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.
"The compatibility within the Dell PowerProtect DD portfolio makes data management more seamless. This integrated solution improves efficiency in our data center and simplifies operations by relying on a single company for servers and storage."
"The most valuable feature is the inline data deduplication."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"We are very satisfied with this solution. It's easy to use and efficient."
"The most valuable features of the solution are recovery point, compression, and deduplication."
"The deduplication feature is the most valuable part of the solution."
"The tool's performance is very good. DD Boost can improve its performance and backup."
"The most valuable features of this product are its guaranteed reliability and its duplication capability."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities."
"The solution saves a lot of storage capacity."
"The solution's licensing policy is more practical and not confusing."
"If you have a large enough storage capacity then you can take an ample amount of data."
"From a centralized system, I can manage the interface, the backup policies, and the status of the database."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"HPE StoreOnce has high performance."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"Dell EMC Data Domain needs to have better compatibility between NetWorker and the hardware. NetWorker is not as good as the other products which are currently on the market like Backup Exec."
"We have had deduplication and replication issues. When we used another backup software we noticed that it didn't have the same issues."
"Dell PowerProtect DD does not have integration with the cloud and virtualization software."
"The pricing could be lower."
"It helps if you have in-depth knowledge in order to use it correctly."
"EMC is very expensive for small customers."
"The solution's cost, scalability, and licensing model could be improved."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of more features to security or WORM."
"The product's price could be better."
"improvement? HPE StoreOnce has a limitation with respect to controllers. Other tools offer more than one controller. I feel that the high availability of the view controller should be redundant. The tool’s control and UI part should be improved and made more advanced. The feature that helps with the manual movement of tapes should also be improved."
"Some high-level cybersecurity features could be achieved with some entities, and their integration could be built into the store."
"The solution would be improved if it could also be used as a data store for VMware."
"Agnostic backups."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"The solution must provide backup options for smaller capacities."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 65 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 103 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, 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, Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik 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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