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 features that I have found most valuable with Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are its deduplication feature and its DD Boost protocol for fast transfer, which is amazing."
"It is secure, reliable, and has officer support."
"The tool's performance is very good. DD Boost can improve its performance and backup."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are ease of use and deduplication."
"The stability is excellent."
"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."
"Dell PowerProtect DD is a stable solution."
"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."
"HPE StoreOnce has high performance."
"It results in more efficient storage utilization, cutting capital expenditure in half."
"I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes."
"If you have a large enough storage capacity then you can take an ample amount of data."
"I think the most valuable feature is the catalyst technology, which is in the StoreOnce appliance."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"Dell EMC Data Domain needs to have better compatibility between NetWorker and the hardware. NetWorker is not as good as the other products which are currently on the market like Backup Exec."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"The pricing could be lower."
"We would like to see the price of this solution brought down to be comparable with similar products currently on the market."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"We would like faster instant recovery."
"We archive our backups on tape, so I feel like if we could somehow plug our tape drive directly into the StoreOnce device and set it up to where it would archive based on, if some kind of rules based engine or what have you, that would really be an improvement for us."
"The solution's technical support should be faster."
"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."
"While StoreOnce has many features, it needs to focus on integrating with third-party backup software solutions."
"The repository should have an extension to connect to the cloud and deposit the backups."
"They could provide more options for storage capacity."
"The user interface of HPE StoreOnce should be more user-friendly. Additionally, the configuration and troubleshooting could be better."
"The latency is a bit high."
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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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