Veeam FTW - Inexpensive and built to stay that way
October 13, 2023

Veeam FTW - Inexpensive and built to stay that way

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Veeam Backup & Replication

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Data Platform

We use Veeam's Backup and Recivery as well as their Orchestrator product and that allows us to do things we did not think were possible in an application that is mainly a backup solution. We can plan and execute full backups and restores of our large environment to local, near-line and cloud without a complex web of other applications. In my experience, Veeam has taken a simple concept and created a simple solution at a reasonable price point. This platform has saved us from self-induced mayhem as well as large scale catastrophes multiple times. We believe it is one of the better solutions out there and simple to work with to boot.

Pros

  • Simplicity. It is easy to configure, deploy, and manage large scale deployments
  • It is a time-saver. By automating some of the restore testing we can verify that backups will work without having to do full restores.
  • Reporting is great and allows us to produce documents that satisfy management and auditors alike.

Cons

  • Veeam One is a great product that can replace other mature monitoring applications and Veeam doesn't seem to promote it as much as they should.
  • DR restores from cloud back to on-prem are not as automated as we would like them to be. It is cumbersome to have to bring back VMs from cloud manually.
  • Progress bars and time estimators are not accurate. Many times we have processes that sit at 100% for a long time before they actually complete.

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

  • While we have one Veeam administrator, its ability to delegate to other admins as well as allowing end users to recover their own content is also a reason we enjoy the product.
  • Veeam has saved us many man-hours when it comes to testing and validation.
  • For the cost, Veeam has allowed us to capture and capitalize on making DR a solution that is bundled with our backup product.
The best scenario for Veeam is an Enterprise level backup that has a decent sized backup window. Because Veeam requires snapshots from VMware, it can cause a bit of a hit performance-wise, so making sure that you are optimizing the time that backups are taken is crucial.Another piece is the ability to query storage for snapshots as well. If you happen to have one of the many supported platforms, Veeam can grab snapshots from storage and therefore avoid the VM stun process that occurs when you have to snap a VM directly in vSphere.The one caveat I would caution with Veeam is the fact that it may not scale well when we are talking about large data sets and a large number of VMs. We have plenty of backup capacity with 500 VMs, but I am not sure it would work with something much larger, like 5,000.

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