We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and HPE StoreOnce based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's simple, powerful, and ready to use."
"Our storage phones home. It is smart and intelligent in that aspect, which has been huge for us. We don't have to be storage administrators."
"The availability and ease of use are the big features."
"Cost, racial per terabyte, and speed is why we chose PureStorage. It was no brainer."
"The most valuable feature of the Pure Storage Flash Array is the blazing fast monitoring."
"The speed is the most valuable feature, along with the ease of getting it connected. We were able to get it online in less than a day."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"It has made working with storage as easy and simple as it should be."
"The interaction with VMware is most valuable."
"Even through upgrades, there is no downtime, not even a hiccup for users."
"InfoSight, for sure, has been the best feature so far."
"The management software that runs in the cloud is called InfoSight and it is very good. It is similar to machine learning software that monitors your hardware."
"InfoSight is a valuable feature."
"We have seen our average latency go from four milliseconds to point four. Therefore, we are getting 10 times better performance down to the end user on everything. We have seen an increase in our IOPS by ten times."
"This solution has given us reliability that is evident by the fact that it has been running for five years with virtually no hiccups."
"If a ransomware or enterprise-level attack happens, my infrastructure remains totally secure. If any virtual machine gets damaged or collapses, we have built a backup solution, which will take a minute to restore the same version of HPE Nimble Storage in our company."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"HPE StoreOnce works well, it is stable."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"Has very good deduplication and encryption features."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The valuable feature is the ability to work with the Veeam software to reduce the backup windows."
"I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backup and data protection purposes."
"HPE StoreOnce is an easy-to-use tool."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"The only time that we had problems with it was that there was a bug in the VVol implementation but, outside of that, it has been flawless."
"Storage. There could be better storage."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"The file functionality could be better."
"I don't think it is officially released yet, but the main reason that we chose Nimble is because of the sync rep feature. So, I would like to see that further evolve. This feature will be essential for our setups."
"I want to see the full integration with OneView. I know they have started it, but I haven't had a chance to look at and evaluate it."
"Nimble Storage could increase its flexibility by adding more protocol options. Nimble mainly uses fibre channel protocols, whereas many other storage arrays support fibre channel, iCSI, and NFS protocols."
"The resellers did the implementation of the solution, we did not do it ourselves. We have ten people for the deployment of the solution."
"The backup solution that they are using now probably has not been deduped."
"I would like to see SSL Certification."
"Its pricing could be better. It's expensive."
"Scalability, in terms of being able to scale out, is not easy and should be improved."
"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."
"The solution could always be less expensive."
"HPE StoreOnce should come with a detailed installation guide."
"The setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"It is difficult to solve issues with this solution remotely. I prefer to use the knowledge base platforms. The response time could improve."
"HPE StoreOnce Backup to Disk (BTD) is not a good backup solution for NAS devices. It does not have a dual controller, so if one controller fails, the entire system will go down."
"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."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 102 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and IBM FlashSystem, whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. HPE StoreOnce report.
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