HPE StoreOnce vs. HYCU

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HPE StoreOnce
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
HPE StoreOnce is a backup and recovery hardware solution from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, providing disk-based backup, deduplication, and long-term storage. StoreOnce offerings can support virtual and cloud environments for small business, mid-size organizations, and enterprises.
$1,061.46
HYCU
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
HYCU is a SaaS Data Protection platform that delivers SaaS-based data backup, recovery, and ransomware protection for on-prem, cloud, and SaaS environments serving vendors globally.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Gen10 Server
$1,061.46
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
HPE StoreOnce
8.7
Ratings
3% above category average
HYCU
8.9
Ratings
5% above category average
Universal recovery9.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instant recovery8.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Recovery verification8.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Business application protection8.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification8.30 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Snapshots9.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Flexible deployment8.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Management dashboard8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Platform support8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Retention options9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Encryption7.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Cove Data Protection
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
HPE StoreOnceHYCU
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
10.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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9.0
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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User Testimonials
HPE StoreOnceHYCU
Likelihood to Recommend
Vm backups are the fastest I've ever had with this unit for any backup software system. Agent backups are the fastest ever to this device too. Veeam supported HPE StoreOnce for file backups way back. However, we discovered you cannot do this for large network drive scenarios. So, we have to have a separate backup system for file based share backups. it would be great to resolve this at some point in the future. Also, replication of a primary SO to a DR SO works amazing now based on the 52x0 series HPE StoreOnce units. The older 5100 series just could not cut it to copy to another backup target fast enough for large data backup consumers.
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It’s well suited for Nutanix AHV data protection and includes the ability for immutable backups via WORM policy. I’m unsure of its performance in environments that use Hyper-V OR VMware for virtualization. The use of tiered backups without additional policies are great when creating new VMs, even automatically assigning a default backup policy to ensure that all workloads have at least a minimal level of data protection
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Pros
  • We really like the deduplication feature of HPE StoreOnce. It helps reduce storage footprint by 1:3 to 1:10 depending on type of files being stored.
  • It's easy to manage files on HPE StoreOnce servers using command line options.
  • We use Veeam Backup Server software to manage our backups on HPE StoreOnce.
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  • Backup of virtual machines.
  • Upload to Cloud backups.
  • Recovery of databases backed up through HYCU.
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Cons
  • For fastest performance and best dedupe, ISV software supporting Catalyst required
  • VTL capability requires more overhead and space due to aging policies, etc.
  • Use of CIFS/SMB for backups is significantly slower than Catalyst.
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  • Better DR support guidance/best practices
  • Reporting isn’t straightforward and as customizable as I’d like
  • Including M365 backups without additional cost would be a big value add for us
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Likelihood to Renew
It just works and the support contract we have is good enough for the company needs
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Usability
My team who are currently administering HPE StoreOnce do not come from a storage background. We still didn't had to struggle much configuring and using HPE StoreOnce. Of course, HPE team was very helpful in smooth technology transition. For critical errors, we already have phone home feature enabled and HPE support team has been excellent and their response time in dealing with technical errors/incidents.
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Very simple interface. Can learn it in a day. The instances where I needed a little hand holding, I just called support and they assisted immediately. That's the best of both worlds.
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Support Rating
We had couple of incidents so far and HPE support team was very proactive through the process until the incident was closed satisfactorily.
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I have had several requests, and issues with the rollout and deployment of HYCU in our production environment. The HYCU team of support and developers have met each issue with importance and some kind of resolution or explanation of help. They have been so supportive even in the not so easy ones. That says something for their product and team behind it.
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Implementation Rating
It was pretty smooth, at least smother that a Dell EMC Unity we set it up last week
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Alternatives Considered
NetApp is a great product and very well established in market. But HPE StoreOnce features like scalability using disk based duplication that lowers the backup footprint. It is very well coupled with HPE Recovery Manager Central provides backup protection and backup efficiency. We were also offered a nice discount while choosing HPE StoreOnce.
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I have used several backup programs, I selected 2 just to be brief. The best thing I see with HYCU over Veeam is that it is much more difficult for an attacker if inside the network to gain access to the backups and objects saved in the backup storage. The best part about HYCU over Bacula is that it is much easier to use and more stable. The interface alone will save you from time and energy using other products
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Return on Investment
  • HPE StoreOnce doesn't require a lot of technical knowledge for day to day administration and management. This helps reducing IT support staff cost.
  • It provides an amazing compaction ratio and saves you a lot on the storage side.
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  • I trust this product to protect our organization if things go badly.
  • I am able to not lose sleep thinking about backups.
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