One Cohesity backup India standard for every workload.
How a Pune manufacturer recovered from a ransomware scare in hours, kept every record inside India, and put backup, files and recovery on one Cohesity platform. Story below.
Cohesity Backup & Cyber Resilience at a glance
Why Cohesity anchors most Indian backup & cyber resilience estates.
- OEM
- Cohesity, Inc., San Jose, California, founded in 2013 by Mohit Aron, a co-creator of the Google File System and founder of Nutanix. Since combining with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business at the end of 2024, Cohesity is the largest data protection software provider in the world. Sirius Star scopes, licenses and runs it for Indian enterprises from Navi Mumbai.
- What it is
- A scale-out backup and recovery platform that consolidates backup, files and objects on one system, so you stop running a separate silo for each workload.
- Why teams pick it
- Ransomware now goes after the backup first. Cohesity holds immutable snapshots, watches backups for signs of attack, and recovers data at scale in hours, not days.
- Core technology
- DataProtect for backup and recovery, FortKnox for an air-gapped cyber vault, DataHawk for threat detection and data classification, SmartFiles for files and objects, and Gaia to search backup data in plain language, all managed from the Helios control plane.
- New since 2024
- The combination with Veritas brought NetBackup and Alta Data Protection under the same roof, and Cohesity is extending its AI search, Gaia, across that estate. Every existing product stays supported, so customers move on their own schedule.
- India reach
- Sold in India on an enterprise subscription through the channel, not off a shelf. It runs on certified appliances from Cisco, HPE, Dell or Lenovo, as software on your own hardware, or as a service, and can keep data on your racks or in an Indian cloud region.
- Sirius Star role
- We survey what you back up today, size the Cohesity design, set immutability and a cyber vault, migrate you off ageing backup tools, tune recovery targets for DPDP, and run it from Navi Mumbai.
The Cohesity Backup & Cyber Resilience ranges Sirius Star supplies
Pick the range that matches the use case. We size the mix in the free 30-minute review.
Cohesity DataProtect
Backup and rapid recovery for modern workloads on one scale-out platform. The reason most Indian firms start here.
- Backs up VMs, databases, files, SaaS and cloud on one system
- Immutable snapshots with role-based access and MFA
- AI-based threat detection inside the backup data
- Mass recovery at scale in hours, not days
Cohesity FortKnox
An air-gapped, immutable copy of your data held in an isolated vault for clean recovery after an attack.
- A copy ransomware and rogue admins cannot reach
- Managed as a service, no vault hardware to run
- Clean-room recovery to prove data is safe first
- Kept separate from your production estate
Cohesity DataHawk
Spots threats in your backup data, classifies sensitive records, and works with the cyber vault.
- Scans backups for known threats and anomalies
- Finds where sensitive personal data actually sits
- Helps show DPDP compliance to an auditor
- Feeds the FortKnox cyber vault
SmartFiles & Gaia
Files and objects on the same platform, with plain-language AI search across your backup data.
- Files and objects consolidated with your backups
- Ask questions of backup data in plain English
- One control plane for the whole platform
- Less sprawl across separate storage silos
Cohesity Backup & Cyber Resilience vs Veeam, Rubrik, Dell
All four are honest choices. Most Indian buyers land on the first option for service depth and ecosystem fit.
| Brand | Where it wins | Best fit |
|---|---|---|
| Cohesity | One scale-out platform that folds backup, files and cyber resilience together, with immutable snapshots and an air-gapped vault built in rather than bolted on. | Indian enterprises that want to consolidate backup silos and treat ransomware recovery as a first-class requirement. |
| Veeam | A widely used backup product with broad workload coverage and a large partner base. | Teams that want a well-known backup tool and are comfortable adding separate storage and vaulting. |
| Rubrik | A backup and security platform with a strong cyber recovery story of its own. | Teams weighing a similar consolidate-and-secure approach and comparing the two head to head. |
| Dell PowerProtect / Data Domain | Proven backup appliances with strong deduplication and a deep Dell install base. | Shops standardised on Dell storage that want appliance-led backup rather than a scale-out platform. |
How a Sirius Star Cohesity procurement runs
Free 30 minute review first. Then a written quote in 24 working hours.
Backup estate survey
Free. We map what you back up today, your recovery targets, and where DPDP residency rules apply.
Platform design and quote
We size the Cohesity design, pick appliance, software or service, set the vault, then quote in 24 working hours.
Migrate and harden
We move you off ageing backup tools onto Cohesity, turn on immutability, and stand up a FortKnox cyber vault.
Run and rehearse
We watch the backups, run recovery drills, control cost, and review the design as your data grows.
Backup and ransomware recovery in India, a field guide
The deeper read for CIOs, IT heads and CISOs who know the backup is now the thing attackers go after.
- The full Pune manufacturer ransomware-recovery story
- Four buyer questions before you pick a backup platform
- An 8-point backup and cyber-resilience checklist
- Four moves that make recovery survive a ransomware attack
Cohesity Backup & Cyber Resilience India FAQ
Common questions about this brand for Indian buyers. Hover any underlined term for a plain-English definition.
What is Cohesity and what does it do for an Indian enterprise?
Cohesity is a scale-out backup and cyber resilience platform. It consolidates backup, files and objects on one system, holds immutable snapshots that ransomware cannot alter, watches backup data for signs of attack, and recovers data at scale in hours. For an Indian enterprise the point is fewer backup silos and a recovery you can trust after an attack, with data kept on your own racks or in an Indian cloud region. Send Sirius Star what you back up today and we return a scoped quote in 24 working hours.
How does Cohesity protect backups against ransomware?
It assumes the backup itself is a target. Cohesity keeps immutable snapshots that cannot be changed or deleted for a set window, guards access with role-based control and multi-factor sign-in, and scans backup data for known threats and anomalies. FortKnox adds an air-gapped cyber vault, an isolated copy attackers cannot reach, with clean-room recovery so you can prove data is safe before you restore. Sirius Star configures immutability and the vault for you.
Can Cohesity keep our data inside India?
Yes. Cohesity runs on certified appliances or as software on your own hardware inside your datacentre, so backups never leave the building, or it can deploy as a service in an Indian cloud region. Either way you decide where the data physically sits, which is what an auditor asks about under the DPDP Act. DataHawk also helps you find where sensitive personal data lives in your backups. Sirius Star sets the residency design with you.
How is Cohesity priced in India?
Cohesity is an enterprise subscription, not a per-seat retail price. It is sized by the data you protect, the products you turn on such as FortKnox or DataHawk, and whether you run it on appliances, as software or as a service. As an indicative guide*, a serious enterprise deployment lands in the tens of lakhs per year and up, but the honest figure comes from a short scoping call about your data volumes and recovery targets. After that call Sirius Star returns a written quote in 24 working hours.
What does Sirius Star do beyond selling the licence?
We do the work around the platform. We survey what you back up, size the Cohesity design, migrate you off ageing backup tools, turn on immutability and stand up a FortKnox cyber vault, and set recovery targets that fit DPDP. After go-live we run the backups, rehearse recovery drills, watch cost and review the design as your data grows. The work is run from Vashi, Navi Mumbai, with a written 24 working hours quote SLA.
Ready for a Cohesity backup quote?
Tell us what you back up today, your recovery targets and your residency rules. Sirius Star sizes the Cohesity design and plans the cyber vault.
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