Cohesity DataProtect Reviews

• VM backup and restore 
• Physical server backup and restore
• File restoring
• Cloning of VMs for test and dev
• File sharing, like NFS

Old backup solution: Full restore of mission critical systems took around one day.

Cohesity does this process in under one hour.

It offers an easy, quick backup and restore of files and VMs. Also, the "Google-like " search for files is awesome.

The administration of the Cohesity is easy.

Replication between two clusters should be included in the next few releases. There are many features which will be added in the next few releases.

No.

No.

The support is awesome. They are very fast, competent and friendly.

Yes IBM TSM. We switched because of licence costs and the old fashioned style of making backups in the virtual environment with an agent-based tool.

It was straightforward and easy.

It was done by a vendor team with great Skills

Veeam and VMware VDP.

Our primary use case for this solution was as a backup and recovery solution, with the ability to handle VMware and a small subset of physical servers.  

We have a rapidly expanding data set that our previous backup solution could not handle and the upgrade path was a complete redesign of hardware and when that solution maxed out, then it was the same over and over again. The biggest attraction to start looking at Cohesity was being able to scale up with ease. After discussing the option and features, it was clear that Cohesity is made to handle things quickly, simply, and with ease. 

Overall, the simplicity of the solution and the support behind implementation, training, and continued support. The implementation and training are all done through the sales engineer, which provides for a seamless and great experience when it comes to starting with a new vendor. 

The one drawback of this quick innovation is that their units were shipped with outdated firmware, but this was quickly remedied, and they have made operational changes to reduce the likelihood of sending outdated firmware again.

The primary use case for the solution is VM backup/restore, physical server backup, and file restore. Also, clone VMs for test and dev environments and file sharing.

The absolutely top feature is the easy and fast backup and restore of VMs. It extremely reduces the effort in daily backup and restore tasks. Leading to no more effort for administration of a complex backed up and restored infrastructure.

• Restore of a mission critical host with legacy backup solution: minimum one day.
• Restore of a mission critical host with Cohesity: less than 1 hour.

Replication between two Cohesity clusters should be be improved in the next releases. Some workflows in the GUI should also be improved within next releases. Support for more vendors (databases) should also be delivered within the next releases.

No.

No.

Superior!

Very simple and straigtforward setup.

A vendor team did the implementation. They had a great level of expertise.

Veeam Backup and Replication.

• Backup target 
• Backup software

Instant recovery of VMs.

• Backups are now much faster restored are much faster, which is a huge improvement over the previous platform.
• Simple, intuitive single pane for all backup/recovery tasks.

Application integration.

Six months.

No issues.

No issues.

No, we already added additional nodes without issues.

They are excellent.

Veeam/Commvault with Data Domain.

The initial setup was very straightforward.

We implemented in-house.

No idea.

It is simple, cost effective, and highly scalable.

Isilon.

• The UI
• How easy it is to set up backups and restore data.

It has greatly simplified backups and recovery for our organization.

Better cluster support.

Since December 2016.

No, the deployment was flawless.

The stability has been perfect.

We have not done any scaling yet.

Customer Service:

Customer support is excellent.

Technical Support:

Technical support for the product has been very good.

Yes, we needed an easier virtual backup and recovery solution.

It was very straightforward. I had previously supplied the vendor with a list of IPs and labels. It was about one hour from racking to backing up.

The sales engineer (SE) came out and worked with us. His level of expertise is top notch.

The cost is good compared to other solutions. There should be no setup cost as the SE can work with you to install very quickly.

Yes, we evaluated Rubrik and Veeam. Both are very fine products.

• Backup/recovery
• Indexing
• Cloning
• The space reduction for the backups.

• It has vastly improved our ability to save money by backing up and replicating the our backups off-site.
• The ability to delete a virtual machine (VM) and restore the backup copy to the original location with the same name.
• Using the indexing to browse and restore/download individual files.

It should have quicker restore times.

Over a year.

No.

No.

No.

Excellent.

Excellent.

Yes, they were outdated and bad.

It was easy. After it was up and running, it was simple to add a vCenter and start backups.

It was set up through a vendor team, who did an excellent job.

It is a great deal for what you get.

Yes, NetBackup, CommVault, and Rubrik.

The potential to use the Tier-2 storage is great to have versus other solutions. Also, to be able to backup using a NAS device for it.

Backup tasks and test development environment.

Speed and functionality.

Mature at a good pace.

About six months.

No.

No.

No.

10 out of 10.

10 out of 10.

We were looking for a robust solution that gives us scalability and recovery.

Straightforward.

SnapTree

Cloud Replication

File Services and Restoral

All production backup data is replicated daily to Azure and AzureGov for offsite DR

Multi-Tenant for single cluster

6 months

Yes, but they were very quickly resolved

No

No

10

10

Compellent with Dell Compellent and Nimble storage was way too expensive.

Very much so.

Vendor team and I would rate them as a 10.

Still calculating.

Very simple pricing and purchase process

Yes, Veeam

Fantastic product and the team developing it are top notch. Very excited for future releases from Cohesity!