We performed a comparison between HPE Primera 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."The top-tier support and reliable storage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"We like the speed. It's very low latency. In virtualization, you can mask lots of problems, and even in code you can mask lots of problems, with low latency. It's just pure speed and low latency."
"Pure Storage is extremely reliable — it's never failed."
"It is easy to manage. You don't have to have the same people who used to manage the Dell EMC arrays because the solution is more intuitive."
"It helps to simplify storage because it has an easy front-end to access everything."
"We can store more for a cheaper price as opposed to paying for larger devices and larger rack spaces which get outdated sooner and which we'd have to change every two years. It simplifies storage for us."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"All our junior partners can administer the storage arrays. It is simple and easy to use. We don't have to dedicate a whole team of full time people to work on it."
"The most important thing that we had found when we purchased this product around six months back was its 100% availability and uptime."
"The product has better replication features than the previous products."
"All of the capabilities of the hardware such as replication, snapshot, and the specific features are all included from the start as opposed to being on another license."
"In my opinion, HPE is making good progress and moving ahead with InfoSight, which is predictive analytics and artificial intelligence."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"HPE Primera has good integration. All the users are using HP servers and some systems, such as Synergy, which integrate well into the solution."
"Primera's main advantage is its support for NVM drives and normal flash drives. It has some sort of AI analysis that automatically tells us how to optimize the performance."
"The interface is simplified."
"The most valuable features for us are the ease of use, the reliability, and the exceptional deduplication that we get across that data that we store on those devices."
"HPE StoreOnce is an easy-to-use tool."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StoreOnce is the virtual drive."
"HPE StoreOnce is particularly useful in situations where organizations require a backup solution to store their data. Its deduplication feature is quite impressive, providing a deduplication ratio of around 25 to 26."
"The solution saves a lot of storage capacity."
"The deduplication feature in this product is amazing."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its catalyst mode, along with better performance, backup, and recovery."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"The price should be lower."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"They could improve the price."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"We've had it in place for about a year and a half and have had zero complaints, other than that box-to-box replication is not encrypted."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"We've encountered issues in the past where maintaining a read-only state is essential to prevent data encryption when VPN access is impacted."
"Some application solutions can be more acceptable on the HPE Primera site."
"There are certain features that require engineering-level access, which should be accessible to storage admins as well."
"The solution has good performance but it could improve further."
"They could work to make scalability easier."
"Only HPE can manage the product."
"One of the drawbacks of the model we purchased is that it is not running NVMe drives. Even though they say that it is NVMe-ready, it is still on the SSD drives. The model that we purchased has only eight hard drives, and only the ones on the top could work on NVMe. The rest of them are still on the SSD. Its competitors, such as EMC and Pure Storage, are moving or have already moved to NVMe. HPE should improve this solution for NVMe. HPE should also improve IOs in this solution. IOs in HPE are weaker than Hitachi and Pure Storage."
"HPE Primera's pricing model is an area of concern and can be considered for improvement."
"The product's price could be better."
"They could provide more options for storage capacity."
"It is difficult to solve issues with this solution remotely. I prefer to use the knowledge base platforms. The response time could improve."
"I would like to see an emphasis placed on making data deduplication and compression more powerful."
"The setup phase is not so simple that an end user can plug and play to make it operational."
"HPE StoreOnce needs to be made cheaper than products from Dell and Veeam."
"The product could be improved with better support for data protection."
"HPE StoreOnce should come with a detailed installation guide."
HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews while HPE StoreOnce is ranked 2nd in Deduplication Software with 102 reviews. HPE Primera is rated 8.4, while HPE StoreOnce is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StoreOnce writes "Helps to consolidate D2D backups and has a good deduplication ratio". HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas HPE StoreOnce is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell PowerVault, ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and HPE 3PAR StoreServ. See our HPE Primera vs. HPE StoreOnce report.
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