Microsoft DPM alternatives and competitors

We use it for backup and replication in small environments.

It has not improved anything. It is just a backup solution. Our customers needed something for disaster recovery in case something bad happens. It is something they needed, and it is something they have got.

The backup and replication features are most valuable.

I would like them to move back to host licensing.

Everything should improve over time as new functionalities come along. The product needs to follow new technologies and integrate them.

We have been using this solution for about 10 years.

It is stable. It is almost fire-and-forget.

We don't have experience with large environments. We only have small environments with a host of virtual machines. It is scalable for our use. There is no problem.

Its users are system administrators. Any increase in its usage would depend on the pricing. Veeam has changed its licensing policy. With their universal licensing, things have become a bit expensive. It is a free market, so we'll see.

It should be good, but we have not used it.

We also use other products. This is not the only one. We use Micro Focus Data Protector, Arcserve UDP, and Microsoft Data Protection Manager.

Microsoft Data Protection Manager is more windows-oriented. It is not as good as Veeam for sure, but it is good enough for certain environments.

It was quite straightforward. We are using it in relatively small environments. These are not big installations. 

It took a few hours. The deployment is quick, but you have to test everything and make sure everything works. 

We are an integrator. For its deployment and maintenance, one system administrator is enough.

We try to use perpetual licensing, and there are no additional costs. 

They have recently moved to universal licensing, which is more expensive, and I would like them to go back to host licensing.

I would advise others to decide for themselves if it checks all the boxes. 

I would rate it an eight out of 10 because it is now more expensive with universal licensing.

We are using it to back up virtual machines, VMware level, SQL server, Oracle Domain Controllers, Linux.

We're currently using hundred percent of it to back up 80% of our data.

It has absolutely improved our ROI. We moved from Microsoft DPM to Cohesity. Now, our incident tickets for backup have dropped by around a thousand per month.

DPM is a load of crap. It's horrible, absolutely horrible.

Its most valuable feature is its ransomware protection, so it has immutable backups.

In terms of what could be improved, it just needs some maturity. But, it gets better with every release.

I have been using Cohesity DataProtect for about a year.

We are using version 6.5.1E. We're about to go to 6.6.

It is on-prem today and it'll go to Azure public cloud soon.

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The stability is good.

The scalability is very good.

We probably have about 20 people using it and we have backup administrators and database administrators.

Main deployment and maintenance requires three people.

Their technical support team program is good.

We previously used Microsoft DPM and it is a horrendous solution. It's horrible. From from one to 10, I would give it a minus 10. It is that bad.

The initial setup was straightforward. Initial deployment took two months.

Our deployment strategy was to do it quickly as we can.

We did an initial POC, then a full POC, and then migrated everything as quick as we could.

We used TGS and they were good.

We saw ROI was after about nine months.

I believe we pay yearly. Additionally, there is the cost of the hardware. 

I also evaluated Rubrik and Commvault. The main difference between Cohesity, Rubrik and Commvault is price. It came down to price. Cohesity is more affordable.

My advice to anyone using Cohesity is to use vSphere tags.

On a scale of one to ten, I would give Cohesity DataProtect an eight and it's still maturing.

It will get better.

The backup feature is most valuable. That's why we took it.

Its speed can be a bit improved, and of course, its pricing can go a lot cheaper.

This is the second year.

Their technical support is excellent.

We have DPM from Microsoft. We are moving to the cloud, and we are using Barracuda for the cloud, and on-premise, we are still using DPM from Microsoft.

Its initial setup was very easy.

Its pricing is very reasonable, but it can be reduced.

The product is okay, and we are quite happy with it. I would rate it an eight out of 10.