Veeam Data Platform provides the right level of security at the perfect price!
November 04, 2024

Veeam Data Platform provides the right level of security at the perfect price!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Community Edition

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Data Platform

We use Veeam Backup and Replication to secure contant, encrypted backups as well as immutable backups to secure our data in the unlikely event of a ransomware attack. Using a 3-2-1 standard for backups, Veeam has improved our overall security and peace of mind. Veeam is likely the biggest name in backup, and as such, we feel very good about our choice.

Pros

  • Immutable Backups
  • Encrytped Backups
  • Restore to AWS and Azure VMs
  • Unattended backups

Cons

  • Dashboard layout
  • In-app help and assistance
  • Documentation!
  • Virtualized workloads
  • Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux
  • In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads
  • Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure
  • NAS filers
  • Automating test restores to validate recoverability
  • Immutable storage to protect against ransomware
  • “Instant” recovery or portability between platforms (physical > virtual > cloud-hosted)
  • Failover or recovery scripts/plans for orchestrated recovery
  • Immutable storage to protect against ransomware
Veeam is currently protecting 5 virtual workloads; this is much more than originally anticipated, however the ease of being able to grow and protect more workloads than originally planned shows the resilience of the Veeam Data Platrform. There was no second thought about where we would protect additional workloads when we realized we wanted them to run in our virtual envirnment - if it isn't broken, and it works wonderfully, why would we look for a different solution?
  • Positive impact due to overall cost of the product;
  • No expectation of rising values over time
  • ROI was exceeded 300% since Veeam's inception
As the very first IT Administrator (in-house, on property), having found the hodge-podge of barely functional backups being run, failing, and having no valuable log for passes and failures, I started looking at Veeam first and foremost. As I've used Veeam at multiple other companies, it was a no-brainer to look here first. Veeam provides an easy gateway to get started with minimal effort, and then once you can understand and decypher the featureset, it becomes more of a joy than ever!
As we currently do not place backpus in the cloud, this has not been of interest to us. With that said, the ability to literally restore on of our workloads to Azure (which we use for other things) or AWS is startling and simple. We can be back up and running after catastrophic failure fast, and with minimal intervention.
We do not currently backup our NAS, as it is actually our backup repository and nothng else. Veeams ability to seamlessly work with our Synology has broven valuable to us, as we know we have two major names working together to secure us.
In all honesty, we use BOTH Veeam and Synology Active Backup as part of our backup solution; each has it's strengths and both work very well together. As there is no additional cost to use both, we are very satisfed with the variety.

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

Veeam is particularily well suited when you have a single point of failure, in our case a single, large server running VMWare ESXi and housing our main Windows Guest, as well as various other application VMs. Additionally, not wanting to pay for cloud storage or backup, but keep an immutable backup off-site at a connected site, while also having a high-speed data backup at the main site. The setup was fairly straightforward, and works very well!

Veeam Data Platform Feature Ratings

Universal recovery
10
Instant recovery
10
Recovery verification
10
Business application protection
10
Multiple backup destinations
10
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
10
Deduplication and file compression
10
Snapshots
10
Flexible deployment
7
Platform support
10
Retention options
9
Encryption
10

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