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Actifio CDS (Legacy)

byGoogle
in Backup and Data Protection Platforms
4.9

Overview

Product Information on Actifio CDS (Legacy)

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Actifio CDS (Legacy)?

Actifio CDS is a data management software designed to facilitate the backup, recovery, and cloning of enterprise data across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. The software supports data protection and application resiliency by enabling instant access to virtualized data copies for purposes such as disaster recovery, data migration, and test and development. Actifio CDS employs copy data virtualization technology to consolidate data silos and reduce storage requirements by managing multiple copies of data more efficiently. The software provides features such as policy-driven backup, automated data retention, rapid recovery, and support for diverse workloads. It addresses business challenges related to data sprawl, downtime, and compliance by enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring data availability.

Actifio CDS (Legacy) Pricing

Actifio CDS is a data management software that typically follows a capacity-based or subscription pricing model, where charges are based on the amount of data managed or the resources provisioned. Pricing tiers may vary according to features and deployment options, and enterprise agreements are often used for customized requirements.

Overall experience with Actifio CDS (Legacy)

DBA
3B - 10B USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“fast and easy option for replication”

5.0
Nov 19, 2020
We have used actifio for reporting databases, non-production databases for last three years. it is very good tool for replication. easy to use and very fast for replication. Also we got great support from actifio for any issues. highly recommended!
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Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

Googlers is a company that creates products intended to create opportunities for an extensive audience, regardless of their location across the globe. The company values diverse perspectives, imaginations and non-conformity to predefined norms and impossibilities. The goal is to build products while incorporating uniqueness of each individual involved in this process, aiming to make their products accessible and useful to all.

Company Details

Updated 11th November 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1998
Head office location
Mountain View, CA, United States
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
www.google.com

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Actifio CDS (Legacy) Likes & Dislikes

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replication

Like

The best feature is Instant Mounts and creating multiple mount copies for any Data managements. Auto discovery of applications Physical server system state backups

Like

As I have mentioned above, this product was an eye opener and changed the way we do things in my organization. To be able to satisfy the needs of the Test and Dev team, Information Security team and our DBAs was what we really missed as an organization. Another fantastic experience is the Customer Support. My previous experience with the legacy system's support was not good. As an organization we had sought the local support but that had plenty of challenges. Actifio Support availability and the ease of accessing the Knowledge Base to find solutions as well as learn the best practices was a major milestone.

Dislike

it will be great if we have more flexibility for job scheduler

Dislike

Due to limited access to root infra on CDS appliance we as a service provider face limitations to troubleshoot and dig down more in case of any issue. Being a new product, actifio service support or customer support engineer lack conceptual knowledge on product. Lack Knowledge articles and community pages for issue discussion.

Dislike

To be totally honest, I am yet to find something to dislike about this product or service.

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Actifio CDS (Legacy) Reviews and Ratings

4.9

(15 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
87%
4 Star
13%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.8

Integration & Deployment

4.6

Service & Support

4.6

Product Capabilities

4.7

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  • DBA
    1B-10B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    fast and easy option for replication

    5.0
    Nov 19, 2020
    We have used actifio for reporting databases, non-production databases for last three years. it is very good tool for replication. easy to use and very fast for replication. Also we got great support from actifio for any issues. highly recommended!
  • Backup Recovery Specialist
    1B-10B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    The Best and Simple

    4.0
    Oct 6, 2020
    My experience with Actifio CDS product is great as its functionality is quite unique and gives different features which are quite fast and simple. I would rate AGM and reporting manager GUI usage as average but with time and version upgrades its showing much improvements. Actifio product support for sure need some improvements in process. From small to large enterprise solutions, it is good product in market for backup management.
  • Data Backups And Archivals Admin
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Actifio CDS brought me from what I call "Stone Age" of Data Protection.

    5.0
    Sep 29, 2020
    I would say that Actifio CDS, really changed how we do things in the organization. Compared to the legacy backup solution we had, my work became over 1000 times easier. Moving from tape backup to disk based backup really was fantastic change. Functionality of Actifio especially when it came to Test and Dev environments, was what we were really missing. The ease of deploying a test environment in virtually minutes was an experience I had not come across before.
  • System Administrator
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    get one :)

    5.0
    Oct 20, 2020
    Hello, i am using Actifio for more than 8 years now. it' a stable and well maintained solution. Great support team. Ability to use on prem, cloud or hybrid solution. it just works great! Best Regards.
  • Sr. Engineer -RIMS
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Copy Data virtulization.

    5.0
    Oct 1, 2020
    Its my privilege to work with Actifio, Actifio is one of the best product which i worked on so far I would love to learn more and gain more knowledge on Actifio products, getting to know each and every concept in depth through documentation and implementing and gaining hand-on experience is one of the best experience.
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