We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD and HPE StoreOnce based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: PowerProtect DD is the winner in this comparison. It is powerful and secure with a proven ROI. StoreOnce does come out on top in the ease of deployment category, however.
"Dell PowerProtect DD’s most valuable feature is data deduplication."
"The solution is very stable."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"The backup is very secure. The deduplication using EMC is very good. We are able to make systems and handle random cloning. EMC is a very stable solution for making backups."
"Our clients like the wide range of features that are available within this single solution."
"This solution has a feature called Domain Boost, which allows for source deduplication and compression."
"The stability is excellent."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the integrated deduplication function."
"Currently, VTLs can only be created on individual service sets and cannot be used to share the resources of other nodes."
"It results in more efficient storage utilization, cutting capital expenditure in half."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"We also really benefit from the GUI capabilities."
"HPE StoreOnce is an easy-to-use tool."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"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."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"The price could be a little cheaper than it is now."
"The price could be improved."
"I would like to see integration with public cloud."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"They need to make migration easier."
"Looking at Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), there is a need for improvement, especially in terms of protection from cyber resiliency, cyber recovery, or man-in-the-middle attacks."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
"EMC is very expensive for small customers."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"The solution should continue to refine its integration capabilities. I also see they are starting to use cloud integration as well, which is good, but they should do more to integrate with it."
"The solution must provide backup options for smaller capacities."
"The web interface, ease of use, and GUI all need to be improved."
"The solution could always be less expensive."
"improvement? HPE StoreOnce has a limitation with respect to controllers. Other tools offer more than one controller. I feel that the high availability of the view controller should be redundant. The tool’s control and UI part should be improved and made more advanced. The feature that helps with the manual movement of tapes should also be improved."
"Agnostic backups."
"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."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 101 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas NetBackup Appliance, whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost, Veeam Backup & Replication and ExaGrid EX. See our Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs. HPE StoreOnce report.
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