SOLUTION BRIEF
SQL Server Protection
Made Simple
Instant Recovery and Clones. Anywhere. Anytime.
Microsoft SQL Server is the trusted database for a large number of enterprises. Whether you run
Key Benefits
SQL databases on-premises or in the cloud, whether you demand instant clones or global search,
having your data work for you is important. Cohesity gets this.
• Simple, policy-based SQL
protection
Cohesity makes data protection and management effortless. Offering a flexible and comprehensive
• Immutability against approach, Cohesity’s software-defined backup and recovery solution simplifies and modernizes the
ransomware attacks
protection of SQL Server. Cohesity protects SQL Server databases and their corresponding log files
• Flexible recovery, anywhere and allows for database-level recovery anywhere, anytime. As a result, data protection is holistic
• Zero-cost clones for and thwarts data loss.
application development and
testing Cohesity knows that simplicity without flexibility does not catalyze modern solutions. Gain
• Data masking to meet flexibility by choosing from two approaches in SQL data protection:
compliance requirements
1. Native SQL backup
2. Cohesity’s adapter-based protection
Cohesity offers flexible recovery for your mission-critical SQL databases, including full database
and point-in-time restores. And with Cohesity, you can leverage Microsoft VSS (volume shadow
copy services) for efficient protection with no added overhead.
S3 / NFS
Compatible Cloud
Backup
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Archive or DR
Cohesity Helios
Data Center
Cohesity Helios
Data Center
SOLUTION BRIEF | SQL Server Protection Made Simple
Enterprise customers rely on Cohesity for policy-based, scale-out
Flexible Predictable Recovery, Anywhere
data protection for SQL databases while controlling cost and data
Your data is important and getting back online is critical. With
sprawl, benefitting from:
Cohesity, predictable recovery is on your terms—and rapid. You
• Simple, incremental forever backups. can recover to any point in time, and to any location: original or
alternative locations.
• Flexible predictable recovery, anywhere.
With VSS and instant volume mounts, recovery is rapid. Cohesity
• Zero-cost clones for dev/test.
allows the ability to instant mass restore: a unique capability that
allows recovery at scale. Now, you can do more than just curtail
Hands-Free, Incremental Forever Backups downtime, you can dramatically reduce it and meet even the most
Define backup policies based on your unique requirements—SLAs stringent business SLAs.
and compliance needs—and effortlessly protect and manage data.
• Recover mission-critical SQL Server data within minutes. Be up
Native SQL Server backups coupled with rapid performance allow and running in moments.
you to meet demanding SLAs and improve infrastructure efficacy, at
• Get fully-hydrated databases, and recover to any point in time.
any scale.
• Migrate databases rapidly, without the need for log shipping.
• Incremental forever backups, at any scale.
• Dramatically reduced data footprint with global, variable- Zero-Cost Clones for Dev/Test
length sliding window deduplication and compression.
Speed up application development while meeting compliance
• Set snapshot frequency and retention rules based on your requirements by helping developers get access to high-quality
requirements. Automatically leverage Cohesity’s quality-of- data, on-demand. Leverage existing SQL backup data to instantly
service policy for optimal data tiering. provision zero-cost clones.
Combined with self-service provisioning and data refresh,
Comprehensive Protection Against developers and test teams can get rapid access to high-quality data.
Ransomware Attacks
• Empower your team without additional infrastructure. Meet
Backup is your last line of defense against sophisticated and
data retention and strategic requirements easily.
crippling ransomware attacks. Cohesity’s comprehensive anti-
ransomware solution protects, isolates, detects, and most • Make securing provisioned data simple with data masking,
importantly, rapidly recovers to reduce downtime and ensure vulnerability assessment, and by making data more visible.
business continuity.
• Reduce data sprawl with one platform for both dev/test and
• An immutable file system, combined with WORM, RBAC, multi- data protection.
factor authentication (MFA), and data encryption (in flight and
at rest), keeps backup data protected against sophisticated
ransomware attacks.
• The cutting-edge ML algorithms proactively assess IT needs
and automate infrastructure resources regularly. Cohesity
machine learning models look for anomalies to help identify
potential ransomware attacks in progress in the IT production
environment.
Modernize your backup today. Learn more at www.cohesity.com/dataprotect
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