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 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."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The product’s data retention is very good."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."
"The valuable feature is the ability to work with the Veeam software to reduce the backup windows."
"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 deduplication feature in this product is amazing."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"The best feature is its ONTAP product line for Ransomware protection. It also has features for file storage and block storage. The solution is stable. We've had no issues with it. The tool is scalable and meets our requirements. The technical support and the supporting partner are great. The initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to maintain the product. The feature set is excellent. I recommend the solution."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"Fast Snapshots"
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution would be improved if it could also be used as a data store for VMware."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of more features to security or WORM."
"Cloud integration needs to be simplified."
"HPE StoreOnce could improve the capacity support."
"The solution's technical support should be faster."
"Its customer service could be faster."
"I would like to see an emphasis placed on making data deduplication and compression more powerful."
"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."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"NetApp FAS Series should improve its price, which is expensive."
HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 102 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 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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