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.
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"The tool's performance is very good. DD Boost can improve its performance and backup."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"We have never had any issues with Data Domain. It has been stable."
"It is stable. I would rate the stability of the solution a nine out of ten."
"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"I like the different features. We work closely with Dell on different products and features, which is why we use them all."
"The solution saves a lot of storage capacity."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."
"The deduplication feature in this product is amazing."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"We also really benefit from the GUI capabilities."
"Deduplication and compression are in a good ratio. It supports the HPE Catalyst protocol, which is much faster than NFS and other protocols. We use CommVault and Veeam, and these two solutions support the Catalyst protocol very well and are integrated at high speed. It is faster than normal access."
"Quick recovery."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"The pricing should be adjusted. Customers continuously talk about the price. They know it is a good solution and they really need the type of storage the solution offers, but it costs somewhere around $100,000 and up. It's not cheap, but it's very important for data vendors."
"We have some problems with backing up on the Power Platform. PowerServer is an IBM product, and it forces us to back up over LAN, which is not suitable for us."
"DD Boost."
"Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is expensive. Also, it has a sort of a big physical footprint that data domains have, and that's part of the problem."
"The product could be improved with better support for data protection."
"Its customer service could be faster."
"The latency is a bit high."
"While StoreOnce has many features, it needs to focus on integrating with third-party backup software solutions."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"HPE should have more options so customers can choose from a wide range of products with small to big capacities."
"The product's price could be better."
"The setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."
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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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