We performed a comparison between HPE Primera and HPE StoreOnce based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"It's helped us because we've changed fundamentally what we talk about. We don't talk about storage and different tiers of storage anymore nor do we talk about servers. We talk now about applications and how applications impact the business and end users."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe has low latency and high Ops. It is an evergreen model."
"The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability."
"We're able to get higher-density workloads on the same infrastructure, and we have a smaller physical footprint. The performance is excellent – during our test the bottlenecks are never on the X array, it just keeps picking up the pace to match what you need. The real-time visibility is a differentiator in my opinion."
"One of the best features is the support, which is excellent."
"It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."
"HPE Primera is an all-flash storage product that's very stable and has a higher storage capacity. It can also give better ROI compared to NetApp."
"The most valuable feature of HPE Primera is its performance and simple replication."
"We sold Primera to a public university, and they're happy with it. They have been using it for about four months with no significant problems."
"The initial setup is simple."
"For over a year, I have not seen any downtime in the product."
"The product has better replication features than the previous products."
"Primera's main advantage is its support for NVM drives and normal flash drives. It has some sort of AI analysis that automatically tells us how to optimize the performance."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to provide the IOPS ratio which is required by a lot of our customers."
"The solution is stable."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Currently, VTLs can only be created on individual service sets and cannot be used to share the resources of other nodes."
"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."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"It is very easy to implement."
"I like the tool’s deduplication feature. We get a ratio of 9:1 for deduplication. The product is also Linux based. Last year, our organization faced some virus attacks. However, the backup was safe because of the product being a Linux version. HPE StoreOnce is a secure product."
"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."
"We need better data deduplication."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with enterprise backup systems."
"The software layer has to improve."
"It's more multi-tenant functionality in their Pure1 manage portal that is lacking."
"If the customer only needs 500 terabytes and doesn't care how much data they'll put in the server, IBM is cheaper than Pure."
"The tool's portfolio is minimal. It is expensive."
"The IOPS and throughput could be better. That's the only drawback compared to other vendors."
"The product's stale snapshots feature needs improvement."
"We have not had a good experience with support from HPE Primera. They can improve."
"On the controller side, I would like to see NAS capabilities."
"Increasing the IOPS and throughput values would make the product even better. Improving the scalability of HPE Primera is also recommended."
"Primera should be more user-friendly."
"Some application solutions can be more acceptable on the HPE Primera site."
"The initial setup is not straightforward."
"The solution could always be less expensive."
"It is difficult to solve issues with this solution remotely. I prefer to use the knowledge base platforms. The response time could improve."
"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."
"The user interface of HPE StoreOnce should be more user-friendly. Additionally, the configuration and troubleshooting could be better."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"They could provide more options for storage capacity."
"The GUI and its user-friendliness have some room for improvement."
"Agnostic backups."
HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews. HPE Primera is rated 8.4, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and HPE 3PAR StoreServ. See our HPE Primera vs. HPE StoreOnce report.
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