We compared Cohesity DataProtect and Nasuni across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Cohesity DataProtect and Nasuni, Cohesity DataProtect is praised for its simplicity, wide range of features, user-friendly interface, and reliable performance. It offers instant recovery, live VM environment, and easy setup of SMB shares. However, it needs improvements in legacy platform support, stability of marketplace app, and pricing. Nasuni is valued for its storage capabilities, efficient storage management, unlimited storage capacity, and disaster recovery features. It requires enhancements in platform support, performance, user-friendliness, and integration with other systems. Nasuni's pricing is considered fair and reasonable. Both products have delivered significant benefits and value to organizations, resulting in positive ROI. Customer service and support for both products are highly regarded.
"Converged system. It makes much more sense to have the backup server running on the same hardware as the storage for backup and recovery."
"The recovery process is effective, especially when it comes to other types of data, such as VMs, and overall, the performance is commendable."
"The most valuable aspect for me is that I don't have to deal with media in terms of tapes like our existing system does."
"I like that Cohesity offers the chance to have data on-premises and on the cloud. All the data is automatically sent to the cloud."
"We are saving valuable datacenter rack space, which is critical as we evaluate co-location options."
"Cohesity DataProtect is user-friendly and straightforward. The setup process was effortless, and both the backup and restore operations are speedy."
"Cohesity customer service is the best that I have ever used. They are extremely fast in responding to cases, fixed all issues, and answered every question in a very timely manner."
"Instant recovery options are a big benefit for urgent restores, as we don't need to wait for hours or days for a restore to complete before being able to access the files."
"The global file locking feature is valuable. The ability to quickly deploy new sites is also valuable."
"The biggest and most impressive thing for us is the operational recovery (OR) and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities that Nasuni has. If a filer goes down, or an ESX server goes down, then we can quickly recover."
"With Nasuni Management Console (NMC), we get a single, centralized view of our entire internal structure and data center structure. This is very important because this caters to remote locations. One of the main care center teams is dependent on this solution. As it is directly connected to customers for the calls that they receive and troubleshoot, they can then help customers out in case they are not able to place an order."
"My clients are happy with Nasuni because the transmission is seamless, and it consolidates all the existing file servers into one location. Also, Nasuni has no boundaries. It's infinitely expandable. They don't have to rely on the service provider for backup and restoration. It's self-serve."
"The feature I have found to be most valuable is the revision control of the files. If somebody deletes or accidentally makes a wrong change to files, we can go back to the revision history and restore the previous versions. That is a very good feature that we rely on."
"We have less downtime and fewer trouble tickets from users who cannot access their shared files. Nasuni has reduced the friction and noise associated with file management because the devices are more reliable."
"Nasuni gives us a single platform with a 360-degree view of our file data, which is very important to us. We have everything that we need to look at in a single pane of glass."
"The most valuable feature is disaster recovery. We can fully recover a site in two hours."
"I like that Cohesity offers the chance to have data on-premises and on the cloud. All the data is automatically sent to the cloud."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"They could always keep up with continuous interface refinements."
"The support is pretty bad."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"The speed at which new files are created is something that could be improved. For example, if you create a new file in another country, I won't see it for between 10 and 15 minutes."
"The performance of the filesystem could be improved."
"When we have to rebuild a filer or put a new one at a site, one of the things that I would like to be able to do is just repoint the data from Azure to it. As it is now, you need to copy it using a method like Robocopy."
"As administrators, we are used to having control equal to managing an on-prem device. In terms of log analysis and other things we want to do, Nasuni has some limitations limitation on what you do on the Nasuni. Nasuni could add some features to the GUI that make administration a little easier. It's tough when I have to move from one filter to another because there is no way to search it. We have to scroll up and down to find the name of it."
"We would like to have a user desktop agent to help improve the end-user experience."
"Some applications may not be suited for the Nasuni environment. You may need something with better performance. Otherwise, if you want to run daily operations or some file system, it's a good bet."
"Migration from existing systems, specifically StorSimple, could be improved, but that solution will be end-of-life by the end of the year. Also, the documentation could be more accessible."
"The performance monitoring could be improved."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 7th in Cloud Backup with 67 reviews while Nasuni is ranked 9th in Cloud Backup with 35 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Nasuni is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nasuni writes "We have less downtime and fewer trouble tickets from users who cannot access their shared files". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Nasuni is most compared with WekaFS, Panzura, Azure NetApp Files, PeerGFS and Dell PowerScale (Isilon). See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Nasuni report.
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