HPE StoreOnce Reviews

It's easy to backup data, manage. Also I did a lot of firmware upgrades that went fine. And it's a product that's been running now for nearly three years without any issues. So that's all very good.

I do not spend as much time on it because we can virtualize the tape drives and use Catalyst functions. Not nearly as many tapes or anything like that. Easily, man-hours have been cut down.

We have a contract for the next release. We haven't received that product yet. 

I expect the same thing from it. Not anything new, just a bigger solution when we try it. 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.

Stability is within our expectations.

We did some calculations on, when it says in the sales sheet that we got this number of terabytes, but the system itself uses some terabytes. So what we ended up with was having 10 or 11 terabytes less than HP actually said that it would contain. We had a lot of discussion about that with our distributors and sales persons. That's just how it is.

It's been good. We had run full, "full-cup" time, and I called HPE support and I believe in two or three hours we had the problem solved.

Sometimes we have to talk to level-2, but that goes okay.

The solution was that we could use Catalyst software, which would say that we don't need this many virtual tape drives. We could just clamp it down to one file drive or share and put everything in there.

What we were looking for was something that would work together with HPE Data Protector, the software. Actually, the problem was that we couldn't find any competitors for this because HPE data only supports this. So we actually ended up having to buy it if we wanted the feature.

It was nice. Straightforward. No issues.

EMC, I can't remember what it's called, but they have a booster technology software also. We chose HPE because we had Data Protector. So we needed that to integrate into the StoreOnce.

Think about how much you need to backup compared to how much storage you need when you size. The sizing is critical because you end up using more than you think.

The product itself, nice features, it works, and it's been running stable.

• Dedupe - it allows us to store several hundred TB of data on 60TB of storage
• Replication - it is a must so the backup data can be replicated off-site in the event of a disaster

It has reduced the amount of backup data stored on disk.

It could be better at dedupe.

I've used the solution for two years.

No issues encountered.

Six months after purchasing StoreOnce, the database became corrupt and the unit had to be replaced.

We have had to expand the capacity and there were no issues.

It's great.

It's great.

No previous solution was used.

It was straightforward to implement.

HP did the installation.

No other options were evaluated.

Purchase a second unit for replication.

1. StoreOnce Catalyst Store
2. VTL Emulation
3. Extensive disaster recovery options
4. Federated deduplication

Due to high speed and multiple simultaneous backup session our backup window is reduced remarkably, data throughputs are mentioned follows:

• Up to 100 TB/hr of backup performance with StoreOnce Catalyst
• Up to 40 TB/hr of native backup performance
• Up to 40 TB/hr of restore performance

Deduplication Alghorithams still require enhancement.

We have been using HP Data Protector for almost 5 years.

HP Solution delivery team implement this solution, deployment was quite smooth within time constraints.

No such issues faced.

768 TB raw (512 TB useable). Good enough for enterprise wide backup solutions.

Excellent, because of local presence of HP is KSA.

Very Good.

I have working experience with EMC Data Domain. HP StoreOnce is offering almost the same features. It has a very flexible integration with HP Data Protector.

It was a straightforward procedure.

HP Implementation team delivered this solution.

Yes, EMC Data Domain.

It is better to opt for HP implementation services also.

De-duplication is valuable because it is a technique to take backups of unique data only. We have to do backups on a daily and weekly basis, where the daily one is incremental and the weekly one is a full backup. When we ran this type of backup on a physical cartridge, it would take up a huge amount of space as there is no de-dupe with cartridges. When using de-dupe, backups take less space than they previously did, and this minimizes the costs to our company.

The de-duplication feature saves us storage space.

The performance could be improved.

I've been using it for one and a half years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

We're unable to expand our storage capabilities smoothly.

It's good.

We are not getting any direct support from HP, but we are getting support from their partner. The support is relatively good.

This is the first solution that we have used.

It is straightforward.

We used a vendor team who were 8/10.

This was done by the planning team.

I recommend using the upgraded version of this product.

It's a solution that "datafies" backups so that only data is stored. Because we're sensitive to the amount of storage our backups take, "datafication" is the most valuable feature for us.

It saves storage space and the cost of investments in additional storage capacity. Data in other solutions is stored with other backup information. But with StoreOnce, only the data is stored, "datafying" the backup. This allows us to have a lot of backups within a small space, ultimately saving us money.

It needs to handle different kinds of media better. The system will fault sometimes when combining media with forms. It would be best if it could handle both at the same time.

StoreOnce deploys without any issues.

We had a stability issue once because of development, but it's since been resolved.

We haven't had scalability issues. Again, we're able to store more data in a smaller space.

Technical support is responsive, but since we're installers, I expect it to be quicker.

The initial setup is difficult for the normal user.

Think about your timelines, how you plan to use the load and read data, and how you will set up your system.

• It has very simple architecture compared to the old HP VLS
• It also provides ease of management and is easy to configure

Each application has its own virtual library to increase the deduplication ratio.

• Dedupe algorithms
• More control from HP data protector software

We've installed three StoreOnce appliances.

Until now we did not have any problems with StoreOnce. However, have had a problem with the HP Data Protector. In order to import tapes from StoreOnce, we had to identify the ID of the items in each store on the appliances, and then create them manually on the HP Data Protector.

I would advise you that if they have a remote site, (e.g. two StoreOnce appliances) to buy the Catalyst License for faster performance, since you will have a single engine of deduplication for both sites.