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Cohesity DataProtect pros and cons

Vendor: Cohesity
4.5 out of 5

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PROS

Instant volume mount and the SpanFS filesystem offer significant deduplication and compression benefits, enhancing backup efficiency.
Cohesity DataProtect provides rapid backups and restores, improving recovery time objectives and allowing more frequent backups.
The system's integration and compatibility with various platforms include cloud services like AWS and Azure, aiding comprehensive data management.
Immutable backups offer strong ransomware protection, enhancing data security and reliability.
Significant reduction in manual efforts for backup administration has been achieved, notably simplifying and cost-effectively managing backup tasks.

CONS

Reporting capabilities in Cohesity DataProtect are limited, lacking customization and complexity needed for large enterprise environments.
Support for Cohesity DataProtect has been criticized for being slow and sometimes ineffective, leading to challenges in quickly resolving issues in production environments.
Cohesity DataProtect is noted for complex setups, particularly with Oracle databases and initial configuration complexities when IP addresses need changing.
Cohesity DataProtect's integration is challenging with certain platforms and services, showing room for improvement, especially for Exchange integration which requires third-party applications.
Cohesity DataProtect's recovery times and backup speeds are slower compared to competitors, posing a challenge in environments requiring rapid data recovery.
 

Cohesity DataProtect Pros review quotes

it_user624039 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 10, 2017
Because of the excellent data reduction, we are able to back up all of our systems for the first time and use less space than our old backup appliance.
it_user684759 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Information Services Infrastructure Team at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 14, 2017
We removed multiple backup systems and replaced with Cohesity.
reviewer762012 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 25, 2017
It has vastly improved our ability to save money by backing up and replicating our backups off-site.
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it_user767400 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 3, 2017
It has greatly simplified backups and recovery for our organization.
it_user784479 - PeerSpot reviewer
Datacenter Management at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Dec 5, 2017
The absolutely top feature is the easy and fast backup and restore of VMs, which extremely reduces the effort in daily backup and restore tasks, leading to no more effort for administration of a complex backed up and restored infrastructure.
it_user787419 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems Administrator at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Dec 11, 2017
The implementation and training are all done through the sales engineer, which provides for a seamless and great experience when it comes to starting with a new vendor.
it_user794526 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a media company with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 27, 2017
Instead of four different solutions for protecting VMs, physical servers, SQL, and NAS, we now have one solution with Cohesity that is lightning fast and has amazing features.
it_user800988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Storage Administrator with 10,001+ employees
Jan 12, 2018
Converged system. It makes much more sense to have the backup server running on the same hardware as the storage for backup and recovery.
it_user805047 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 19, 2018
Cohesity has very simple reports to help you stay in the know of which servers are being backed up or not.
it_user819117 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company
Feb 13, 2018
No longer does it take several hours to backup a VM or troubleshoot a backup issue.
 

Cohesity DataProtect Cons review quotes

it_user624039 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 10, 2017
Cannot exclude certain drives from VMs.
it_user684759 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Information Services Infrastructure Team at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 14, 2017
Faster backup and restores, reduced costs of backups.
reviewer762012 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 25, 2017
It should have quicker restore times.
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it_user767400 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 3, 2017
Better cluster support.
it_user784479 - PeerSpot reviewer
Datacenter Management at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Dec 5, 2017
Replication between two Cohesity clusters should be be improved in the next releases.
it_user787419 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems Administrator at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Dec 11, 2017
The one drawback of this quick innovation is that their units were shipped with outdated firmware, but this was quickly remedied, and they have made operational changes to reduce the likelihood of sending outdated firmware again.
it_user794526 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a media company with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 27, 2017
It would be great to add SQL ​Object Level restore, so user objects, tables, etc. can be restored without having to restore the entire DB.
it_user800988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Storage Administrator with 10,001+ employees
Jan 12, 2018
Add the ability to delete View Boxes and External Targets in the GUI.
it_user805047 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 19, 2018
At times, you may click the wrong server or click too fast and accidentally restore a cluster of servers. It would be very helpful to have a cancel option under restores.
it_user819117 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company
Feb 13, 2018
We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released.