Like the transition of music media from vinyl to streaming, data storage and backup solutions also evolved with advances in technology. Once dependent on tape libraries and legacy processes, Cornell's server backup service, EZ-Backup, has transitioned to Cohesity. The final sweep of servers…

Cornell University server backup -- generally known as EZ-Backup – began migrating to Cohesity in 2023. The transition project, called EZ-Backup Modernization, will continue through November 2024. “The two big changes that are key drivers in our transition to Cohesity are server virtualization and…

In 2023, Server Backup—a new backup service supported by Cohesity—began supporting several of the university servers that had relied on a similar service known as EZ-Backup, part of the IBM Spectrum Project environment. The transition to a new vendor was driven by the changing landscape for backup…