Compare Cohesity DataProtect vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros | |
"This solution is easy to manage." "Instant volume mount and the SpanFS filesystem itself, which has great dedupe and compression across all of our backups." "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." "The most valuable feature is ease of use." "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." "The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes." "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." "Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive." | "Some of the features we find very valuable and use a lot, are retention sets." "The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle." "The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2." "This solution is very stable and has good support available online." "With this product, we now have a reliable backup solution." "The feature I find most valuable is the offload to Spectrum Protect for long-term retention. I think the deduplication and replication are quite nice on Plus." "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." "A full-featured data protection solution that is reliable and stable." |
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"This solution is only compatible with a limited number of storage arrays, including Pure and Cisco Hyperflex." "Reporting is one area that isn't as robust as it could be." "I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible." "There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved." "The error handling could be improved." "We would love to see direct compatibility with HPE Simplivity, which we also leverage." "The GUI is in need of improvement." "We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup." | "An area that needs improvement is data validation. We currently use another product that gives us immediate validation, information about when the last backup was, and no risk of corruption happening. TSM in IBM Spectrum is not mature so that you can validate on the spot." "The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added." "I would like integration into where the VMware guys can do their own restores." "The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use." "Instead of using the command prompt for troubleshooting and administering the backup, there should be an easy-to-use graphical user interface." "The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved." "The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy." "Not particularly user friendly." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"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." "I expect the system to probably pay off within the first two years." "Sizing is important and it is easy to overestimate." "Pricing, setup costs, etc. are pretty typical. The initial cost for Cohesity was less than other products the we evaluated. Cohesity's pricing does offer benefits as DR target costs are less than other solutions. You are not charged for DataProtect licensing for target DR data consumption." | "The licensing model of Spectrum Protect Plus is more efficient and cheaper compared to the original." "In addition to the standard licensing fees, we paid for implementation and training." "Unlike some other solutions, such as Veritas NetBackup where you have to pay for different licenses to use different features, there is a single license that allows you to use all of the features." "Depends on the licensing options that you choose." "The price is lower than that of some competing products." |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: We Implemented Rubrik a couple years ago to back up our Azure cloud environment. We evaluated Cohesity but their features did not offer what we need. Our Account team was great to work with and we… more » Top Answer: The product is easy to put in place. All backups are done very quickly. It's easy to perform restores. What I prefer in the product is its simplicity. There are no useless settings to define, and… more » Top Answer: Pricing, setup costs, etc. are pretty typical. The initial cost for Cohesity was less than other products the we evaluated. Cohesity's pricing does offer benefits as DR target costs are less than… more » | Top Answer: Virtual snapshots that offer incremental backups. Top Answer: Given that it's an expensive product I would suggest that if you're rich go with IBM, and if you're poor go with someone else. Most enterprise companies like to show off with these products. I've been… more » Top Answer: I don't think the solution is particularly user friendly, it requires expertise. Technical support could also be improved. Now that they're in the cloud I think they'll start enhancing with their… more » |
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Views 30,956 Comparisons 21,035 Reviews 17 Average Words per Review 625 Rating 9.4 | Views 5,711 Comparisons 4,148 Reviews 9 Average Words per Review 562 Rating 8.3 |
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| Cohesity | |
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| Cohesity | IBM |
Overview | |
Distributed scale-out platform: Replace individual storage appliances with a web-scale platform. Ensure high-availability, pay as you grow by scaling performance and capacity linearly, and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. Hyperconverged nodes: Bring compute to your data instead of moving copies of data to the compute. Run secondary data workflows including data protection, test / dev and analytics directly on the Cohesity platform. Accelerate IO performance with SSD caching. Support for backups, files and test / dev copies: Consolidate your secondary data on the Cohesity platform with support for NFS and SMB interfaces. Consolidate backups, files, and test / dev copies. | IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a data protection and availability solution for virtual environments that can be deployed in minutes and protect your environment within an hour. It simplifies data protection, whether data is hosted in physical, virtual, software-defined or cloud environments. It can be implemented as a stand-alone solution or integrate with your IBM Spectrum Protect environment to off-load copies for long term storage and data governance with scale and efficiency. |
Offer | |
Learn more about Cohesity DataProtect | Learn more about IBM Spectrum Protect Plus |
Sample Customers | |
| Tribune Media | PT Wings Surya, Tectrade, State of Ohio |
Top Industries | |
Healthcare Company23% University11% Financial Services Firm11% Media Company11% Computer Software Company34% Comms Service Provider12% Manufacturing Company6% Government5% | Computer Software Company40% Comms Service Provider16% Government7% Manufacturing Company7% |
Company Size | |
Small Business18% Midsize Enterprise30% Large Enterprise53% Small Business7% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise79% | Small Business18% Midsize Enterprise18% Large Enterprise64% |
Find out what your peers are saying about Cohesity DataProtect vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
457,459 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery Software with 17 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery Software with 11 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.4, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Simplifies data protection by eliminating legacy backup silos". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Enables us to have longer retention which saves us more money". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup and Commvault, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Commvault and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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