HPE StoreOnce Reviews and Pricing

it_user231918

IT Technical Architect at a university with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 30, 2015

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It has given us the ability to run data straight from the device in case of a disaster.

What is most valuable?

StoreOnce has the following advantages:

Fast backup
No need to manage and store tapes
Ability to run data straight from the device in case of a disaster
Reliable compared to weekly problems with tapes
The data is replicated to two remote locations

How has it helped my organization?

We have moved away from tape backup.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We had one problem when data replication got stuck and we had to ask HP for help.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

It's very good.

Technical Support:

It's very good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We only used a tape solution. We switched because tapes are too slow, prone to mechanical problems, tape management is a burden, and the time taken to do a restore is slow.

How was the initial setup?

It was easy. Also I did HPs StoreOnce training.

What about the implementation team?

HP installed the device for us, and showed us various configuration options. The team was very knowledgeable.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The initial cost was high, however, day to day costs are low.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I could not find a better product.

What other advice do I have?

It is worth buying HP installation. It is difficult to estimate how much storage is needed as de-duplication depends on the type of data, so reserve extra money for expansions, and buy a model which can be expanded. Also, the StoreOnce course is very good.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user107568Works at HPE

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Jun 13, 2015

Thanks for the review - StoreOnce is a hidden gem in the HP Storage portfolio? For those that don't know the portfolio well, here's a blog post with a good overview. Be sure to watch the videos too: hpstorage.me

it_user231921

IT Manager, Compute & Storage at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Apr 30, 2015

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Multiple data types can be isolated and segregated to provide multi-tenancy.

What is most valuable?

The product was easy for me in terms of architecture, deployment and support. In comparison to other products I have worked with, these areas for HP have high scores.

How has it helped my organization?

It has provided flexible options accommodating a broad range of uses. For example, multiple data types can be isolated and segregated to provide multi-tenancy.

What needs improvement?

Reporting needs to be worked on.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for one year.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Yes we did, but it was resolved with a software upgrade.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Above average service.

Technical Support:

Above average with excellent response times. In one case, I needed a hard drive replaced, and the person who took my call was the person who arranged the engineer/part to be replaced. Also, the person was knowledgeable about the product.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No previous solution was being used.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward. We went from proof of concept to production in days as opposed to weeks.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it in-house.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Quantum
Symantec

What other advice do I have?

Clearly understand your needs before looking for a solution.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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Jun 13, 2015

Thanks for the review - which StoreOnce appliance did you use? For those that don't know the portfolio well, I did a ChalkTalk (an easy on the eyes video format I use) that gives an overview of StoreOnce. Here's a blog post that has that ChalkTalk and more: hpstorage.me/1Ff6fB0

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it_user229968

Coördinator at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Apr 27, 2015

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It has provided us with easier and faster backup, and recovery solutions.

What is most valuable?

Deduplication
Performance

How has it helped my organization?

It has provided us with easier and faster backup, and recovery solutions.

What needs improvement?

It needs better integration with third party backup applications.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for three years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues with the systems size from VSA (Virtual appliance) to a four couplet system.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

7.5/10.

Technical Support:

8/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we used tape systems for backup and recovery.

How was the initial setup?

It's an easy installation if you start with the virtual appliance (VSA). There are also white papers and best practices available.

What about the implementation team?

We did it in-house.

What was our ROI?

We have saved time as less is spent on tape handling, and there are fewer hardware issues than with a tape. Also, the ROI has been achieved with faster backup and restores. I would say it takes around 18 months to get ROI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

A one TB VSA is available for free and there is no need for day-to-day administration, just daily check of backup applications and jobs.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also looked at EMC Datadomain.

What other advice do I have?

Deduplication ratio depends on your data types. Do a Proof of Concept with the free VSA to test the product.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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Jun 13, 2015

Thanks for the review - If you didn't hear about it, HP StoreOnce was named the backup product of the year by Storage Magazine/TechTarget. There is a blog post you can read on my blog: hpstorage.me Lots of good stuff coming with HP StoreOnce - watch my blog to stay in the loop: www.hp.com

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it_user229386

Network Administrator at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 26, 2015

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Scalability: we have had to expand the capacity and there were no issues.

What is most valuable?

Dedupe - it allows us to store several hundred TB of data on 60TB of storage
Replication - it is a must so the backup data can be replicated off-site in the event of a disaster

How has it helped my organization?

It has reduced the amount of backup data stored on disk.

What needs improvement?

It could be better at dedupe.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Six months after purchasing StoreOnce, the database became corrupt and the unit had to be replaced.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have had to expand the capacity and there were no issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It's great.

Technical Support:

It's great.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No previous solution was used.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward to implement.

What about the implementation team?

HP did the installation.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No other options were evaluated.

What other advice do I have?

Purchase a second unit for replication.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user220065

Head of Data Centre at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 8, 2015

The tiering functionality saves the company money; system automatically decides to which storage type the data should be written.

Due to growth, our data centre, including storage, reached its limits. Two key requirements for the new infrastructure were scalability and flexibility, to allow the IT side of mergers to run as efficiently as possible. Reliability with an up-time of at least 99.9 per cent was also essential. Data restore following a technical or logic error needed to be considerably faster than in the past. We also wanted to achieve as high a level of standardisation as possible so we could easily outsource the systems to a housing provider if this became necessary in the future.

Following a detailed tender and selection process, we concluded that an HP Converged Infrastructure could fulfill our requirements. The deciding factor was the way the backup solution worked with the storage system in the fibre channel-based storage network we wanted. The HP Converged Infrastructure consists of two HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage systems, two HP StoreOnce 4430 backup systems, HP Data Protector software for storing and restoring data, an MSL4048 tape library for long term archiving of data and multiple Brocade SAN switches for the HP BladeSystem for the storage network, increasing the band width from 4GB to 8 GB per second. The HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage systems were provided with 64 terabytes of storage capacity. These are currently 70 per cent full. That fits with our business requirements. We have enough space for both organic growth as well as for future company purchases. We can also expand the HP 3PAR StoreServ quickly and easily at any time by adding further nodes, which gives us a very high degree of flexibility.

To ensure the high availability of the system,we fitted the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage systems with the replication and automatic transparent failover software features. If hardware outages or entire data centre outage happens, Storage services are automatically assumed by other components – without any loss of service. The tiering functionality saves the company money as the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 automatically decides to which storage type the data should be written (tiered according to speed and therefore price), depending on data access. We are now starting to use the reporting functionality of the storage solution. We want to control the infrastructure proactively in terms of IT service management. The monitoring and reporting functionalities help us with this.

The entire system has been very stable right from the start – and also very fast. Our customers have noticed from our considerably faster response times that we have completely redesigned our data centre. Today, even the slowest tiering level in the storage system is faster than our old solution. The company intends to achieve further cost savings on storage with its backup solution: The hard drive space required for the databases was reduced by 50 per cent just by using the corresponding adaptor from the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage system to Microsoft SQL server. This is because the HP Data Protector software stores the productive database data online to the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage system via the connector, without having to create a backup.

We have also implemented further connectors to VMware vCenter and Microsoft Exchange Server. To ensure that the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage system will always be up to date, we decided to use HP Proactive Care Services. This service reduces the IT department’s workload as we no longer have to keep track of patches and software upgrades ourselves. HP does this for us. We have already experienced the benefits of this. An HP technician contacted us and updated the system without limiting our operations at all. It went fantastically well. We can also administer the storage with just two employees. That was unthinkable before. We have a high-tech solution in the data centre which will support as we follow the company strategy in the coming years. It is also a great foundation for existing IT projects such as big data and ERP consolidation.

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Apr 29, 2015

What a great review of HP 3PAR - I love reading these and reaffirms the work the team is doing. For anyone that wants to read more about HP 3PAR, here's a link to the hp.com product page: hpstorage.me And if you want a more technical view, here's a link to 3PAR posts on my blog: bit.ly

it_user161661

Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Nov 9, 2014

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Initial configuration into the network needs improvement but deduplication features are valuable.

What is most valuable?

The ease of use and configuration once implemented and the deduplication features.

How has it helped my organization?

Before the StoreOnce solution was implemented all kinds of backup solutions and software were being used in this international company, making it very difficult to manage, keep control over the backups, losing data left and right, very unprofessional.

Also a lot of tapes needed to be kept offside, using one of these companies that comes and collects tapes to store in a secure location, this costs the company a lot of money.

Now several StoreOnce appliances sync with each other to take care of the disaster recovery compliancy, remote offices stream deduplicated backup data to the StoreOnce and use the same backup software as all other locations.

What needs improvement?

The initial installation and configuration into the network and the integration into the infrastructure needs some improvement, but it's not too difficult if you plan right.

For how long have I used the solution?

For well over 1 year now.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

The deployment of the solution is done by HP, they insisted on it, the initial planning was the task of the client, there were some bumps along the road, but in the end it was deployed rather quickly.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues during initial config, can't say there were any stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is something you need to plan for ahead, the amount of TB you're looking to backup now and how much it would grow in the future. Depending on the outcome of your calculation you need to choose the model accordingly (the higher models allow for more scalability - read higher amount of TB that can be stored).

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

No issues with customer service, quick and correct.

Technical Support:

They could answer all our questions and helped us to get going without too much time and effort.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously it was a bunch of solutions (backup to disk, to tape, etc) and all kinds of different backup software dispersed over different locations, very unmanageable and lots of issues with backup. It needed to be consolidated and in the meantime it needed to provide the necessary Disaster Recovery abilities. That's why this solution was chosen.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup was done along with HP, it wasn't overly complex if you know something about backup and the software solution to go along with it, if you have to start from scratch it can be quite the task, it isn't plug and play, there is quite some configuration to be done, you also need to know your backup environments in and out, plan ahead. You need to know what goes where and how it will be replicated.

What about the implementation team?

As mentioned earlier, the solution was implemented along with HP, their level of expertise was above par.

What was our ROI?

Too soon to tell, but initial reports tell us it definitely will save us a lot of money, on tapes and tape handling alone.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes, some other solutions came across our desk, but I can't remember which ones though. Pretty early on we chose to go with HP StoreOnce.

What other advice do I have?

Read up on the solution, there are a lot of advantages in this product, all depends on your environment, if you are one of those companies that has a lot of tapes and different locations, it could definitely be something for you. The deduplication is great on this solution, no more TB's of wasted space, send deduplicated backup data over those expensive leased lines saving bandwidth, and so on...

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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Mar 5, 2015

Thanks for the review - If you didn't hear about it, HP StoreOnce 6500 was named the backup product of the year by Storage Magazine/TechTarget. There is a blog post you can read on my blog: hpstorage.me Lots of good stuff coming with HP StoreOnce - watch my blog to stay in the loop: www.hp.com

Thanks again for the review!

it_user156132

Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 30, 2014

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Deduplication Alghorithams still require enhancement but it has a very flexible integration with HP Data Protector.

What is most valuable?

StoreOnce Catalyst Store
VTL Emulation
Extensive disaster recovery options
Federated deduplication

How has it helped my organization?

Due to high speed and multiple simultaneous backup session our backup window is reduced remarkably, data throughputs are mentioned follows:

Up to 100 TB/hr of backup performance with StoreOnce Catalyst
Up to 40 TB/hr of native backup performance
Up to 40 TB/hr of restore performance

What needs improvement?

Deduplication Alghorithams still require enhancement.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using HP Data Protector for almost 5 years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

HP Solution delivery team implement this solution, deployment was quite smooth within time constraints.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No such issues faced.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

768 TB raw (512 TB useable). Good enough for enterprise wide backup solutions.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Excellent, because of local presence of HP is KSA.

Technical Support:

Very Good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have working experience with EMC Data Domain. HP StoreOnce is offering almost the same features. It has a very flexible integration with HP Data Protector.

How was the initial setup?

It was a straightforward procedure.

What about the implementation team?

HP Implementation team delivered this solution.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes, EMC Data Domain.

What other advice do I have?

It is better to opt for HP implementation services also.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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Mar 5, 2015

Thanks for the review - I just found it. If you didn't hear about it, HP StoreOnce 6500 was named the backup product of the year by Storage Magazine/TechTarget. There is a blog post you can read on my blog: hpstorage.me

Thanks again for the review!

it_user157584

Owner with 51-200 employees

Oct 27, 2014

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Entry level model, even more disk space would be valuable.

Valuable Features

Data deduplication.

Improvements to My Organization

Backups are much more optimized, and we can take more backups and more often because of data deduplication.

Room for Improvement

This is an entry level model, even more disk space would be valuable.

Use of Solution

HP StoreOnce 2620 iSCSI Backup Storage - 1 year

Deployment Issues

Stability Issues

So far, no.

Scalability Issues

No. This is an entry level model, and this one cannot be scaled.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

Very good.

Technical Support:

Very good.

Initial Setup

Straightforward.

Implementation Team

In-house.

Other Advice

Highly recommended the product, be sure to use the right backup application (Veeam or similar), so you can get the most out of it.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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Mar 5, 2015

Thanks for the review - I just found it. One point I'm sure you're aware of is that there is a large family of StoreOnce products that scale from 5TB to over a PB for backup. Hopefully your HP StoreOnce 2620 is the right size for your needs.

If you didn't hear about it, HP StoreOnce 6500 was named the backup product of the year by Storage Magazine/TechTarget. There is a blog post you can read on my blog: hpstorage.me

Thanks again for the review!