Veeam can be a complete BDR solution.
Updated July 08, 2024

Veeam can be a complete BDR solution.

Tim Reynolds | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Veeam Backup & Replication

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Data Platform

Besides normal server backups, one of the most useful aspects of Veeam is the ability to use the prior server as backup hardware. Replication jobs ensure a working copy of the server. This in conjunction with the backup files being off-sited to our location, we have a complete BDR solution.

The lifecycle goes like this. When a server is replaced with new hardware, the old hardware becomes the backup. Seeing as we HAAS most of our clients hardware, we benefit from much longer hardware lifespans.

Pros

  • Offsite backups
  • Onsite replication

Cons

  • A Vmware linux appliance preloaded with Veeam B&R would alleviate Windows issues.
  • Virtualized workloads
  • In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads
  • Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure
  • None of the above
We currently have this rolled out to 10 clients, protected 23 servers.
  • Very positive hardware lifespan increase
We use our own in-house storage for backup repositories.
No, we use the NAS vendor's cloud storage service.

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

If done right, Veeam is a BDR killer.

Using Veeam Data Platform

4 - Managed Service Provider
4 - We have 2 engineer level staff members and two tech level staff members that use Veeam.
  • Utilize prior generation hardware for backup servers
  • Being able to do replication to standby server
  • Backing up M365 data
  • Double the usable lifecycle of hardware that we HAAS ourselves.
  • Recover M365 contacts for users that frequently have corruption issues.
  • Backup and DR for key PCs.
There isn't anything out there that's so flexible and reliable.

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