We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD and HPE StoreOnce based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: PowerProtect DD is the winner in this comparison. It is powerful and secure with a proven ROI. StoreOnce does come out on top in the ease of deployment category, however.
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"As our organization functions, we have a total of 2500+ primary sites and 6300+ secondary sites. All of our entire backup systems are totally dependent on this product. EMC Data Domain is very reliable and there are no issues using it since 2015."
"We are very satisfied with this solution. It's easy to use and efficient."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"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 most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."
"Quick recovery."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"The speed and deduplication ratio are two of the most valuable features of the solution."
"The valuable feature is the ability to work with the Veeam software to reduce the backup windows."
"They're scalable."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"EMC is very expensive for small customers."
"The price could be improved."
"improvement? HPE StoreOnce has a limitation with respect to controllers. Other tools offer more than one controller. I feel that the high availability of the view controller should be redundant. The tool’s control and UI part should be improved and made more advanced. The feature that helps with the manual movement of tapes should also be improved."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of more features to security or WORM."
"While StoreOnce has many features, it needs to focus on integrating with third-party backup software solutions."
"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."
"I would like to see better integration with Veeam software."
"The solution should continue to refine its integration capabilities. I also see they are starting to use cloud integration as well, which is good, but they should do more to integrate with it."
"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."
"The solution's technical support should be faster."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 101 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas NetBackup Appliance, whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost, Veeam Backup & Replication and ExaGrid EX. See our Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs. HPE StoreOnce report.
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