Veeam is more than a business solution. It keeps my memories safe and sound.
November 19, 2020
Veeam is more than a business solution. It keeps my memories safe and sound.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Community Edition
Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup & Replication
I have an elaborate test lab at home for design projects and studying for various certifications. I installed a HP Server with VMWare for learning Cisco, VMware, Linux, etc. I have 8 VMs for Cisco Virtual lab, two Word Press servers for my web sites including my family sites. DNS, DHCP, Syslog, Files/Programming, a database server all in Ubuntu 20.04.1. I use LTO3 and LTO4 tape drives to back them up. VEEAM Community has been great. It is easy to use. Quick to recover the VMs. It doesn't have issues.
I just wish they had an unlimited $70 a year community version so I could back up my wife and children's laptops.
I just wish they had an unlimited $70 a year community version so I could back up my wife and children's laptops.
- Virtualized workloads
- Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux
- None of the above
- None of the above
- Quick to install
- Easy to use
- Quick to recover the VMs
- Good email support for community
- A decent forum
- A $70 unlimited community version (Home Version). Many homes have more than 10 laptops and home servers that they would back up.
At Home in my Test lab: I use Ubuntu 20.04.1 and VMWare 6. All my Ubuntu servers are IPv4 and IPv6. Two Word Press servers on two WAN links for my family pictures, wp.scsiraidguru.com my personal tech site for helping other users, Two DNS/DHCP servers, Files/Programming server for Python and other languages. My 5 year old and I will build a robot next summer. Database server for writing home databases for various things. Syslog server for my Fortinet 60E firewall. It has 8 layer 3 routing ports for the Cisco Virtual Lab. These servers have my life on it: 30 years of my tech life, my family pictures and videos, etc. VEEAM to me is protection for all my memories.
- It protects my memories. Remembering every trip with my late parents, wife, children, and siblings. All over the Caribbean and Europe and around the USA.
- It allows me to quickly recover VMs for my studying
- Veeam needs to expand from just business but into families and homes.
Backing up my memories from disaster. My children's website is over 170 GB. The web site with my late parents and siblings is over 160 GB. It would be hard to backup to the cloud. I just bought an LTO 4 tape drive to backup to. I keep 3 sets of tapes. VEEAM makes it happen.
I am considering add a NAS to my home to expand storage and add RAID support.