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Evolving data protection with user-friendly interface, fast performance, and efficient maintenance, but faces...
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A competitive and balanced solution that offers solid performance at a reasonable price
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Pros
"The most valuable features of Cohesity DataProtect are SpanFS and the handling of hybrid workloads.""Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive.""The dashboard is very easy to use.""We are very satisfied with the product as a whole—all the backup functions, the data protection functions. We are very satisfied with those, and the product is very simple to use.""I have found that the speed of restores, especially files and folders, are extremely fast. This bodes well for us, and our end users are always amazed at how fast you can get them their files.""It offers an easy, quick backup and restore of files and VMs. Also, the "Google-like " search for files is awesome.""A robust, verifiable backup with a restore solution, which decreases our backup and has a restore window.""The customer service and support are fast and professional."

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"I like the performance of the restore feature."

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Cons
"The GUI is in need of improvement.""I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible.""At times, you may click the wrong server or click too fast and accidentally restore a cluster of servers. It would be very helpful to have a cancel option under restores.""Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic.""Cohesity DataProtect can improve in the area of databases. We have had some challenges with both Cohesity and Rubrik being able to effectively back up in a timely manner the SQL Oracle workloads.""The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming.""Features I would like to see include a more visible data lifecycle monitoring tab, and an easier to read backup status dashboard.""Better documentation is needed because the lack of information has necessitated having our team depend more heavily on Cohesity support."

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"We have to do a lot of POC to show why ExaGrid is good."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing is per node and per protected terabyte. You will also pay 10-15% annually for support."
  • "If SQL is in heavy use at your location, I would highly recommend narrowing your PoC testing to Cohesity and Rubrik. They will be competitive on pricing with each other, so really put them through the paces."
  • "The ROI is huge. Not really measurable at this point, but the price of the unit was a fraction of what a couple hours of downtime could result in."
  • "Cohesity came in at the best price."
  • "Cohesity came in at the best price. Setup was included and done in half a day."
  • "Ensure that you understand the per TB licensing model. Also, Exchange backups are not native to Cohesity and require Kroll."
  • "We purchased support from Cohesity to ensure that should we face an issue, we don't have to deal with different service providers."
  • "With respect to pricing, make sure that you look at both Rubrik and Cohesity as they are very similar and are quite competitive."

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  • "ExaGrid is a one-time investment."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about Cohesity DataProtect?
    Top Answer:Several features enable us to perform fast recovery, such as instant fast recovery. All our virtual machines protected with the product can be quickly restored to another healthy environment with… more »
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cohesity DataProt...
    Top Answer:The tool's pricing is average.
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    What needs improvement with Cohesity DataProtect?
    Top Answer:The tool could benefit from further improvements in AI features, particularly in areas such as a generative AI chat interface. This feature could help answer queries about the data being protected… more »
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    What do you like most about ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage?
    Top Answer:I like the performance of the restore feature.
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ExaGrid Tiered Ba...
    Top Answer:ExaGrid is a one-time investment. It comes with a three-year warranty. You can order five years of service, but the three-year warranty is the most popular in Vietnam, and it's enough. After three… more »
    What needs improvement with ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage?
    Top Answer:ExaGrid is a new player in the Vietnamese market. Most people go with Dell or HPE. When we bring ExaGrid to the customer, we have to do a lot of POC to show why ExaGrid is good. And some customers… more »
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    Overview

    What is Cohesity DataProtect?

    Cohesity DataProtect is a top-level, sophisticated, software-defined backup and recovery solution created for cloud environments. Cohesity DataProtect is made to hyperscale and is one the most thorough policy-based protection solutions available on the market today.

    Cohesity DataProtect melds multiple-point products into a single software that is able to be deployed as on-premise or consumed as a service.

    Top Features:

    Hyperscale made easy: Cohesity DataProtect improves data protection by doing away with the need for backup silos and administers backup and recovery with a single user-friendly, easy-to-understand interface. Cohesity DataProtect provides extensive 24/7 enterprise-class protection for a large, varying set of sources, including virtual and physical servers, NAS and SaaS workloads, relational and distributed databases, and traditional and containerized applications.

    Super fast recovery: Cohesity DataProtect offers near-zero recovery point objectives (RPOs) and near-instant recovery time objectives (RTOs) to satisfy your business service-level agreements (SLAs). Using Cohesity Helios’ unified data plane and control plane you can immediately search and recover data on any Cohesity cluster, located anywhere. DataProtect distinctively minimizes downtime by immediately mass restoring any amount of virtual machines (VMs) to any point in time, and lowers data protection costs by as much as 70% or more.

    Backup as a Service: Feel free to take advantage of the elasticity of the public cloud and the cost-effective value of Cohesity DataProtect when delivered as a service. When you choose an OPEX option, you can eliminate the need for on-premises hardware. There is a SaaS option that will allow you to very simply configure your backup workloads and immediately begin protecting your vital all-important data and applications.

     It’s as easy as: sign-up, connect, and protect!

    Ransomware protection: Cohesity DataProtect offers stellar recovery at scale. The solution is so intuitive, it has machine learning-based anomaly detection to stop incidents before they happen. Cohesity DataProtection can provide immutable backups, Datalock write once, read many (WORM), encryption, and role-based access control (RBAC).

    Cohesity DataProtect integrates well with many of today’s top solutions, including, but not limited to: 

    • Hypervisors: VMware vSphere (5.5 and later), Microsoft Hyper-V (2019, 2016, 2012 R2), Nutanix AHV and RHeV 
    • Kubernetes-based data and application state
    • Cloud: AWS EC2, Amazon RDS, Azure VM, and Google Compute
    • Physical: Windows, Linux(RHEL, CentOS, OEL, Debian, Ubuntu), AIX (7.x), and Solaris
    • Databases: Oracle (11g R2, 12c), Oracle RAC and SQL (2008 or later)
    • Distributed Databases (NoSQL and Hadoop): MongoDB, CouchbaseDB, Apache, Cassandra, Cloudera, and Hortonworks. 
    • Bare Machine Recovery: Windows and Linux 
    • Applications: MS Exchange (2010 SP3 or later), MSFT Active Directory, Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Groups), SalesForce (SFDC), and SAP HANA 
    • Primary storage: Pure FlashArray, HPE Nimble, and Cisco Hyperflex 
    • NAS: Pure FlashBlade, NetApp, Isilon, IBM GPFS, Google EFS, Elastifile, and generic solutions*

    Reviews from Real Users

    One reviewer, who is head of IT infrastructure at Kampmann says, “Cohesity really is a Next-Gen Data Management Software,” and goes on to indicate that Cohesity “works flawlessly with easy replication of backups and numerous supported backup sources.”

    Another user, who is a senior network engineer at a legal firm, relates that "Cohesity is a robust and feature-rich solution"





    With ExaGrid’s Tiered Backup Storage, each appliance in the system brings with it not only disk, but also memory, bandwidth, and processing power – all the elements needed to maintain high backup performance.

    ExaGrid has the only non-network-facing tiered backup storage solution with delayed deletes and immutable deduplication objects. This unique approach ensures when a ransomware attack occurs, data can be easily recovered or VMs booted from the ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage system. Not only can the primary storage be restored, but all retained backups remain intact.

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    Healthcare Company17%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    University8%
    Construction Company8%
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    Educational Organization34%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Government6%
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Retailer9%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Non Profit7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise41%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise54%
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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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