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.
"The compression aspect of the solution is great."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the integrated deduplication function."
"The technology has been very useful. There are lots of features on offer."
"It is very fast as compared to the other competitors. Its simplicity and bit rate are also valuable. It takes less time if we compare it with the old solution that we have."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are reduplication and compression. It provides a lot of data savings for backups. Additionally, the Dell PowerProtect DD solution offers a bundled backup software and storage option. If desired, users can also connect to cloud technology to create an additional copy of their data in the cloud. This solution supports synchronization with various cloud vendors, including Azure and AWS."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"The solution can scale up to one petabyte right now. It's very good for enterprise-level organizations."
"The product, a disk backup solution, improves our data application tasks. We used tape libraries with Dev drives in legacy architectures, resulting in slow backups compared to modern drives like NVMe and SSDs. By transitioning to NVMe and SSDs, backups have become much faster. The tool's backup restoration is faster compared to other tools."
"The product’s data retention is very good."
"It results in more efficient storage utilization, cutting capital expenditure in half."
"The solution's licensing policy is more practical and not confusing."
"Quick recovery."
"Technical support is quite good."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"We also really benefit from the GUI capabilities."
"They need to make migration easier."
"Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions."
"It helps if you have in-depth knowledge in order to use it correctly."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"I would like to see integration with public cloud."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"The solution would be improved if it could also be used as a data store for VMware."
"I would like to see better integration with Veeam software."
"Hardware maintenance involves some downtime for backup destination storage which can be a problem for some."
"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 platform's price could be lower."
"The user interface of HPE StoreOnce should be more user-friendly. Additionally, the configuration and troubleshooting could be better."
"Agnostic backups."
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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 102 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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