Cohesity
Radically Simple Data Management
Cohesity converges backup, file services, object storage, and data governance into a single hyperconverged secondary storage platform. DataProtect handles backup while SmartFiles replaces legacy NAS, reducing secondary storage silos into one managed platform.
Analyst Findings
3 insights locked · Subscribe for $29/moCohesity FortKnox provides true air-gapped isolation for ransomware recovery
Confirmed. FortKnox uses a network-isolated cloud vault with a time-delayed replication model — there is a mandatory minimum gap between primary environment and vault, preventing ransomware from immediately corrupting vault copies. In architecture review, the isolation model is substantively different from standard cloud backup and qualifies as a genuine cyber vault implementation.
Cohesity can fully replace legacy NAS infrastructure with SmartFiles
SmartFiles is a capable NAS replacement for unstructured data (file shares, object storage), but is not appropriate as a...
Cohesity DataHawk AI detects ransomware before it impacts backup integrity
Confirmed functionality, with important scope clarification. DataHawk uses ML-based anomaly detection to identify unusua...
Cohesity provides instant recovery of thousands of VMs simultaneously
Confirmed via vendor-provided benchmark and independent verification. Cohesity's SpanFS architecture and distributed com...
Feature Specifications
Recovery
Recover thousands of VMs simultaneously
Writable clones from any snapshot for dev/test
Isolated recovery environment for forensics
Backup
Cohesity can replace legacy NAS with SmartFiles
Cloud
Security
Integrated ML-based threat detection
Immutability built into the SpanFS filesystem
Sensitive data discovery and governance
Analytics
Unified multi-cluster management
Recent News
Deployment Options
Converged hardware/software (C-Series)
VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV
Cohesity-managed SaaS
FortKnox is Cohesity cloud vault with network isolation
FedRAMP Moderate authorized
Cohesity MSP program
Compliance & Certifications
BAA available
FedRAMP Moderate authorized
Integrations
Hypervisor
Cloud
SaaS
ITSM
SIEM
SOAR
Storage