Item: Veeam Data Platform
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We had moved most of our server infrastructure to VMware and switched to Veeam to take advantage of their integrations. We had previously used larger, more expensive integrated storage backup solutions. Veeam lets us efficiently backup and restore our VM's and store the backups on cheaper disks. The reduced cost and flexibility let us also start creating archive backups of specific systems without any additional licensing or costs.

Pros and Cons

Pros

the feature to take quicker incremental backups and create synthetic full backups weekly allows us to much more quickly backup our larger servers and not impact the workday
replication of backups from our main datacenter to our secondary works very well and has allowed us to smoothly migrate servers by restoring them to the secondary site
we're able to efficiently restore files from different points in time
adding more storage for additional retention or new services is quick and easy without the need for vendor interaction or additional contracts

Cons

if you aren't sure when a file needs to be restored from, it can be a little hunt and peck to find the backup file that has the file or version you want
restore processes do take you through a few different wizards that can make you feel like you are going to restore a whole backup when you are just prepping to get into the specific restore process, specifically the first time
if you have an app-specific restore, you can't directly go to the tool to restore for your app, you have to start at the main console to start the process first. Once you know or remember, it isn't a problem, but it is a few extra steps.

Key Insights

Do you think Veeam Data Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Veeam Data Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Veeam Data Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Veeam Data Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Veeam Data Platform again?

Yes

Return on Investment

Veeam has allowed us to save a lot of money on dedicated backup disks. We've [transitioned] too much cheaper storage without issues
By not requiring a full backup running every week, using synthetic fulls, we've greatly reduced the workload on the endpoints and also reduced the work staggering those fulls to minimize the impact
We've been able to maintain and increase the speed with which we can restore files and VM's when we do have issues that require a restore compared to our old systems

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Valo Intranet, Barracuda Message Archiver

Likelihood to Recommend

Veeam is a great solution for backing up and restoring virtual environments. Their local client is getting better, but it isn't a strong suit yet. You can index and optimize your backups and store them on whatever inexpensive disk you can find. It can also pretty easily replicate backups to different locations, providing the tools you need for DR without needing a separate solution. If you are mostly a physical server environment, I don't know that you'll be able to take advantage of what Veeam offers.

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