What is our primary use case?
StoreEasy is mostly being used for NAS storage. About 99% of customers are using it for NAS storage.
How has it helped my organization?
With the console of StoreEasy, it is easy to manage or centralize the NAS storage for securely storing documents, images, and other forms of customer data.
It is reliable. For organizations with remote offices, it is reliable and cost-effective storage. It is easy to manage the centralized space for securing the documents and enable NAS storage as well.
We have not faced any challenges with StoreEasy. We have not faced any difficulties in supporting the customers. We have worked with a lot of models and generations of StoreEasy.
What is most valuable?
From my point of view, I did not find any issues with deploying StoreEasy.
Everything is good in it. It is easy to manage. There is a management console that comes with StoreEasy. It simplifies managing storage permission. There is snapshot scheduling as well. The updates and everything else is good.
What needs improvement?
There is a default Windows installation. Sometimes, when it crashes, the HPE support team asks the customer to reinstall it. That is the only issue customers are facing. Apart from this, everything is okay. We also inform the customer to go for reinstallation if it crashes.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with HPE StoreEasy for eight years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable. We have not heard of any performance issues from our customers.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable. We have small and medium customers with 20 to 25 people who access StoreEasy or the NAS storage daily. Some customers have more than 25 people.
How are customer service and support?
Their technical support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have worked with other solutions, but I love to work with HPE solutions. The most unique feature of the HPE StoreEasy is the storage of virtual machines. StoreEasy comes in 1U devices.
How was the initial setup?
I did not have any difficulties in deploying StoreEasy for the customers. It is user-friendly and easy to deploy. It has a Windows Server and a required license built in.
For implementation, we follow the HPE documentation. We follow the Configuration guide and the Installation guide. For all HPE products, we follow the HPE documentation.
For a single box, it takes a maximum of two days. It depends on the customer's availability. For different configurations, it can take two to three days.
The number of people required varies from customer to customer, but generally, it requires three people. For mounting the storage, we always have three people to unbox, mount, and do other things.
It does not require any maintenance. From the data center perspective, maintaining StoreEasy is very easy. No customer has complained about any difficulty in maintaining StoreEasy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Based on what I hear from our customers, it is not very expensive. From the cost perspective, I see nobody complaining about its cost. As compared to other vendors, customers prefer StoreEasy because of its reliability, flexibility, and scalability.
What other advice do I have?
The sixth generation of StoreEasy is coming which is better than the previous generations. It has more specifications than the previous generations.
I always recommend customers to go for the latest generation. I came across a lot of limitations with the previous generations of StoreEasy. Every new generation is better, so I always recommend customers to go with the newer generation. It is more flexible and efficient.
I would rate StoreEasy a ten out of ten.
