We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and NetApp AFF 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."One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"We put a fair amount of stress on it because we run sequel workloads and we run web applications where the same web files are hit over and over. We have had almost zero stability issues with that SAN, that has been really great for us."
"Pure Storage technology allowed us to automate tasks, reducing something which started as a 12-hour turnaround down to about 15 minutes."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"The solution is very reliable."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"Performance, dedupe, and that it works well with database workloads are its most valuable features."
"It results in more efficient storage utilization, cutting capital expenditure in half."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"The speed and deduplication ratio are two of the most valuable features of the solution."
"The deduplication feature in this product is amazing."
"Technical support is quite good."
"I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its catalyst mode, along with better performance, backup, and recovery."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"This solution has reduced our data center costs because when we went from the 8000 and 3200 series that took us from 20 racks of storage down to two."
"The most valuable feature is the support. If we have any issues, we can call into NetApp and their support is really good."
"The file-based protocol supports NFS and CIFS."
"The performance of NetApp AFF allows our developers and researches to run models and their tests within a single workday instead of spreading out across multiple workdays."
"The most valuable feature, primarily, would be speed. That's why we got it. Storage is costly but it's very, very fast. Very efficient, very fast."
"Over the past 18 years, it has been extremely easy to upgrade to newer products and technology. We can upgrade as we move along. So, we have been able to keep up with the newest technology with zero downtime."
"I like how easy it is to discover an issue and either resolve that issue or fine-tune that app to premium support to find that resolution."
"The benefits of being on AFF are the phenomenal speed at which we're able to ingest data and index it, and the IOPS."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"Historical analytics would be useful. At the moment, they don't have any type of application built for historical analytics."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"I would love to see a true one click upgrade solution. Right now, you have to click and schedule an appointment with Pure Storage to be able to upgrade. I would love for it to automatically download, install, and fall-over every controller as it updates."
"The internal garbage collection process has been fixed recently in some OS updates so it is more efficient but that could be just a little better."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"It was a little costly. The price was ultimately higher than both of the other solutions that we evaluated. I'd say that's the only downside."
"They could provide more options for storage capacity."
"The product could be improved with better support for data protection."
"The setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"The web interface, ease of use, and GUI all need to be improved."
"It is difficult to solve issues with this solution remotely. I prefer to use the knowledge base platforms. The response time could improve."
"The GUI and its user-friendliness have some room for improvement."
"I would like to see better integration with Veeam software."
"Migrating from a public cloud to on-prem or on-prem to a cloud can be a bit complicated. They have their own solution, but it should be easy to use."
"We installed NetSender to test it. I think it could be a good solution. It is very small now, but will probably become bigger in the next few months to years."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support. I have noticed that if I sometimes call their customer care for a particular issue, they will give me another number and ask me to call that other team. It would be better if they could do a warm transfer. That would save customers time from calling all the numbers again and speaking to another team."
"It used to give us the volume where LANs should be placed when we created a LAN in the older version. However, in the newer version of ONTAP, it does not give where to place the LAN in the volume. So, that liberty has been taken away. If that was there again, it would be very good."
"The bad part about having scalability is the expense. It is currently extremely expensive, to be able to scale so fast on flash."
"There are no RDMA capabilities in CIFS (SMB) and NFS protocols."
"There is no direct storage attachment available. Most configurations require additional switches for data access."
"The ONTAP S3 implementation is not feature-complete as compared to StorageGRID. We had to move our lakeFS instance from ONTAP S3 based on AFF to StorageGRID."
HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 102 reviews while NetApp AFF is ranked 2nd in All-Flash Storage with 280 reviews. HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4, while NetApp AFF is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp AFF writes "Since switching, our clients have reported improved performance and reduced latency". HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas NetApp AFF is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, VMware vSAN and NetApp FAS Series. See our HPE StoreOnce vs. NetApp AFF report.
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