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What is Cohesity?
Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Cohesity protects the world’s most critical data workloads across on-prem, cloud-native, and SaaS with backup and recovery, threat intelligence, cyber vaulting, files and objects, and recovery orchestration.
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What is Cohesity?
Cohesity offers AI-powered data security and management. Cohesity is used to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data—across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity solutions can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner. Cohesity is headquartered in San Jose, CA and states that currently their customers include six of the Fortune 10 and 42 of the Fortune 100.
Key Features
Increases data resilience: Simplifies data management with a unified platform for data isolation and protection, backup and recovery, automated DR orchestration, and threat scanning.
Accelerated data recovery: Improves data recovery times and reduces business impact in the event of data loss due to an outage or ransomware attacks with air-gapped, immutable backups. Results include 98% reduction in recovery time.
Lower data costs: Consolidates data from across legacy systems, data centers, edge, and clouds, into a single platform. Results include 50% or more lower data management costs, 30 hours of staff time saved weekly.
- Threat intelligence: ML/AI-driven data discovery and classification to identify sensitive data, assess the impact of an attack, and to understand sensitive risk across the organization.
- Multi-cloud, API-driven solution: Integrations with hundreds of business systems and key SaaS applications for turn-key data backup, protection, recovery, and security.
Cohesity Features
Data Center Backup Features
- Supported: Flexible deployment
Additional Features
- Supported: Single management platform
- Supported: Enterprise Data Protection
- Supported: Comprehensive database recovery
- Supported: NAS instant access
- Supported: Data immutability
- Supported: Unlimited immutable snapshots
- Supported: Instant mass restorer of VMs
- Supported: Unlimited clones and zero cost clones
- Supported: Rapid RTO/RPO
- Supported: Backup as a service
- Supported: Global Actionable Search
- Supported: FIPS-compliant AES-256 encryption
- Supported: Automated global indexing
- Supported: Global deduplication and compression
- Supported: Threat protection
- Supported: Data classification
- Supported: Data isolation and recovery
- Supported: AI/ML-powered cybersecurity
- Supported: Extensible APIs and 3rd party integrations
- Supported: Erasure coding
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Cohesity Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | NA, LATAM, EMEA, APJ |
| Supported Languages | English |
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Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Cohesity protects the world’s most critical data workloads across on-prem, cloud-native, and SaaS with backup and recovery, threat intelligence, cyber vaulting, files and objects, and recovery orchestration.
Veritas NetBackup, Rubrik, and Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI are common alternatives for Cohesity.
Reviewers rate Retention options highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of Cohesity are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
Cohesity Customer Size Distribution
| Consumers | 0% |
|---|---|
| Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 0% |
| Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 60% |
| Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 40% |
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July 17, 2020
Modern Backup Era tool
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are using Cohesity for in-house backup solution for our entire Infrastructure which earlier was outsourced to 3rd party vendor. Mainly we have vSAN && traditional VMware infrra with Windows, Linux which is hosting MSSQL, ORACLE, SAP HANA & SAP BASIS application. We are able to use lots of improvements in both performance and RPO.
- Infinitely node scalable - Able to increase our cluster capacity based on our needs by adding nodes online
- Faster backup & RTO
- Non-disruptive upgrades - No Service downtime as Cohesity upgrades one node at a time and entire cluster is available during the upgrade
- Test/Dev - Great feature
- Advance Storage Analytics - Will give more insights on storage trend and performance
- OS backup compatibility for new releases of RHEL & OEL to be improved.
- Multi-tenancy has limited scope and looking for support of multi-tenancy across all platforms on Cohesity.
- Documentation - Sometimes support matrix is not up to date on their docs portal.
June 12, 2020
A great value for our enterprise!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We currently utilize Cohesity as our primary data backup, archival/restore platform, BUT, we have also incorporated this platform as part of our enterprise NAS (secondary NAS). So far, things are going well, but we do have a learning curve that we are trying to get through and utilize this technology to its fullest capability. Backups are primarily SQL databases, file level backups and all our VM backups (as Cohesity replaced the previous VM backup system).
- Extremely streamline admin controls for our SAs.
- Excellent account team and backend support.
- Competitive pricing.
- Data platform/encryption is solid.
- Would like to see a broader analytics offering, including data management & security offerings.
April 13, 2020
Great Product That Does What It Is Supposed To
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Our experience with the Cohesity DataProtect Platform has been overwhelmingly positive as we been able to manage our 500+ VMs and physical servers with only a few backup policies. Backups: VMs are currently being added to jobs automatically through tagging. But, we also manually add VMs to jobs at times as we need to split up the load of VMs to multiple backup jobs. We try to keep a ratio of 15 VMs to 1 job. After getting a Cohesity Agent on a SQL server and syncing it with Cohesity, it is simple to set a backup/retention schedule for Log, Incremental, and Full backups based on policy. We utilize the Cohesity APIs to produce daily reports on jobs that have succeeded, failed, paused, etc. We send an email to our Systems team with this information and log it in a .csv. This allows us to give a timeline to backup auditors as well as let us know when something isn't going right. Restores: We have used Cohesity to restore granular files as well as restore SQL databases. VM's restore to vSphere directly. VM's typically restore quite quickly and work right away as long as they're restored to the original vSphere they came from. Individual files can be searched on multiple VM backups and downloaded locally or placed back on source machine. SQL Databases can be restored to any SQL server instance, not only the original. As long as the SQL versions match. *We have had some luck restoring databases from older SQL versions to newer SQL versions.
- Intuitive user Interface.
- Good reporting and metrics.
- Cohesity restores data well.
- Replication performance - We needed support to provide some customizations in order to get our replication to work properly to another offsite cluster. We have been told that this issue is fixed in the newest general release.
- Support - I would characterize the support as very good, but in a few instances I could tell my support agent needed to go higher up his chain to get clarification on features. I believe Cohesity is rapidly growing their support infrastructure as they put more hardware in the field.
April 07, 2020
Overall Satisfaction with Cohesity
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We were using Cohesity as a network file solution, however that has changed and now we us it as a backup solution. Currently it is being used in all 3 of our locations. The backup solution is being used to backup SQL and Oracle databases, File level backups, and VM backups.
- Make adding items to be backed up easy.
- The search feature for file restore is quick.
- The restore process is quick.
- Improvement in the accuracy of their documentation.
- Remove the amount of times you need to log in to view support info.
February 25, 2020
I'll buy Cohesity again
We have 4 units spread across several data centers and on-premise locations. Two units used as a File Server and 2 units used as a repository for backups.
- Intuitive user Interface.
- Good reporting and metrics.
- Setup was not very easy, not intuitive.
- Ability for multi-tenant (VLAN) was not quite there yet.
February 23, 2020
Easy data protection!
Cohesity is currently being used on our environment for backup and recovery of structured and unstructured data. We also use the replication feature to replicate all data off-site for disaster recovery. We use Cohesity to backup Microsoft SQL databases as well and have given our DBA's ability to backup and restore databases for themselves. It's currently only used within our technology department but could be used in the future by other admins throughout the district to restore data on their own, thus alleviating this task from our department. We were using EMC networker and backing up data to Datadomain, and I can tell you had the backup and recovery software and storage all is one is easier to manage.
- Cohesity restores data well.
- It can de-duplicate data very well.
- The alerts sent out could be more descriptive.
- It would be nice to be able to restore Active directory objects.
We are using Cohesity in our organisation mainly as a backup product. This is for backups of vmware vcenter environments, Office 365 mailboxes, SMB and NFS file shares, Oracle and SQL. It is used to replicate our backup data to our remote site as well as archive to the cloud when required.
- Data reduction
- Replication
- Integration with vcenter
- NFS file shares
- SMB file shares
February 18, 2020
Cohesity: Great product
Our primary initiative was with the Cohesity Data platform, and we used it as a SaaS solution tied to our Amazon cloud. It has consolidated all of our applications, containers, backups, etc. onto a single pane of glass for super simple management, remediation, and repair if it's needed. We love it.
- Consolidation
- Data management
- Pricing
- Automation
January 27, 2020
Cohesity offers reliability - finally!
Currently, Cohesity is only being used by IT. We are working on the ability for end-users to log into the portal to be able to restore files that they own (primarily in their own user profile). This product is our backup and recovery solution and it has been a fantastic improvement over our previous utility. IT has been able to eliminate the use of tapes in our environment and speed up the restoration of files due to the elastic search function.
- The elastic search function allows us to find the files we need to restore even when the user can't remember.
- The back ups are reliable and do not need hand holding.
- I would like to see an easier filtering mechanism on the elastic search.
December 31, 2019
Cohesity works for Fundaments
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are a cloud provider and have two Cohesity clusters. In these clusters, we have a total of 20 nodes (hardware C2500 and C2505) with a total of 24.5 TB Storage Capacity for Metadata. Our customers have protection jobs with their
own storage domain.
With this, we provide our customers with a reliable backup solution. Customers can restore backups themselves, both on file and VM levels. Backups for O365 are also slowly getting there. Even when it is in the cloud, customers still want this environment to be backed up 'locally'.
We ourselves make internal use of all the above functions and the Active directory backup option. We are very satisfied with this.
With this, we provide our customers with a reliable backup solution. Customers can restore backups themselves, both on file and VM levels. Backups for O365 are also slowly getting there. Even when it is in the cloud, customers still want this environment to be backed up 'locally'.
We ourselves make internal use of all the above functions and the Active directory backup option. We are very satisfied with this.
- Backing all kinds data (VM, O365, NFS volumes, etc.)
- Restoring data to vCenter
- Make faster releases on the outcome of new products (e.g. update of VMware)
- Backup other product like Sharepoint
December 10, 2019
The best hyperconverged secondary storage in the market!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It all started with one Cohesity box, and currently we have 8 fully populated systems across locations. Cohesity is a blend of cost-effective storage designed for secondary or archival data, and integrates well with a number of other systems like Vmware, PureStorage, or AWS with its large array of APIs available to the user. We are using it for backing up VMs, indexing data, and restoring data, and it's lightning fast. At the same time the data compression and dedup is robust and best among the products we came across.
- Backing data (VMs , physical servers, NFS volumes, Pure storage volumes, etc.)
- Running splunk cold buckets.
- FIles and folder level restoration.
- Disaster recovery planning and replication.
- Support.
- Stable releases.
- Bug fixes.
December 03, 2019
Cohesity: A better backup solution than a file solution
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We were using Cohesity as a network file solution, however that has changed and now we us it as a backup solution. Currently it is being used in all 3 of our locations. The backup solution is being used to backup SQL and Oracle databases, File level backups, and VM backups.
- Make adding items to be backuped easy.
- The search feature for file restore is quick.
- The restore process is quick.
- Improvement in the accuracy of their documentation
- Remove the amount of times you need to log in to view support info
November 22, 2019
Backup and archive at a glance
Cohesity is used to replace our older backup and archive solutions because they are too old and expensive.
We currently mainly use it to back up our VMWare virtual desktop and server environment. We are also archiving our Microsoft Exchange email environment to the Cohesity cluster. It could also be a potential solution in the future for file server archiving.
We currently mainly use it to back up our VMWare virtual desktop and server environment. We are also archiving our Microsoft Exchange email environment to the Cohesity cluster. It could also be a potential solution in the future for file server archiving.
- Easy setup of backup policies within the UI
- Creation of backup jobs is very straightforward with all necessary options but without being overloaded
- Grouping of backups to backup groups makes admins live much easier
- Restore of files and VMs is very easy
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cohesity is now being used across the organization for two primary purposes and several secondary uses. The main use was originally as our secondary storage and data protection. It is fully utilized for this. We also now use it increasingly for file services, moving old NAS units to Cohesity workloads. Finally, we also take advantage of our Cohesity units for file analytics via the Marketplace apps.
- Indexed dedup while staying compressed and encrypted at rest and in-transit.
- An easy interface for my non-admin IT staff to be able to work with the system.
- We've seen a drastic reduction in our replication traffic for off-site data protection.
- Seamless archival to Azure blob storage.
- Short backup windows compared to our previous software.
- More apps for the Marketplace are needed!
- While it is great that they offer many backup options for cloud offerings, I would like to see some more, like Teams.
November 13, 2019
Cohesity - Great and cool product!
Cohesity is being used by our engineers to manage our data and storage. We use Cohesity to separate different clients and to give them storage as a service and backups with this as well. It addresses multiple problems we faced before like management of backups and different kinds of storage. Also it fixes our management skills as a reseller.
- The support of Cohesity is very good.
- Cohesity is very good at marketing and has a strong brand.
- Cohesity has a great insightful, easy-to-learn product.
- Some security features could be implemented better.
October 05, 2019
Good Product, Poor Support
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cohesity is backing up all of our NAS shares, SQL data, and VMs. The only complaint I could have is that the Support team is slow to respond to significant issues. The product itself is great, as long as you can get answers from Support when needed. I would recommend this product to other administrators.
- Backing up all of our NAS shares.
- Backing up all of our SQL data.
- Backing up all of our VMs.
- Support team is lacking in response times.
- Account team doesn't step in until or offer assistance until customer gets frustrated.
October 03, 2019
Impressive product
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are using it to backup VMware environment, SQL and Exchange servers. We have two clusters that replicate to each other; this process is also very fast. GUI is simple and very responsive. Implementation took only a few hours and backups begin the same day it has been physically racked.
- Instant mass restore
- Cloud archiving
- Incremental forever
- Very easy to operate
- Helios Cloud
- Have more storage vendor compatibility
- O365 One Drive backups (but it is coming)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It was easy to implement and do a POC. After it was shown to be the superior product it was easy to flip to production.
Issues have been dealt with promptly or put on the roadmap for a future release. Backup and restore became as easy as they're supposed to be.
- The various ways to quickly reover data. Cloning and instant volume mounts (Exchange restores) have been great options.
- Ability to use it as secondary storage for VMDK's that don't need to be on Tier 1.
- Using it as a NAS device.
- Ability to backup Isilon!
- Mainly cosmetic stuff that is currently being addressed.
- Expiration times for clones.
October 01, 2019
Cohesity our solution to Back-up as a Service
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are an MSP in the Netherlands. We use Cohesity to back-up all our own systems and a lot of systems of our customers. We offer back-up as a service for our customers with Cohesity. The interface and scalability makes it very easy for us to provide back-up as a service.
For either ourselves or our customers it helps in the business continuity and disaster recovery. We can restore files/folders/VM's very quickly when needed.
For either ourselves or our customers it helps in the business continuity and disaster recovery. We can restore files/folders/VM's very quickly when needed.
- Easy to learn
- Scalability
- Folder/File Restores
- Support
- In the first few years the software parts could use some improvement, it is getting better with every update though.
- The layout of how to implement Cohesity needs to be thought of before hand. Changing it after implementation is time consuming.
September 08, 2019
Cohesity: backup for your virtual environment
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are a managed service provider (MSP) in the Netherlands that were the first adopters of the product in our country. We use it for backing up all our client's virtual machines throughout data centers in the Netherlands. We run the Fundaments Cloud and deliver Infrastructure as a service. Cohesity delivers a multi-tenant portal for the backups and provides a plugin for vCloud Director. It can backup thousands of virtual machines without scaling issues.
- Backups of virtual machines with VMware products.
- Scale-out storage, no more issues with running out of disk space with your backups.
- Multi-tenant possibilities that help us solve the issue of letting clients be in control of their own backups as a managed service provider.
- Further adopting managed service providers.
May 17, 2019
Sometimes New Really is Better
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cohesity is currently being used for data protection and secondary storage. It will expand to disaster recovery in 2020. It is being used for our corporate datacenter and thus protects us organization wide. It addressed low backup job success rates and offloading secondary storage onto cheaper disk. In addition we will implement its analytics capability for archive, GDPR compliance checks, and PII identification.
- Data protection has been rock solid.
- Support and customer service is responsive and knowledgeable as well as courteous.
- Secondary storage (SMB/NFS) work as advertised and save us money.
- The web UI still needs a little refining especially around the wording in alerts and messages to users.
- International sales resources in APAC.
April 20, 2019
All in one backup solution
We are using Cohesity to backup our entire VMWare environment.
- Cohesity is a well packaged all in one backup solution.
- Being able to back up to another Cohesity cluster and/or to the cloud for redundancy is nice.
- Being able to use storage not being used by backups for simple file shares is an added bonus.
- Setting up protection jobs can use a little work.
- Updating can be a little tedious as you have to go to a web page to pull the latest update instead of being able to update from within the UI.
April 20, 2019
Cohesity: reliable, powerful and easy to use
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cohesity is used as the backup application across all entities in the group. It replaces a legacy application with a lot of servers—vApps—that does not scale very well. Our application had many bugs and required constant upgrades to fix issues. Unfortunately, these new releases had bugs each time. With Cohesity, it was really easy to deploy the cluster, in a few hours, the first cluster was deployed and ready to take backups.
- Easy to set up in just a few hours.
- Upgrades are done online, you can still do backups and restore when the cluster is upgrading.
- Restores are really easy to perform and fast.
- No support for Windows clustering but this should be released in a few weeks or months.
- No Windows BMR without third-party add-ons.
Cohesity is being used across the entire organization for data backups, protection, and part of our disaster recovery options. We replicate backups across sites and archive to the cloud. It is also used for temporary development and test environments.
- The user interface is very easy to learn and operate
- Deployment of the platform takes about an hour from unboxing, racking, to setting up your first backup jobs.
- Tech support is very responsive and follows through
- The physical device agent is a bit quirky but has come a long way and improvements are being made all the time
December 12, 2018
The best backup and secondary storage solution currently available
Cohesity is being used by the infrastructure department as a backup solution for all our customers across the country.
- Scale out storage
- Support
- Easy to use
- Price / Performance ratio
- KB-articles
- Better third party plugins
- Multitenancy support