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.
"As our organization functions, we have a total of 2500+ primary sites and 6300+ secondary sites. All of our entire backup systems are totally dependent on this product. EMC Data Domain is very reliable and there are no issues using it since 2015."
"Data Domain is an excellent repository that's compatible with a lot of different solutions. Even Veeam Backup recommends sending backup to Data Domain. Space optimization is great. Currently, it guarantees 50-to-1 compression of the application in the same device. In all these years, I never had a client who was unsatisfied with Data Domain. It is a solid appliance with VMware integration, instant access to restore and search, and analytics."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are ease of use and deduplication."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Deployment takes about two weeks."
"Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"The most valuable features of this product are its guaranteed reliability and its duplication capability."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"I think the most valuable feature is the catalyst technology, which is in the StoreOnce appliance."
"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."
"The product's most valuable feature is stability."
"The speed and deduplication ratio are two of the most valuable features of the solution."
"Currently, VTLs can only be created on individual service sets and cannot be used to share the resources of other nodes."
"The hardware is strong and all the equipment has a good infrastructure. Personally, I think it's the best storage product in HPE for small to medium-sized businesses."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its catalyst mode, along with better performance, backup, and recovery."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"First-time integrations are difficult in NetWorker. NetWorker software needs to be simplified. It's very complex."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"We are not able to deal directly with the OEM we have to go to their partners in Nigeria."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"Its management can be improved."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"The product's price could be better."
"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."
"HPE StoreOnce could improve the capacity support."
"We would like to see some improvements in the Veeam Backup & Replication integration. It's good, but it has a lot of room to improve. In particular around the inability to easily move data between StoreOnce appliances."
"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."
"We're outsourced with a partner who recalls a larger amount of problems with the stability of the product."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of more features to security or WORM."
"The web interface, ease of use, and GUI all need to be improved."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 25 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 21 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 "Offers 99.999% uptime, has useful deduplication features, and offers great compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Offers built-in ransomware protection, with immutable backup options but lacks integration with third-party backup software solutions". 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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