We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and HPE StoreOnce based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"The installation of the solution is easy."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."
"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that the tool provides good value for somebody who needs an affordable and reliable storage solution."
"The product's most valuable feature is stability."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"If you have a large enough storage capacity then you can take an ample amount of data."
"The hardware is strong and all the equipment has a good infrastructure. Personally, I think it's the best storage product in HPE for small to medium-sized businesses."
"I like the tool’s deduplication feature. We get a ratio of 9:1 for deduplication. The product is also Linux based. Last year, our organization faced some virus attacks. However, the backup was safe because of the product being a Linux version. HPE StoreOnce is a secure product."
"The speed and deduplication ratio are two of the most valuable features of the solution."
"The most valuable features for us are the ease of use, the reliability, and the exceptional deduplication that we get across that data that we store on those devices."
"The challenges we do face typically revolve around aligning specific features with our accustomed tool usage."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"It would be better if we could integrate easily with other platforms."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"Backup image browse times should be faster."
"Avamar is still competitive because of the way we have deployed it, but we need to diversify and shift away from specific technologies. In addition to hypervisors, virtual machines, and bare metal servers, our customers need protection for Microsoft 365, SaaS, and the public cloud, so we need other technologies in the business to cater to those customers' needs. Those are the enhancements we would want from the Avamar platform, but that's not likely to happen. Dell has PowerProtect and Apex backup services. There are other Dell solutions that we'll use to fulfill our customers' requirements."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"The product's price could be better."
"I would like to see better integration with Veeam software."
"Cloud integration needs to be simplified."
"They could provide more options for storage capacity."
"When it comes to upgrading, it always goes block-wise. One block is 48 TB raw capacity. It would be good if they can include a smaller capacity for SMB customers. Currently, it is not possible to increase in a smaller capacity. You have to buy the exact same unit. It would be great if they can provide a smaller next block. There are around 20 hard disks, and it would be really helpful if we can add 10 hard disks initially and 10 hard disks later."
"Agnostic backups."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"We archive our backups on tape, so I feel like if we could somehow plug our tape drive directly into the StoreOnce device and set it up to where it would archive based on, if some kind of rules based engine or what have you, that would really be an improvement for us."
Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Dell Avamar vs. HPE StoreOnce report.
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