We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and Veritas Backup Exec 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."HPE StoreOnce works well, it is stable."
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"Deduplication is the most valuable feature."
"HPE StoreOnce is an easy-to-use tool."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"The product's most valuable feature is stability."
"The valuable feature is the ability to work with the Veeam software to reduce the backup windows."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The solution is very scalable. Whenever we grew, it was just a matter of adding new licenses, so it's easy to grow."
"One nice feature with Backup Exec is mainly that disaster can happen to any server and the disk image can be destroyed very easily. It's also easy to fully email the backup image and restore the server."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of more features to security or WORM."
"Some high-level cybersecurity features could be achieved with some entities, and their integration could be built into the store."
"The repository should have an extension to connect to the cloud and deposit the backups."
"Hardware maintenance involves some downtime for backup destination storage which can be a problem for some."
"The user interface of HPE StoreOnce is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"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."
"The setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."
"HPE StoreOnce needs to provide a SaaS solution by offering high-density disks."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery.
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