We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"The solution's SQL cloning is great, and its Instant Mount restoration of virtual machines is brilliant."
"The enterprise search and instant restore are pretty valuable. Also, the Helios stuff is pretty good and the SAS engine for ransom malware detection."
"A robust, verifiable backup with a restore solution, which decreases our backup and has a restore window."
"With instant DR failover using SiteContinuity, we are able to keep our files available no matter the situation."
"Instant volume mount and the SpanFS filesystem itself, which has great dedupe and compression across all of our backups."
"The support is awesome. They are very fast, competent and friendly."
"We can run test scripts on production data."
"The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2."
"The support from IBM is very good."
"The solution is scalable."
"This is a multi-platform backup solution where you can take a backup from AIX, Windows, or Linux servers and restore from CD, disk, or tape."
"Some of the features we find very valuable and use a lot, are retention sets."
"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."
"The most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."
"A full-featured data protection solution that is reliable and stable."
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway."
"The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming."
"I think Cohesity could add more platform support. For example, they could improve integration with DB2 or make the integration S3 object storage a little tighter. Some of that stuff could use some work, but overall, it's a relatively comprehensive platform."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"They could always keep up with continuous interface refinements."
"Add the ability to delete View Boxes and External Targets in the GUI."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"In terms of what could be improved, it just needs some maturity."
"It still needs to grow and add new features. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, I believe, requires time to become competitive due to a weakness in the other software products."
"The one issue we are facing is related to file restores."
"The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy."
"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
"In the future, I would like to see support for global deduplication."
"It requires much more automation features."
"The solution should allow for backup of iOS snapshots."
"I would like more integration with security. We need to show the value of the product in regards to handling security. For example, how it handles current malware or viruses. IBM should be more proactive in this direction."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup, Veritas NetBackup and Rubrik. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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