We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and IBM Storage Protect 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."Its flexibility is the most valuable. Being a cloud version, it has more flexibility, and it allows me to incorporate different workloads and consolidate all the data in one place. It has good high availability, and it is also easy to maintain."
"The support is awesome. They are very fast, competent and friendly."
"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."
"The solution's SQL cloning is great, and its Instant Mount restoration of virtual machines is brilliant."
"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 restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"The four independent node cluster architecture is redundant. It maintains data integrity and load balancing."
"Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"The best point about IBM Storage Protect is that it can use IBM tape environments, which we still use and will continue to use in the future."
"The tool's backup engine is very powerful. Previously, our client finished backup with HPE product in 48 hours. IBM Storage Protect completes backup in 8 hours."
"The platform has certain limitations, mostly stemming from the restrictions imposed by the VMware API and some other factors. One area where there is room for improvement is the tracking of replicated copies, especially in the context of remote archive duplication."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released."
"Initial setup can be complex if you need to change IP addresses. Hopefully, they improve that in a future release."
"In terms of what could be improved, it just needs some maturity."
"Many of the reports are basic, at most, and at times we had to open a support ticket to help find or develop a report for our needs."
"The product should improve its GUI. It should also support Windows clustering."
"The solution is expensive."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while IBM Storage Protect is ranked 43rd in Backup and Recovery with 2 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while IBM Storage Protect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Storage Protect writes "A stable enterprise solution for backup and restore". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas IBM Storage Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. IBM Storage Protect report.
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