We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and OpenText Data Protector based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"The valuable feature is the ability to work with the Veeam software to reduce the backup windows."
"The deduplication feature in this product is amazing."
"I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes."
"The product’s data retention is very good."
"HPE StoreOnce is an easy-to-use tool."
"Has very good deduplication and encryption features."
"The scalability is very good."
"The stability of the product seems to be quite good."
"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."
"Data Protector is very good at automation. From the time of the backup, verification, and copy to tape, it is very good. I don't need to touch it, it will do it by itself."
"The normal file system backup is easy to manage, and our success rate is quite high."
"It is very easy to use and the interaction with various systems is very handy."
"Ability to automatically detect and secure new data sources without requiring manual configuration intervention."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The dashboards in Micro Focus Data Protector are very good. They are similar to the dashboards in Veeam Backup & Replication."
"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."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of more features to security or WORM."
"The web interface, ease of use, and GUI all need to be improved."
"HPE StoreOnce should come with a detailed installation guide."
"The setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."
"The solution could always be less expensive."
"Some high-level cybersecurity features could be achieved with some entities, and their integration could be built into the store."
"Its customer service could be faster."
"We face challenges with its stability."
"If you compare the solution with the same specific features and enhancements on another solution, Data Protector is expensive. This is especially true when compared to, for example, Veeam."
"Virtualization."
"Micro Focus Data Protector must improve its overall evolution record. They need to focus on hardware based instant recovery, client recovery, and cloud ability. Now there is no cloud ability."
"They should design the solution so that it is much easier for deployment and make the UI easy to use."
"Faster VEAgent Restores"
"The product can be developed by including functionalities like DR, CDP, and SureBackup, which are currently unavailable in the solution."
"The downside of the flexibility on offer is if you over-configure it, it may fail to function as some configurations may not match."
HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews. HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, Symantec Data Loss Prevention and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention.
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