We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and HPE StoreOnce based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"The dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"It has a lightning fast restore."
"This solution is easy to manage."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The four independent node cluster architecture is redundant. It maintains data integrity and load balancing."
"It is also very easy to determine which VMs are being backed up and which ones aren't. This is helpful to make sure nothing is being missed."
"I found value in the instant recovery with DataMove. I found value in the protection group model for applying policies to VMs. And in the overall UI navigation and the way that the application is laid out in the web browser."
"Technical support is quite good."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"I think the most valuable feature is the catalyst technology, which is in the StoreOnce appliance."
"The product’s data retention is very good."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The solution saves a lot of storage capacity."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"The solution's licensing policy is more practical and not confusing."
"When a new release is launched, there may be some bugs that need to be addressed by the developers. However, they promptly resolve these issues, and the software runs smoothly once again."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"The platform has certain limitations, mostly stemming from the restrictions imposed by the VMware API and some other factors. One area where there is room for improvement is the tracking of replicated copies, especially in the context of remote archive duplication."
"I like that Cohesity offers the chance to have data on-premises and on the cloud. All the data is automatically sent to the cloud."
"We would love to see direct compatibility with HPE Simplivity, which we also leverage."
"The tool could benefit from further improvements in AI features, particularly in areas such as a generative AI chat interface. This feature could help answer queries about the data being protected. One feature that would greatly improve our experience with the product is the ability to identify data redundancies through a central console. This feature would help us reduce storage costs by managing redundant data."
"Features I would like to see include a more visible data lifecycle monitoring tab, and an easier to read backup status dashboard."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"Hardware maintenance involves some downtime for backup destination storage which can be a problem for some."
"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 appliance doesn't have the global deduplication, it has StoreOnce deduplication. It does not deduplicate across the appliance, it will deduplicate in one particular store. With the global deduplication, I could store more data."
"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 setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."
"The product could be improved with better support for data protection."
"I would like to see an emphasis placed on making data deduplication and compression more powerful."
"HPE StoreOnce needs to provide a SaaS solution by offering high-density disks."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and NetApp SnapCenter, whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series and DD Boost.
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