end."

"It is important to remember that the retail price may seem high, but the final price is usually different."

"The price is reasonable and we are satisfied with it."

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"I rate the product's pricing a seven out of ten."

"The price puts me off. It's definitely on the high side."

"The solution is pretty expensive."

"The licensing schemes could improve in HPE StoreOnce and the price is high. They should reduce the price."

"I rate the platform's pricing a seven out of ten."

"The cost of HPE StoreOnce is very expensive."

"The licensing costs is capacity-based and come bundled with support."

"To be honest, we were quite happy with the price, but we always want things cheaper than they are. I think for what we got, we felt that the price was quite reasonable comparing it to other products that provide that same level of functionality."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerVault?

Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?

I rate the solution's pricing a seven to eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?

The product is generally stable, but there have been instances, to my knowledge, where we faced issues in the controller during software upgrades. The availability is not at the desired level durin...

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What do you like most about HPE StoreOnce?

I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE StoreOnce?

The setup cost is rated as four out of ten.

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What needs improvement with HPE StoreOnce?

Veeam Backups provide a stronger capability. It is well-positioned on the radar, with a mature and stable solution. Consequently, it is used throughout the company.

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Also Known As

PowerVault

HP StoreOnce

Overview

PowerVault MD3 storage arrays help you cost-effectively address the challenges of data growth with versatile solutions that are optimized for smaller-scale storage consolidation, flexible virtualization projects and high business continuity.

Dell Technologies

HP StoreOnce Backup is a data backup solution that provides a consistent, high-performance, scale-out architecture for your entire enterprise. Reduce the amount of backup data capacity by 95 percent, and choose between powerful dedicated appliances for data centers, or flexible virtual appliances for smaller and remote offices.

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