Veeam Data Backup and Recovery Software Chapel Hill NC

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The product combines two backup methodologies, allowing the user to choose the method most appropriate for the targeted VM: the traditional method, utilizing standard backup and restore techniques, and a mirror/replication backup of whole virtual machines. With traditional backup, the data is saved to storage in a vendor proprietary format; whereas replicas are mirrored to a spare ESX Server in the native VMware ESX format for expedited recoveries.

The vendor notes that with Veeam Backup a full backup of data need occur only once; from that point on, only incremental backups are performed. Additionally, the incremental backups are stored such that the full system image is compiled and made available with each incremental backup; so that the most recent data stored will be the most efficient to restore when necessary. "Reverse-incremental" restore packages are then calculated backwards from this image; enabling the restoration of data to previous points in time. Both file-level and full VM system restores are possible; the former having the advantage that the file(s) can be recovered without requiring the full extraction/restoration of the VM to the local drive. The vendor states that FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS file systems are all supported.

Other features include:

- Support for use with or without VMware Consolidated Backup

- Deduplication of common data blocks between VMs when backing up multiple VMs

- Integration with the vendor's FastSCP offering (the products share a common interface)

Veeam Backup is available now; pricing is listed at $499 per socket.

Contact the vendor for further information.Author: EITPlanet Staff

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