Commvault Cloud Reviews

We use Commvault as our main backup solution.

Commvault is also a very reliable backup solution; this is one of our main use cases. There are several other use cases, but backup is the most dominant feature.

Our organization has between 500 to 1,000 employees. The IT department and a few admins use this solution.

Commvault has a very extensive report section, at least in the Java console and web console. There is a transition being made from Java to a web console currently, which offers a more sophisticated, more advanced, and more modern interface. 

I have been using Commvault for over eight years.

Commvault is both very stable and scalable.

The technical support is very good. We don't get direct support from Commvault as our first line of support; there is an intermediate organization that is very capable, who are masters, the highest degree of admins — they provide us with support. If there's any problem or any advice that we need, they are always available to support us.

The initial setup is rather complex, especially when switching versions.

The price could always be lower. I do not have the exact pricing information but I know it's not cheap.

We would like to evaluate other options. Other products could be more suited to our needs, but currently, we don't have the time to evaluate other options.

Think about your backup strategy before you begin making a blueprint — that's very important. Do not deploy it and then try to change it. This will only lead to unnecessary difficulties. What are the needs of your organizations? RTO and RPO are also very important. If you want to switch versions or solutions once it has already been deployed, it's not impossible to do so, but it's going to take some serious time and effort.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.

In every product, there is always a balance between the features and how you use them. This solution provides many options; however, If you want to understand and use all of the features that are available, as there are so many, it's going to be quite difficult. I think that's quite common with every application: you use a specific set of features that you're used to and which are easy to use. There are almost too many features; it's almost too much for an admin to handle — It's just overkill. 

A more simplified interface or front-end would be more preferable. This is not to say that the back-end should be easier, it can be complex. Moreover, it needs to be complex to satisfy demanding customers.

I am a certified administrator with Commvault. 

Commvault is used for recovery and disaster recovery. I configure HyperScale for my clients in Brazil.

The most valuable features of Commvault Hyperscale X are the full responsibilities inclined in conversion with high responsibility rates.

Overall, the support, pricing, and interface are all good.

The solution requires improvement with its connection and bandwidth.

I have been using Commvault HyperScale X for five years.

I would rate Commvault Hyperscale X a nine out of ten.

We are a service and solution provider, and we use Commvault to secure our client's data. Our motto of security is to secure the data and using this is very important. We are providing services to commercial and financial companies, so our data is critical.

We have two options for backing up data. We have a DR site, and we can also back it up on-premises.

This is a very technical solution that I would like to see Commvault offer customer support and marketing development resources in India. To my understanding, there is no marketing development team in India and we face problems when we speak with Commvault about these things.

When we send a query to Commvault, they take a long time to answer our questions. It can be very difficult to contact the Commvault team. Whenever we try to contact them, we are transferred to other distributors.

We have been using Commvault for the past full year.

Commvault is a stable product.

This solution is scalable, and we have more than 5,000 users that are using SAN services.

We don't require technical support or customer support from Commvault, as we have a dedicated team for the product.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The deployment was done in-house.

We have a dedicated Commvault team of 25 members. We have a test area, where Commvault and other products are tested. We have, for example, the Commvault test cases, data center test cases, computer testing, hyper-converged facilities, and more.

In India, this is a very expensive product.

We have not evaluated other options, as we are focusing on Commvault.

When we first started using Commvault, we had many problems. They were on a daily basis and including things like data access and data loads. At this point, we are no longer facing problems.

This is a product that I might recommend, although it depends on the scenario.

I would rate this solution a four out of ten.

We use the solution for mail archiving and sync application features. We can back up the virtual environment with its help.

They should provide more integration with OpenShift for the solution. Also, its support could be better.

We have been using the solution for five years.

I rate the solution's stability as an eight.

We have four solution users in our organization. I rate its scalability a nine.

The solution's technical support team resolves the queries efficiently. However, it takes time to respond.

Positive

I have used IBM Spectrum Protect before. I have attended training sessions and implemented them as well.

The solution's initial setup process is complicated. One needs to know the product in-depth for easy deployment. It takes a couple of hours but depends on the type of environment. Also, one executive with good knowledge can conduct its maintenance process efficiently.

The solution's cost is reasonable. I rate its pricing a nine.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it as an eight.

Since our corporation is big, it was really difficult to back up specific data types, manage admin roles, have true visibility of where my data was stored and whether it was effectively being backed up.

Now, I know where my backup data is. I can leverage on cloud storage technologies as well and restore it with granularity level that I have not seen in any other data management tool.

There are a lot of good features. Here are some of them:

• Capacity-based licensing
• A very stable and scalable platform (you can backup/restore/protect a couple of MBs or hundred of TBs as well from the same console/platform).
• Relatively easy to use GUI
• You can protect/backup virtually any kind of data from virtually any corporate type application (in-house or commercial) from one management console.
• Has the highest backup/restore granularity that I have seen in any data management tool.
• An extremely fast search engine for restoring and securing data and is hardware agnostic so you do not depend on excessively expensive storage hardware.

Reduce the complexity for better understanding of the reports. There are a lot of variables in which you can get confused while elaborating on reports.

No.

No.

A 10 out of 10.

Yes, we used a different solution. We switched due to consolidation and cost effectiveness.

Straightforward.

Know which type of data you are going to backup/protect and select the most appropriate bundle for you.

Yes. TSM and NetBackup.

Try it. Think in functionality and solution rather than conventional big names believing that there is nothing better.

I have used this solution within the past 12 months.

The most valuable features of Commvault Complete Data Protection are the complete feature sets it provides in one platform. You are able to backup many different types of data, such as virtual machines, servers, cloud, endpoints, Microsoft Office365, and Gmail. The usage of the solution is flexible.

In an upcoming release, the reports could be better.

I have been using Commvault Complete Data Protection for approximately 

The support from Commvault Complete Data Protection is very good.

The setup of Commvault Complete Data Protection is easy. The deployment took us approximately three days because we have a small environment. If the environment is larger it could take approximately one and a half months to complete.

Commvault Complete Data Protection is the number one solution in its category.

We use one to two backup specialists for the maintenance of the solution.

I would recommend this solution to others. It has worked well.

I rate Commvault Complete Data Protection a nine out of ten.

We are using Commvault as our main backup software.

Commvault is very broad in its possibilities to keep the backup environment up and running.

What I like about Commvault is that it's very robust. When an interruption takes place due to an incident, the signaling and notification are very extensive. Usually, there is a good direction towards the solution if there is a problem. Commvault is very self-supporting and the software tries to solve any issues by itself.

There is a bit of an overkill in functionality, especially in the interface, when you decide to deploy all of the software. I'm talking specifically about the Java console, which is the one we are using because it has all of the features that Commvault has in it. With so many features, sometimes you cannot find what you are looking for in the interface and you have to dig into books online to find out how to solve an issue.

The web console is more organized than the Java console, although it lacks some features.

In the next release, I would like to see different options made available for hot versus cold data.

I have been using Commvault for six years.

We have not been in contact directly with Commvault for technical support. We have a partner who takes care of all of the issues if any Commvault intervention is needed.

We are currently working through what we need for disaster recovery in general, and Commvault already has a major place in that. However, there are several things that we do not currently use, so there may be an option to use more of it for that benefit. For example, the product supports archiving capability, which is something that we do not use at this time.

In summary, this is a good backup solution but considering my comments on the GUI, it is not perfect.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We use the solution for cloud and data backup. 

I like the tool's Metalix compatibility and data availability. My customers also enjoy easy licensing and configuration. The tool also offers protection from ransomware. It offers easy integration with the cloud. 

The tool should revise its licensing. 

I have been working with the solution for five years. 

The product is stable and works fine. 

The tool is scalable. 

The toll's technical support is good. 

Positive

The product is easy to setup. We will first understand the customer requirements and then install the latest version of the solution. We need to also setup a backup policy configuration. The product's installation can be handled by a single person. The tool's deployment depends on the customer environment and policies. It can take anywhere between three days to two months for the solution to deploy. 

The tool is a feature-rich product.