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."What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"Client deduplication."
"Avamar's source side deduplication is very strong, it can easily back up remote sites' data, and not much bandwidth is required on the Avamar side."
"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."
"The initial setup is easy."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"The solution is very stable."
"The speed and deduplication ratio are two of the most valuable features of the solution."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"I'm impressed with their support structure, call availability, understanding, flexibility in scheduling remote sessions, and accommodating customer timeframes."
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"The solution's licensing policy is more practical and not confusing."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"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."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features."
"The configuration and expansion aspects of the solution need improvement. They're complicated and don't really integrate well."
"The solution's technical support should be faster."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The solution must provide backup options for smaller capacities."
"The user interface of HPE StoreOnce is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The repository should have an extension to connect to the cloud and deposit the backups."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
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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