We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."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."
"We are looking forward to the next release, so we can take advantage of the AHV backup for our Nutanix environment."
"I found value in the instant recovery with DataMove. I found value in the protection group model for applying policies to VMs. And in the overall UI navigation and the way that the application is laid out in the web browser."
"Its flexibility is the most valuable. Being a cloud version, it has more flexibility, and it allows me to incorporate different workloads and consolidate all the data in one place. It has good high availability, and it is also easy to maintain."
"Converged system. It makes much more sense to have the backup server running on the same hardware as the storage for backup and recovery."
"Cohesity is a cost-effective storage designed for secondary or archival data. It also integrates well with a number of other systems, like VMware, Pure Storage, or AWS with its large array of APIs available to the user."
"By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"The recovery process is effective, especially when it comes to other types of data, such as VMs, and overall, the performance is commendable."
"I like the performance of the restore feature."
"You need to put the full name instead of a few letters while searching for backup. It should also improve customization."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released."
"Add the ability to delete View Boxes and External Targets in the GUI."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
"We have to do a lot of POC to show why ExaGrid is good."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage is ranked 47th in Backup and Recovery with 1 review. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage writes "A competitive and balanced solution that offers solid performance at a reasonable price". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Zerto, whereas ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage is most compared with Synology DSM, Stonefly VSO Backup And Disaster Recovery Appliance, Rubrik, Cohesity Helios and Commvault Cloud.
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