HPE StoreOnce vs IBM Spectrum Protect comparison

"It results in more efficient storage utilization, cutting capital expenditure in half."

"I think the most valuable feature is the catalyst technology, which is in the StoreOnce appliance."

"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 initial setup is simple."

"The solution saves a lot of storage capacity."

"The valuable feature is the ability to work with the Veeam software to reduce the backup windows."

"The product’s data retention is very good."

"The solution is stable."

"It provides our customers with the comfort of having reliable enterprise data protection."

"Incremental forever: This feature helps us reduce backup time and backup storage space."

"It seems very scalable and robust. It can do what we require it to do."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the centralized enterprise backup."

"The business value comes from the capability to overcome data losses."

"It is scalable beyond anything my customers ever aspire to."

"Reliability: It has never had a problem with backups or restores. If you store something, it is there."

"It is an IBM product. With SAP, you are using IBM software to protect it. DB2 and AIX servers are both IBM. Therefore, it is a total IBM solution, which helps."

"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."

"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."

"The setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."

"The product could be improved with better support for data protection."

"Agnostic backups."

"The solution's technical support should be faster."

"The software is complex; setup is complex."

"There needs to be a bit more automation."

"IBM Spectrum Protect could be improved by making the installation easier. Once it's implemented, it's okay. IBM started lagging behind when things started moving to storage and cloud-based solutions. Even though they've recently released updates that give cloud-based protection, personally, I still believe they are not up to par with the likes of Rubrik. The entire product is a little bit clumsy because they have co-joined two different products, so it's complex. Even from a sales/explaining to people what it does point of view, it's complex. Whereas, if you take more current products, it's a single box solution. You reel it in, you fire it up, you do a couple of points and clicks, and off you go, whereas the IBM system is seriously complex. There's a lot of training involved and it's a massively difficult product to sell at this point in time."

"An area for improvement would be the ease of use - the GUI is not up to the mark compared to other products in the market."

"The administration tools for GI need improvement, as the current assessment suggests shortcomings in the back-end system."

"The reporting could be better."

"When it comes to virtualization in IBM it's not perfect."

"They should have a proper technical support team serving the customers and get issues resolved earlier."

"HPE StoreOnce is cheaper compared to other solutions in the market."

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

"There are costs for additional storage and space."

"The solution's cost is above average."

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

"We have got a perpetual license, and we have access to all the features. If you are using cloud banks, you can store the internal data in HPE Cloud if needed. You can offload the data to the HPE Cloud. It is a licensed product. We have got around 10 TB of cloud bank storage with a one-time payment. We specifically took 10 TB for very critical offsite backups. We can also increase it in blocks if needed."

"I would rate it around two or three because, compared to others, it tends to be higher priced."

"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."

"Its licensing is complicated. It goes by CPUs, and it is pretty expensive as well."

"We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective."

"Technical support is pretty good. It is doing fine, but you pay for it."

"You need to put it in a PoC and test it out if you can."

"Use capacity licensing. It's easier and cheaper."

"Regarding retro-compatibility of the product between versions, your data is always available and the ROI is unquestionable."

"When compared to the cost of other enterprise products, it seems to be in the same range. However, compared to the cost of non-enterprise products, it is really high."

"It is very scalable, but the downside is that it costs money."