We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Cohesity DataProtect 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."The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."
"It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the speed and the compression of the backups. The compressed backed-up files do not take up as much storage. Additionally, the incremental backups can be done in one minute and be backed up on a disc very fast."
"This product is extremely user-friendly and it is capable of performing large-scale archive/backup (five+ years worth). It is easy to store, maintain, and check backups."
"It's simple to set up."
"The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows."
"Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."
"The enterprise search and instant restore are pretty valuable. Also, the Helios stuff is pretty good and the SAS engine for ransom malware detection."
"By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"The most valuable features of Cohesity DataProtect are SpanFS and the handling of hybrid workloads."
"The customer service and support are fast and professional."
"It works well with backup virtual machines and SQL services we have been using."
"The solution's SQL cloning is great, and its Instant Mount restoration of virtual machines is brilliant."
"The support is awesome. They are very fast, competent and friendly."
"After linking a cloud subscription, like Azure for example (AWS and Google are also supported), you can "spin" a VM onto the cloud from any backup snapshot."
"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."
"Every time I change the disc, I have to do a full backup."
"The solution can use a lot of bandwidth when the scheduling is not done, it should auto-schedule itself. For example, if there are 50 users connected in the network at 12 o'clock and the backup is not scheduled. At this time the network offices are going to have performance issues when it is doing a backup. Having a feature to auto-schedule a time when the network is not being used often would be beneficial."
"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."
"I had an issue with Arcserve UDP during the failover and the secondary machine didn't get back online, even though it ran automatically. I faced the issue during a crisis situation. However, I haven't faced such a problem again."
"The speed of restores should be improved. We have found the speed of large restores rather slow."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"The error handling could be improved."
"We are highly dissatisfied with the level of support and functionality provided for HANA within the Cohesity product."
"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."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"The one area where we would like to see additional improvements is with reporting. There are very granular reports from each grid. There are also some built-in reports within Helios (SAS Management Console) that offers basic reporting. However, for complex, large-enterprise environments, a more robust reporting engine that supports detailed audit reporting and enhanced ad hoc reports would be welcome."
"For Oracle DBs, we have observed a few bugs. This can be done better."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 40 reviews while Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas Backup Exec, whereas Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup. See our Arcserve UDP vs. Cohesity DataProtect report.
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