We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes."
"The product's most valuable feature is stability."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its catalyst mode, along with better performance, backup, and recovery."
"Quick recovery."
"I'm impressed with their support structure, call availability, understanding, flexibility in scheduling remote sessions, and accommodating customer timeframes."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature."
"From a centralized system, I can manage the interface, the backup policies, and the status of the database."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"The latency is a bit high."
"The setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."
"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 user interface of HPE StoreOnce should be more user-friendly. Additionally, the configuration and troubleshooting could be better."
"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."
"HPE StoreOnce needs to provide a SaaS solution by offering high-density disks."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Doesn't include disaster recovery."
"The solution could improve and adapt to new applications in the market so we can integrate Veritas Backup Exec with them to facilitate backup processes within these applications."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 102 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery.
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