The HPE StoreOnce Backup System is a disk-based platform for enterprise data protection. Featuring HPE deduplication technology, it reduces storage requirements while enabling fast backup and recovery across data centre, edge, and hybrid cloud environments.
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As data volumes grow and recovery requirements become more demanding, organisations must ensure backup infrastructure can protect large datasets while maintaining efficient storage utilisation.
The HPE StoreOnce Backup System provides disk-based backup storage with integrated deduplication technology, significantly reducing the amount of storage required for backup data while accelerating backup and recovery operations. Global deduplication and Catalyst integration reduce the amount of backup data stored and replicated, cutting bandwidth consumption while improving the efficiency of remote and central backup workflows.
HPE StoreOnce Catalyst technology eliminates duplicate data across backup jobs and replication processes, reducing network traffic and improving backup performance across distributed environments. That architecture helps teams hold more recovery points on disk and streamline protection across distributed environments without letting backup storage grow unchecked. Organisations that require offline retention and modular tape-library growth may also consider the HPE MSL3040 Tape Library, for supporting air-gapped retention strategies as backup capacity requirements increase.
High-capacity backup storage and deduplication allow organisations to retain more backup data while improving recovery times and maintaining efficient use of storage resources.
Our specialists can help design and deploy HPE StoreOnce Backup System solutions aligned with enterprise data protection and disaster recovery strategies. It also gives IT teams a more practical platform for planned growth without adding unnecessary management overhead.
The HPE StoreOnce Backup System delivers high-performance backup and recovery infrastructure designed to protect enterprise data while reducing backup storage requirements through advanced deduplication technology.
StoreOnce Deduplication Technology
Reduces backup storage requirements by eliminating redundant data across backup sets.
High-Capacity Backup Appliances
Supports scalable backup capacity across models such as the StoreOnce 3660, 5260, 5660, and 7700.
Flexible Backup Integration
Supports VTL, NAS, and Catalyst interfaces for integration with leading backup software platforms.
High-Speed Backup Performance
Designed to support fast backup and recovery operations across enterprise environments.
StoreOnce Catalyst Technology
Optimises backup data movement and replication between StoreOnce systems.
Replication for Disaster Recovery
Supports efficient replication between systems to protect backup data.
Centralised Backup Management
Provides unified monitoring and administration for backup environments.
Whether modernising backup infrastructure or expanding enterprise data protection capacity, we help design HPE StoreOnce environments that deliver reliable backup and recovery performance.
| Product Family | HPE StoreOnce |
|---|---|
| Deployment | Backup & Archive |
| Target Organisation Size | Enterprise |
| Primary Use Case | Backup Storage |
| Workload Profile | Backup & Recovery |
| Storage Performance Tier | Capacity Optimised |
| Product Tier | Flagship |
| Latency Tier | Backup |
| Scalability Model | Scale-Out |
| Architecture Type | |
| Storage Type | Backup Appliance |
| Access Architecture | Object |
| NVMe Support Level | None |
| Maximum Raw Capacity | 4 PB |
| Maximum Effective Capacity | 20 PB |
| Capacity Basis | Family Maximum |
| Drive Bays | 48 |
| Drive Interface | SATA |
| Supported Media Types | HDD |
| Controller Architecture | Dual Controller Scale-Out |
| Controller Cache | 256 GB |
| Maximum Expansion Shelves | 12 |
| Supported Protocols | NFS / SMB / VTL / Catalyst |
| Host Interface Types | 10/25Gb Ethernet / 16Gb FC |
| Maximum Host Ports | 16 |
| Data Protection | Erasure Coding |
| Deduplication Support | Yes |
| Compression Support | Yes |
| Data Reduction Method | Variable Block Deduplication |
| Power Redundancy | Hot-swappable PSUs |
| Cloud Integration | Cloud Backup |
The HPE StoreOnce Backup System is designed for organisations that need disk-based backup, deduplication, and faster recovery across distributed and enterprise data protection environments. It is best suited to sites where backup performance, ransomware-resilient retention, and scalable backup architecture matter more than using general-purpose storage for protection data. Within the range, the smaller StoreOnce models align to branch and mid-size backup estates, while the higher models are better suited to larger data centres and high-throughput enterprise protection.
StoreOnce is a strong fit for distributed organisations that need reliable backup and recovery outside the main data centre. It works well in remote and regional environments where local protection, deduplication, and efficient replication back to a central site matter more than deploying a larger enterprise backup appliance.
Mid-size environments often need one platform for virtual machines, business applications, file data, and retained backup copies. StoreOnce suits these deployments where backup needs have outgrown entry protection tools, but do not yet require the throughput and scale of the largest enterprise systems in the range.
Larger data centres often need higher ingest performance, broader scaling, and more backup capacity than smaller appliances are designed to deliver. StoreOnce is well matched to these environments because the upper models in the family are built for enterprise-scale backup estates, longer retention, and higher-throughput recovery operations.
Modern protection strategies often need more than routine backup jobs. StoreOnce is a practical choice where deduplicated backup, immutable retention options, and efficient replication form part of a wider cyber-resilience design across branch, regional, and central environments.
Organisations standardising backup across different site types often need a family that scales from smaller office protection to large central backup repositories. StoreOnce fits that role because it provides a common backup architecture across models, allowing the deployment to grow from compact systems to higher-performance enterprise platforms without changing direction completely.
Our team can help design and deploy HPE StoreOnce backup infrastructure for branch protection, mid-size backup consolidation, and enterprise-scale data protection environments.
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