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 most valuable feature of this solution is reliability."
"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."
"The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"What I really like about this program, is that it is easy to use and easy to configurate."
"The solution is very straightforward to set up."
"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"HPE Primera is stable."
"For over a year, I have not seen any downtime in the product."
"The product is stable."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The greatest advantage is the support when we encounter incidents, as HPE's support is highly responsive."
"HPE Primera is scalable."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the artificial intelligence for the storage inside of the software and firmware because customers do not like functionalities which require manual interruption."
"HPE Primera has good integration. All the users are using HP servers and some systems, such as Synergy, which integrate well into the solution."
"I'm impressed with their support structure, call availability, understanding, flexibility in scheduling remote sessions, and accommodating customer timeframes."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its catalyst mode, along with better performance, backup, and recovery."
"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."
"The solution's licensing policy is more practical and not confusing."
"The product’s data retention is very good."
"HPE StoreOnce works well, it is stable."
"Currently, VTLs can only be created on individual service sets and cannot be used to share the resources of other nodes."
"The speed and deduplication ratio are two of the most valuable features of the solution."
"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."
"Right now, the box itself is just strictly working as a backend storage system. It would be fantastic if we could access it directly like a NAS device through network access or SIS drives. I think they have an interface, but I am not sure how good it is. If we could address a box directly on the network without having to go through a server, it would be great. The replication schemas could be improved. We are not using replication on the storage level right now. We use a different type of replication. If their replication would be as good as the one that we have, I would probably run the replication schema because it might be faster, but I don't know that for a fact. So, I cannot say that they have good replication. All I can say is that they need to inform us better."
"The software layer has to improve."
"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."
"It's more multi-tenant functionality in their Pure1 manage portal that is lacking."
"On the controller side, I would like to see NAS capabilities."
"On the hardware side, you should have the ability to expand capacity to larger numbers."
"There are certain features that require engineering-level access, which should be accessible to storage admins as well."
"The solution could improve by having seamless migration from other storage systems. The process should be made easier."
"The solution has good performance but it could improve further."
"The solution could prove the reporting."
"The IOPS and throughput could be better. That's the only drawback compared to other vendors."
"Some application solutions can be more acceptable on the HPE Primera site."
"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."
"The GUI and its user-friendliness have some room for improvement."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"HPE StoreOnce should come with a detailed installation guide."
"I would like to see better integration with Veeam software."
"Cloud integration needs to be simplified."
"The solution could always be less expensive."
"The product could be improved with better support for data protection."
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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