Windows, Windows Server 2022 Base Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Base - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Years ago with customers and nowadays, we are using Veeam Backup & Replication in my job. We used to replicate our virtual machines between our data centers and make backup to an external NAS.
We are using the replication functionality to replicate all our machines between data centers. In case of disaster or disaster recovery, we have cross machines, so we could bring up a new scenario in minutes.
We only use Veeam Backup & Replication at the moment and we're not chained to the platform.
The features I find most useful in Veeam Backup & Replication are that it's fast, has deduplication, and excellent speed. It's fast, secure, and uses low bandwidth and backup space.
The scalability of backup and replication is effective for our growing data volume. We have been growing from about 50 virtual machines to about 150, and we think we will grow to 200, maybe. It's easy with only buying some more licenses and it's not more difficult than that.
What they're doing now in version 13 of Veeam Backup & Replication is not requiring a Windows platform, which is very good. I don't prefer Windows in terms of security. I thought that having a Windows machine running this was not the best for security. I prefer security and resources dedicated to this because of the license and a graphical interface.
I prefer what's now being developed, which can be on a Linux platform with a web interface, instead of the Windows console. I think a web console is easier and more convenient. In version 13 they are implementing this, but I think they have to complete it.
I have been working with Veeam Backup & Replication for about 10 years or so.
I find Veeam Backup & Replication easy to set up. The deployment of Veeam Backup & Replication took only some hours.
Veeam Backup & Replication is pretty stable these days. From time to time, we have had some problems with snapshots, but now it's not a problem anymore.
I haven't faced any serious challenges with Veeam Backup & Replication.
The scalability of backup and replication is effective for our growing data volume. We have been growing from about 50 virtual machines to about 150, and we think we will grow to 200, maybe. It's easy with only buying some more licenses and it's not more difficult than that.
I haven't contacted Veeam support. We always find solutions through the knowledge base.
Neutral
I have tried other solutions before working with Veeam Backup & Replication, but not in my current job.
I find Veeam Backup & Replication easy to set up. The deployment of Veeam Backup & Replication took only some hours.
For our company, Veeam Backup & Replication is reasonably priced, although it may be expensive for smaller companies depending on some limits.
The features I find most useful in Veeam Backup & Replication are that it's fast, has deduplication, and excellent speed. It's fast, secure, and uses low bandwidth and backup space.
The scalability of backup and replication is effective for our growing data volume. We have been growing from about 50 virtual machines to about 150, and we think we will grow to 200, maybe. It's easy with only buying some more licenses.
I rate Veeam Backup & Replication a nine out of ten.
We are using Veeam Backup & Replication, and we are partners for Veeam. We are using Veeam Backup & Replication for our data centers instead of Veeam Backup for AWS or Google Cloud.
We use it ourselves and also use it for some of our clients. We resell and implement it for some of our clients.
For Veeam Backup & Replication, I recommend it for companies in industries such as financial, IT service providers, and we have some in the oil and gas industry. The implementation with Proxmox was for an internet service provider, and we also have manufacturing clients.
We will not reject any company that comes to us for a Veeam solution. We run hosted applications for various companies, and within the hosted solution, we use Veeam. We have two sites for Veeam, one for primary and one for backup, and we also use two other sites for replication of data.
My technical team can provide a more accurate answer regarding experience with its recovery speed and reliability, but we haven't had any issues with it. It backs up what we want, we replicate, and especially when we want to recover, we can recover the backed-up data. The compression we have is quite good, saving us storage space. It's quite a good product.
One additional feature I would to see in the future is the ability to do file and database backup only. Currently, it does image backup, so we would prefer to see a backup option for just the database or files instead of backing up the whole VM, as many of our applications use SQL or Oracle databases.
I would to see AI capabilities in the future, particularly in data handling and automation. I haven't seen any AI capabilities provided yet, but I will have to check with my technical team.
We have been working with Veeam for approximately four years now.
It was easy to deploy Veeam Backup & Replication.
We haven't faced any issues with Veeam Backup & Replication, except for one that was resolved regarding a particular product. Veeam running on Proxmox took some time to resolve, but they were able to fix it, and we were satisfied with it.
Veeam works with Proxmox, but we ran into a temporary issue. My technical team can explain in detail what the issue was, but Veeam was able to resolve that problem.
The price is quite good, as Veeam gives us good discounts, and we are quite satisfied about the price. We can negotiate very good discounts with them.
I think Veeam Backup & Replication is the best option because I haven't found much competition. The only other solutions we've looked at are Hyper-V and Windows Backup, but they aren't real competition, so we consider Veeam one of the best solutions. We build competencies into it with our sales and technical teams and are comfortable with them while enjoying good discounts.
Based on my experience with Veeam Backup & Replication, I rate this solution 10 out of 10.