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Cohesity Data Cloud pros and cons

Vendor: Cohesity
4.8 out of 5

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PROS

Clone feature allows for restoring workloads onto Cohesity storage, providing space-saving benefits.
Data center size occupancy is reduced by 70% with the installation of Cohesity.
Hyper-converged architecture and scalability are essential for the growth of service companies.
Offers comprehensive data management including local backup, cloud backup, long-term coverage, and disaster recovery.
Features big data and archive data capabilities valuable in large virtual environments.

CONS

There is limited support for legacy systems, which could be improved.
The documentation portal is not up to date for newer releases and needs increased efforts.
It has never been touted as a tier-one storage platform, and that would be beneficial.
The initial setup can be complex depending on the environment.
The minimum sized node is 36 terabytes, more than a small customer needs.
 

Cohesity Data Cloud Pros review quotes

RL
Sep 6, 2020
The hyper-converged architecture and scalability are hugely important for growing service companies.
Alaa Aladawadeh - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 13, 2021
Its big data and archive data features are the features that I have found most valuable. I can use it in a big virtual environment.
Drew Nelson - PeerSpot reviewer
May 2, 2020
The clone feature is very nice. You can restore workloads onto Cohesity's storage, which is also nice to have when you don't have enough space to restore on the server.
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SV
Jul 10, 2020
Our data center size occupancy for Cohesity appliance is reduced by 70% when we installed Cohesity.
SP
Feb 2, 2021
It's very regimented and fast. It does local backup, cloud backup, long-term coverage, and disaster recovery.
ManiKanta - PeerSpot reviewer
May 10, 2024
We use Cohesity Helios primarily in our data management strategy for backup and reporting.
 

Cohesity Data Cloud Cons review quotes

RL
Sep 6, 2020
It has never been touted as a tier-one storage platform, and that would be a benefit. They are currently working on solving that issue.
Alaa Aladawadeh - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 13, 2021
The limitation that I see in Cohesity is that the minimum sized node is 36 terabytes, which is more than a small customer needs.
Drew Nelson - PeerSpot reviewer
May 2, 2020
There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved.
Learn what your peers think about Cohesity Data Cloud. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: November 2024.
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SV
Jul 10, 2020
Their documentation portal is not up to date for newer releases and I strongly recommend Cohesity to increase their efforts on the documentation portal.
SP
Feb 2, 2021
The initial setup can be complex, depending on the environment.
ManiKanta - PeerSpot reviewer
May 10, 2024
In terms of functionality, Helios has been effective, but sometimes it doesn't show the exact cluster name for backups.