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What is HPE StoreOnce Storage?
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HPE StoreOnce Storage is a scale-out, disk-based backup and recovery solution that delivers hardware-accelerated deduplication for fast, efficient backups, reduced storage footprint, and seamless integration with leading backup software.
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How does HPE StoreOnce’s deduplication technology work?
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HPE StoreOnce uses variable-length, content-aware deduplication that identifies and eliminates redundant data segments both inline and post-process to achieve up to 50:1 logical data reduction and minimize storage consumption.
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Which models are available in the HPE StoreOnce family?
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HPE StoreOnce offers virtual appliances (VSA) and physical models including the 2650, 3640, 5200, 5500, and B6200, enabling scalable deployments from remote offices to enterprise data centers.
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How does HPE StoreOnce accelerate backup and restore performance?
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By combining multi-core, hardware-accelerated deduplication with high-throughput network interfaces, HPE StoreOnce delivers up to 120 TB/hr backup and 240 TB/hr restore speeds, ensuring rapid data protection and recovery.
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What is HPE StoreOnce Catalyst technology?
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Catalyst is HPE’s application-aware backup protocol that performs client-side deduplication, secure snapshot management, and policy-based replication to optimize network bandwidth and storage efficiency.
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How does HPE StoreOnce integrate with cloud storage?
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HPE StoreOnce leverages Cloud Bank Storage to tier off-premises to AWS, Azure or other S3-compatible clouds, automating policy-driven archival and ensuring cost-effective, long-term retention.
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What is HPE Cloud Bank Storage?
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HPE Cloud Bank Storage is an integrated feature that enables seamless, policy-based backup offload and archive to public or private clouds using S3 APIs, reducing on-site footprint and operational costs.
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How secure is data on HPE StoreOnce?
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HPE StoreOnce supports AES 256-bit encryption at rest and in flight, FIPS 140-2 certification, role-based access control, and immutable snapshots to protect data against unauthorized access and ransomware.
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Can HPE StoreOnce replicate data to a remote site?
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Yes. HPE StoreOnce offers built-in, asynchronous replication of deduplicated snapshots between appliances or to the cloud, enabling efficient disaster recovery and multi-site data protection.
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How does HPE StoreOnce support VMware backup and recovery?
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HPE StoreOnce integrates with VMware via the Catalyst plugin or third-party backup software, enabling application-consistent snapshots, deduplication, and fast restores for virtual machines.
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What scalability options does HPE StoreOnce offer?
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HPE StoreOnce scales both up and out: you can expand capacity within an appliance up to petabytes and federate multiple appliances in a scale-out grid for centralized management and increased performance.
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How do I manage and monitor HPE StoreOnce appliances?
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HPE StoreOnce features a web-based management console, RESTful APIs, CLI, and integration with HPE InfoSight for proactive monitoring, reporting, and automated troubleshooting.
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What licensing options are available for HPE StoreOnce?
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HPE StoreOnce offers capacity-based licensing with flexible software tiers for virtual or physical deployments, simplifying procurement and allowing you to scale capacity and features as needed.
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What typical deduplication ratios can customers achieve?
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While results vary by data type, most customers realize 10:1 to 50:1 logical data reduction with HPE StoreOnce, significantly lowering storage requirements and backup windows.
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How does HPE StoreOnce enable rapid data recovery?
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HPE StoreOnce provides instant-access snapshots and hardware-accelerated restores directly from deduplicated store, delivering near-instant recovery of files, VMs, or application datasets.
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What is the difference between HPE StoreOnce VSA and physical appliances?
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StoreOnce VSA is a software-defined virtual appliance ideal for ROBO or test environments, while physical appliances deliver dedicated hardware acceleration, higher performance, and larger native capacity.