We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and HPE StoreOnce based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Their support system has insight into errors on our SAN fabric that we can't see. They've brought attention to and raised awareness for us about things that we couldn't see, when we were experiencing problems."
"The management features are well organized and they have a very good dashboard."
"It gives us capacity planning."
"It simplifies storage."
"It's simple, powerful, and ready to use."
"Pure is simple to set up and manage on a day-to-day basis."
"The data reduction technology part of the scalability has been impressive, like its ability to host additional workloads, volumes of data, and databases."
"The speed is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The management software that runs in the cloud is called InfoSight and it is very good. It is similar to machine learning software that monitors your hardware."
"Its speed, ease of use, and it has been completely reliable."
"It's very stable and fast, and I am very happy with the deduplication. It saves a lot of space, which is great."
"Deduplication and compression."
"The capacity for data storage and compression is good."
"It's easy to use, it's just like 3PAR. I made clusters of 32 hosts with 50 volumes and that took barely an hour. I scripted a lot of it, filled in the names of volumes, the names of servers."
"Our upgrades are seamless. Whether we're adding storage, or upgrading the software, we don't take an outage for those upgrades."
"Definitely ease-of-use. I've experienced many different arrays out there and Nimble is definitely there."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"HPE StoreOnce is an easy-to-use tool."
"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."
"We also really benefit from the GUI capabilities."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"The solution saves a lot of storage capacity."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"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."
"The time-to-market could be better at times, but I think that's true for all vendors of hardware."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"The primary drawback is the cost, which can be prohibitive for small configurations."
"I would like the ability to swap out the network adapters into it. So, without taking out the whole controller, I would like to be able to swap adapters. This would make things easier."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"The stability can be improved."
"I really would like to see synchronous replication. This is something that when we have multiple arrays in our environment and being able to do something like a zero RPO."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"The solution could reduce its price."
"In the future, I would like to see a lower-end model that has Peer Persistence functionality."
"I want to see the full integration with OneView. I know they have started it, but I haven't had a chance to look at and evaluate it."
"The solution’s stability could be better. The tool’s pricing is high and depends on the partner."
"The amount of firmware updates released seem excessive."
"The product could be improved with better support for data protection."
"The solution must provide backup options for smaller capacities."
"I would like to see better integration with Veeam software."
"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."
"HPE StoreOnce needs to be made cheaper than products from Dell and Veeam."
"The product's price could be better."
"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 could improve the capacity support."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 102 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem, whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. HPE StoreOnce report.
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