Why should you use Veeam Backup & Replication?
Updated September 10, 2020

Why should you use Veeam Backup & Replication?

Brent Runyan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication

We use Veeam Backup & Replication in the College of Life Sciences at BYU. It is not used by the university as a whole but is used in at least 1 other college on campus. It is used as a backup solution for our VMware virtual environment.

Pros

  • Easy to install and configure.
  • Very customizable backup job configurations.
  • Easy to restore VMs and individual files.

Cons

  • Importing backup jobs from previous versions can be time consuming.
  • Troubleshooting failed jobs and be frustrating.
  • Veeam Backup & Replication is relatively inexpensive and saved us thousands on backup cost
Prior to Veeam Backup & Replication, we were using open source products for backups. Veeam Backup & Replication is much less complicated and much easier to use; in setup, configuration and day-to-day functions.
Veeam Backup & Replication is well suited for SMB and medium-size businesses. I am not sure it scales well to very large environments. Veeam Backup & Replication uses backup proxies to process jobs, and in a large environment, you would need many proxies to accomplish the task, creating unneeded complexity in the environment.

Veeam Data Platform Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
7.4
Universal recovery
4
Instant recovery
7
Recovery verification
8
Business application protection
8
Multiple backup destinations
9
Incremental backup identification
9
Backup to the cloud
8
Deduplication and file compression
8
Snapshots
9
Flexible deployment
7
Platform support
2
Retention options
9
Encryption
8

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