HPE StoreOnce vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Pure Storage are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Additionally, 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Pure Storage users who would recommend it.

HPE StoreOnce

Read 108 HPE StoreOnce reviews

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93% willing to recommend

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Read 35 Pure FlashArray X NVMe reviews

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and Pure FlashArray X NVMe based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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HPE StoreOnce vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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Categories and Ranking

HPE StoreOnce

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

108

Ranking in other categories

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

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (15th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (6th)

Featured Reviews

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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Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

Helps to save money and resources with the data compression feature

One point I'd like to improve is that the tool should start selling small boxes again. It discontinued some products and is focusing on bigger, more capable boxes, neglecting the SMB market. Even though it's not a big market, it shouldn't have removed them. One way to improve the product is to add an operational assistant that doesn't depend on VMware. It could also establish more alliances with other operational systems.

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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

"Based on customer feedback, I rate it highly as one of the most stable products in the backup and archiving line compared to offerings like Data Domain or from Huawei and Lenovo."

"Has very good deduplication and encryption features."

"The solution's licensing policy is more practical and not confusing."

"The initial setup process is simple."

"The scalability is very good."

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

"Currently, VTLs can only be created on individual service sets and cannot be used to share the resources of other nodes."

"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."

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"What I really like about this program, is that it is easy to use and easy to configurate."

"Offers excellent features like efficient data reduction, a reliable SafeMode, and a great support model for continuous assistance and updates."

"It offers competitive performance, and the Evergreen storage model of Pure fits well with my organization."

"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."

"It's helped us because we've changed fundamentally what we talk about. We don't talk about storage and different tiers of storage anymore nor do we talk about servers. We talk now about applications and how applications impact the business and end users."

"The solution is scalable."

"We're able to get higher-density workloads on the same infrastructure, and we have a smaller physical footprint. The performance is excellent – during our test the bottlenecks are never on the X array, it just keeps picking up the pace to match what you need. The real-time visibility is a differentiator in my opinion."

"The duplication algorithm allows us to get a lot more use out of less storage. We're running a five terabyte array right now and we're running probably about 30 terabytes on it. So the duplication rate is pretty phenomenal, without a cost to performance. It still runs pretty smoothly."

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Cons

"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."

"The dashboard needs more improvement."

"I don't see any new features that we could want or anything that could be done along those lines. Just that we need a bigger machine, so more speed."

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

"Its customer service could be faster."

"While the solution does everything expected, it would be beneficial if AI could be integrated for optimization and monitoring."

"One item I wanted to see is SSD drives as a cache, and that was, for a time, still lacking in StoreOnce, however, they have done it now. It's not available yet, however, it will be shortly."

"Hardware maintenance involves some downtime for backup destination storage which can be a problem for some."

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"One point I'd like to improve is that the tool should start selling small boxes again. It discontinued some products and is focusing on bigger, more capable boxes, neglecting the SMB market. Even though it's not a big market, it shouldn't have removed them."

"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."

"The UI for this solution needs to be improved."

"Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial. Storage replication should be essential, and the analytics should not incur extra charges."

"Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial."

"It feels more suitable for small and medium-sized businesses rather than enterprises."

"I want to see Pure Storage not only be for fast storage, but I want to see it be for the entire data center."

"The software layer has to improve."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"There are costs for additional storage and space."

"The product's pricing is medium."

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

"Price-wise, it comes with a high price tag when compared to other products."

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

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

"The product is not expensive. It is available at a good price."

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"Pure FlashArray X NVMe’s pricing is cheaper than other products."

"The tool is an investment that we've budgeted for. While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits. We don't regret purchasing it."

"Its price could be better. It is not too expensive, but it is the high-end cost. It is kind of a Rolls-Royce. You pay a lot, but you get a lot out of it. So, the price pressure on the way down would be great, but at the end of the day, if you need to do the work, you just pay for it."

"With VMware, we pay $300,000 annually."

"They can tout the functionality and cutting edge technology that they have, but that's where the price tag comes in. The cost is high, but I think as they grow their business and get more customers that it will probably go down a little bit."

"The support cost per array is about $20,000 a year for 24/7 support."

"With Pure Storage, we would like to continue seeing price reductions with flash storage. I don't think we're any different than anybody else when we continue to look to the industry for price reductions of both NVMe and traditional SSD storage. We would like to see these prices continue to decline and erode, even displacing large spinning disks."

"Given its price, Pure is not the first option."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

I am an engineer and am not aware of the setup cost.

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What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial. Storage replication should be essential, and the analytics should not incur extra charges. This is one of the main things organizations need.

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

HP StoreOnce

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X

Overview

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.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.

Pure Storage

Sample Customers

Eurobank Serbia

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

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