General guidelines

Please always check the general deduplication appliances section as the best practices listed there also apply to HPE StoreOnce.

Encryption at-rest

Do not enable encryption for the jobs targeted at the deduplication storage appliance as this has a negative effect on the deduplication ratio.

Instead, enable encryption at-rest on the StoreOnce. Be aware that this does not protect from data exfiltration, but only protects the data in case the physical device is stolen.

Maximum number of concurrently opened files

HPE StoreOnce has a limit on the number of concurrently opened files. Due to this limit, the maximum length of backup chains (chains that contain one full backup and a set of subsequent incremental backups) on HPE StoreOnce is also limited and depends on the particular storage model. For more information, refer to the following table.

References

• Veeam Alliance Partner integrations and qualifications - HPE StoreOnce
• KB1745 - Deduplication Appliance Best Practices
• Veeam Help Center - HPE StoreOnce

---