We performed a comparison between HPE StoreOnce and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The interface is very user-friendly."
"From a centralized system, I can manage the interface, the backup policies, and the status of the database."
"Has very good deduplication and encryption features."
"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."
"I think the most valuable feature is the catalyst technology, which is in the StoreOnce appliance."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature."
"The scalability is very good."
"We also really benefit from the GUI capabilities."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"You can use different protocols at the same time. Monitoring is also very easy in NetApp FAS Series. There is a free tool for monitoring."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"Its customer service could be faster."
"While StoreOnce has many features, it needs to focus on integrating with third-party backup software solutions."
"We're outsourced with a partner who recalls a larger amount of problems with the stability of the product."
"The GUI and its user-friendliness have some room for improvement."
"HPE StoreOnce should come with a detailed installation guide."
"In terms of areas for improvement, I believe HPE StoreOnce could learn from competitors like Dell's Data Domain and ExtraHop in refining its architecture."
"The user interface of HPE StoreOnce should be more user-friendly. Additionally, the configuration and troubleshooting could be better."
"The appliance doesn't have the global deduplication, it has StoreOnce deduplication. It does not deduplicate across the appliance, it will deduplicate in one particular store. With the global deduplication, I could store more data."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"The user interface could be improved."
"It's not a cheap system. It is very expensive. The pricing has been ridiculous every time that we had to renew the support."
HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 102 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 97 reviews. HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our HPE StoreOnce vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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