We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and OpenText Data Protector 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."I love the ability to clone a virtual server in only minutes."
"The ability to essentially instantly recover a VM and have it run on the Cohesity Platform while all those bits are technically being recovered in the background is useful to us."
"The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"The recovery process is effective, especially when it comes to other types of data, such as VMs, and overall, the performance is commendable."
"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 everything is ready after the initial setup."
"One of the most valuable features is the restore functionality that they offer."
"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 solution's SQL cloning is great, and its Instant Mount restoration of virtual machines is brilliant."
"Data Protector's granular recovery features make it easy for us to create and restore backups in an understandable and user-friendly manner. With granular recovery, any database or even just a database table can be restored at will."
"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"Performs the backup properly and protects our data."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"It is a traditional backup model. If you talk about file server and the official Windows database, it's a stable product."
"Ability to automatically detect and secure new data sources without requiring manual configuration intervention."
"The dashboards in Micro Focus Data Protector are very good. They are similar to the dashboards in Veeam Backup & Replication."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"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."
"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."
"They could always keep up with continuous interface refinements."
"Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"Cohesity cluster upgrades have not been as easy as a single button click. They are a manual process that requires upgrading each node into a cluster individually."
"In general, you can say that Micro Focus Data Protector is behind in capabilities when compared with other backup solutions, such as Commvault, Symantec, NetBackup, but it is very strong for certain use cases such as array integration. We are using it in production even now. There should be some kind of cloud integration and archiving solutions. I think this is the area they need to focus on."
"This solution is not scalable."
"We faced some certification issues after we upgraded to version 10.2."
"Micro Focus Data Protector must improve its overall evolution record. They need to focus on hardware based instant recovery, client recovery, and cloud ability. Now there is no cloud ability."
"I don't like this solution so much because it's very technical and compared to Commvault and Veeam, it's not so user-friendly. The interface needs improvement."
"Faster VEAgent Restores"
"OpenText Data Protector is more difficult to use and configure than OpenText VIM. The user-friendliness of OpenText Data Protector has to be increased, and the complexity of the tool needs to be reduced."
"VM backups needs to be improved. They need to make it similar to the way Veeam and Commvault are doing the virtual backups."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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