We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) 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."It makes our administrators' lives much easier to combine backup, archiving, and services like hosting file shares in one central system with only one user interface."
"With instant DR failover using SiteContinuity, we are able to keep our files available no matter the situation."
"Cohesity has simplified backups and has cut our costs tremendously."
"Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"It offers an easy, quick backup and restore of files and VMs. Also, the "Google-like " search for files is awesome."
"The most valuable features are the rapid VM restores and the ability to quickly find files and download them directly to my desktop so that I can put them where I need them to be."
"No longer does it take several hours to backup a VM or troubleshoot a backup issue."
"It's stable."
"We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."
"The product is integrated with Huawei software and its backup and recovery time is very fast."
"The solution is strong."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"We don't need to manage different devices."
"The most valuable feature is the deduplication rate."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"In terms of the product itself, there have been a handful of patches that have had to be applied outside of the GUI via the command line. It's very straightforward and easy and in the same redundant fashion, but not quite as simple as one or two clicks. I'm hoping that will decrease going forward."
"You need to put the full name instead of a few letters while searching for backup. It should also improve customization."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"The error handling could be improved."
"Add the ability to delete View Boxes and External Targets in the GUI."
"Initial setup can be complex if you need to change IP addresses. Hopefully, they improve that in a future release."
"The rack mounting instructions did not appear to be correct, but we were able to overcome it."
"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
"The solution's implementation was very complicated and could be improved."
"After resizing and compression, the system continuously runs out of space. Dell EMC doesn't do automatic cleanup or other things, so we constantly have to manually go in there or work with Dell support on this. The solution has not been working as advertised."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 13 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) writes "The product comes bundled with a host of useful solutions that help one centralize their work". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Rubrik. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) report.
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