Cohesity Simplifies Data Protection With Extensible Secondary Storage Platform

Cohesity, Inc. announced DataPlatform Virtual Edition (VE) and C2100 hyperconverged node products for ROBOs.

Together with DataProtect, the DataPlatform VE product delivers an integrated software-only backup solution that deploys on VMs for remote or branch office locations. Data can be consolidated and replicated to a central data center for DR and long-term retention with the company’s intelligent, web-scale storage system, saving companies time and money. With the introduction of DataPlatform VE, the firm provides an integrated data protection solution that deploys from the edge to the data center to the cloud with a common feature-set and management interface.

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Enterprises are grappling with exponential data growth that includes both on-premises data centers and cloud storage, as well as remote offices and devices on the edge. Deployed on vSphere, DataPlatform VE extends the capabilities of the company’s hyperconverged secondary storage platform by providing management of data protection and backup workloads across all sizes and types of locations, including remote offices, regional data centers, core data centers and public clouds.

“With the addition of DataPlatform Virtual Edition for remote sites, along with the previously announced DataPlatform Cloud Edition for public clouds, Cohesity can now provide a unified, end-to-end data protection experience that spans from the edge of the enterprise to on-premises data center to public clouds,” said Arun Taneja, founder and consulting analyst, Taneja Group. “This demonstrates the power of software-defined secondary storage to provide seamless data protection solutions across all forms of IT infrastructure that exist in the modern enterprise.“

DataPlatform VE eliminates the need to provision any new hardware in the remote or branch offices and can be remotely installed and administered without requiring on-site support, which is often in short supply at remote offices.

The company also released an entry-level hardware configuration that extends the reach of its data protection coverage for branch office or regional data center deployments. The C2100 entry-level hyperconverged node with DataPlatform Standard Edition provides a dedicated data protection solution designed for environments with multiple server hosts and storage. With the addition of these products, enterprises are able to simplify the management of remote office backups, increasing efficiency and reducing costs.

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“Cohesity Virtual Edition provides the benefits of seamless hyperconverged secondary storage on a global scale,” said Patrick Rogers, head, product management and marketing, Cohesity. “With the growing amount of enterprises distributing across the globe, protecting data from the edge of the data center to the cloud is a challenge. Cohesity Virtual Edition provides a highly-efficient and infinitely scalable storage architecture that addresses these changes.“

“This is a perfect use case for hyper-converged infrastructure,” said Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst, ESG. “The benefits of centralized data protection with the simplicity and ease of a software only solution and the economics of the cloud make this incredibly attractive.“

Virtual Edition will be available to customers within 90 days.