Veeam Backup Review
Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication
We are a reseller and a couple of our clients use it. We backup all servers and replicate them to another device at the same physical location. Anytime we have ever needed to restore an individual file or entire system, we have always been successful. It's a great solution for backups and BDR, even though we only replicate within the same physical locations. I believe Veeam only works for VMware though, not Hyper-V (unless that has changed) so it will not work for all organizations.
- Quick backups
- Easy restoration
- Ability to replicate backup files
- I do not believe it works on VMWARE or physical servers
- Cloud replication very expensive
- Need to purchase hardware as well as software in order to use it
- Positive impact is easy restorations of single files and entire systems
- Negative is that if the replicated files are in the same physical location and a disaster happens, those files are likely impacted as well
Our clients that use Veeam were using it before they were our clients, but we renew when appropriate. Veeam is a solid product, but I believe Barracuda is better all around. Lower cost, VMWARE, Hyper-V and physical server backups. Also, Barracuda offers cloud replication at a much lower price point.