Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI vs. Veeam Data Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Score 7.1 out of 10
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Commvault® Cloud is a cyber resilience platform built to meet the demands of hybrid enterprises. It delivers data security and recovery in the cloud, powered by advanced AI, to help organizations see, manage, and recover data wherever it lives.N/A
Veeam Data Platform
Score 8.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Veeam’s® premier product, Veeam Backup & Replication™, delivers availability for all cloud, virtual, Kubernetes and physical workloads. Through a management console, the software provides backup, archival, recovery and replication capabilities.
$428
per year per 5 instances
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Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AIVeeam Data Platform
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Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AIVeeam Data Platform
Considered Both Products
Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
We were already a customer with CommVault and we enjoyed the strong support and quick responses.
Overall the complete collection of features and options worked best with our environment and our current hardware it was quite a strong contender.
Comparing it to OneDrive …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
TCO was the one of the major factors in our decision, Commvault did have it over the other products in there dashboard and the feature set, we have used Commvault Cloud in the past for other backup products and never had any issues. Both Veeam and Acronis have pros and cons …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
It was cheaper, and we took advantage of the existing relationship with Commvault.
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
We switched to Commvault Complete Data Protection.
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
I think costs are at very good level if we compare Commvault Complete Data Protection with EMC running Data Domains, howewer de duplication rates are a liitle bit lower on Commvault Complete Data Protection vs Data Domain. On VMware backup Veem rules, but Commvault Complete …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Commvault Complete Data Protection supports Tape backup and Druva does not support tape based backup Commvault Complete Data Protection lets use own cloud account for backup storage to cloud Druva does not allow customer own account
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Metallic was the only system that had everything that we wanted and was consistently able to show us the benefits or their organization. Rubrik had similar features but in the end, they came up short in the ability to backup all of our workloads. We also liked that Metallic was …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
We chose Metallic Backup & Recovery over Backupify as we were looking for a SaaS solution to get this done. We didnt want any further hardware in our environment and we wanted something that can be accessed and used anywhere a web browser is. We also went with Metallic as it …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Many other backup and recovery platforms have their strengths and weaknesses. They might specialize in backing up VMs but fail to adequately backup Oracle databases, or do well in the cloud, but not so well on-premise. In my opinion, Commvault handles the variety of clients and …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
The option for replacement started with the need to replace our old backup software. Commvault [Complete Backup & Recovery] brought us the possibility of reducing disaster recovery time, implementing a friendlier interface, a higher rate of data deduplication, the possibility …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Not all the backup tools have the ability to backup directly to Cloud (Blobs, S3, etc.).
It can be a little controversial, but when dealing with 900TB of user data to be backed up you don't have much options.
When doing this backup to tapes, we had 2 giant Tape Libraries …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
We switched from Veritas NetBackup, because we had two parallel environments. Combining allowed us to cover more targets and make better use of centralized assets & staff. Licensing of Commvault was simpler at the time we deployed, and Commvault has continued to evolve their …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
About the same. Quest support is not as good. Rapid Recovery has Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery beat on email restores, but Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery is a better overall product. Rapid Recovery was better before Quest took them over. I have needed to use …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
From a feature set Commvault is the most complete of all the products. Support is also fantastic when it's needed. The ability to implement on your own kit, on an appliance based solution or even in the cloud makes it extremely flexible and it can scale as an enterprise grows …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
The ability to backup and recover CACHE (intersystems) databases. SAN snaps and aux copies. The workflow of champions
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Why Commvault? Well, working with backup software in the last 25 years, I decided on Commvault, for being a safe, reliable tool with excellent technical support and was for sure the tool to cover all our needs. First we started with our physical servers and the following year …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Commvault simplified application and management. Increased recovery times by 3x and allowed us to focus on higher-value priorities and not constantly be muddling around on a daily basis to get ready for the incoming backups each night. Another advantage is knowing when a …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
The other solutions weren't granular enough and suffer from resource issues and false positives when errors creep up. Their support staff has communication barriers.
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Commvault beats CA's Arcserve is every single area. It was a very straightforward choice for us to move from Arcserve due to reliable backup and recovery we get from Commvault. We haven't looked back at Arcserve since 2013.
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Commvault is our flagship data management platform. We have a large Avamar presence but chose Commvault as our go-forward solution because of the array of features and capabilities that Commvault has that other products do not. We needed a full suite of data management tools …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
We are constantly looking at ways to save money in initial purchases, maintenance, hardware, and efforts to maintain/update our environment. Commvault continually hits high marks and keeps other vendors out of our company. The cost to move over really isn't worth the …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Workload options for protecting client workloads are extensive and reliable. The pedigree of the application itself is solid, been around a long time, and they've learned a lot of lessons. The support structure for when we need support or help is superior to many other …
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
Commvault's use of deduplication and compression saves us terabytes of on the wire data nightly. We have nightly backups occurring at over a hundred different locations and Commvault is able to manage it all as a complete system.
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
The licensing costs for Hedvig seemed to be cost prohibitive. The Commvault HyperScale was evaluated and briefly tested and appears to be a very good approach to the remote offices we have here at DaVita across
Chose Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
In the past it has been necessary to leverage multiple products to provide a complete data protection solution. Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery has been able to mirror the functions of competitive products while increasing functionality and management. Commvault Complete …
Veeam Data Platform
Chose Veeam Data Platform
It's hard to compare - you have to evaluate your organization's needs to pick what is best suited. Additionally, factors that require planning, such as an ever-changing and evolving landscape, may necessitate adjusting your approach to a problem, which may include considering a …
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam is the easiest to manage of these products. They were the first to provide server replication in the VM environment.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam is far easier to use than Commvault and offers easier SQL backups than Acronis.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam is easy to use, easy to set up, and easy to integrate into an environment.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform offered a better, easier to use product at a significant cost reduction than Bacula Enterprise. Bacula was almost 5 times the cost of Veeam Data Platform and, having now used both in my career, Veeam Data Platform is absolutely the better product in terms …
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform offered a more user-friendly interface and a faster uptime for data repopulation. Plus no software hacks reported was a bonus.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform is much more vast in terms of features compared to the Veeam Data Platform backup for Salesforce product. Although the Veeam Data Platform backup for Salesforce is pretty good at what it does. It lacks the ability to be able to restore all objects at once. …
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform is superior in every way to each and every backup solution I have ever used.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform is reliable, simple and user friendly. All the review that I read was positive so I made my choice based on that.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
I used Quest at my previous employer and it was wonderful. Their pricing increased over the years while not offering any new features. We looked at their new offering (qorestore and netvault), but that was significantly more expensive than Rapid Recovery so we looked at other …
Chose Veeam Data Platform
I used these products at other businesses. That said Veeam is by far more flexible than any other backup product I have ever used. While many have a reporting/overview product, Veeam ONE is also the most comprehensive single-pane-of-glass tool I have ever used as well.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam is much more robust and easy to manage than the competitors that we used in the past. I never got the same feeling of confidence with those backups that I have now with Veeam. The pricing was also similar or better, and less complicated since there is just one type of …
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam is much faster and more cost effective than NetVault.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Good, it backs up linux where shadowprotect does not. ShadowProtect is less expensive so we keep it as well.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
We didn't have a true solution before and we went off the recommendation from our vendor to help us get the solution setup and ready to go. So far we are very happy with the recovery and the ease of use of the product. I would definitely purchase it again in the future.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform beats competition on price and full stack advantage
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Commvault is a standard backup platform for Enterprise backups, but we have no need for its extensive client abilities or the staff for the vast infrastructure that is required to use it. Cohesity is a truly fantastic system, but it is too far for larger companies than the one …
Chose Veeam Data Platform
I use them both currently.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Struggled with the complexity and cost of previous solutions. Veeam Data Platform has been easy to use and has allowed us to recover data from our backups with a few easy clicks.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
The previous products I used did the job but not elegantly. Veeam Data Platform made it easy to install and configure. Our backups are tested using sureback and verified daily. I don’t anticipate looking for another product for awhile.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
We have always gotten the use and features promised by Veeam Data Platform where other providers either couldn't deliver or didn't have the feature set. Veeam Data Platform tends to under promise and over deliver.
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Rubrik, Dell Avamar, Dell Networker, Microsoft 365, Hyper-V, Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix, Azure VMware Solution, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS Linux, Barracuda Backup, PowerProtect DD Series, Symantec Edge Secure Gateway, …
Features
Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AIVeeam Data Platform
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
7.1
Ratings
18% below category average
Veeam Data Platform
9.2
Ratings
8% above category average
Universal recovery8.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Instant recovery7.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Recovery verification7.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Business application protection7.40 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations5.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Incremental backup identification7.00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Backup to the cloud7.40 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression7.40 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Snapshots7.50 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Flexible deployment6.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Management dashboard7.50 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Platform support7.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Retention options8.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Encryption7.40 Ratings9.70 Ratings
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Bacula Enterprise
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User Ratings
Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AIVeeam Data Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
6.5
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9.1
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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7.8
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Usability
7.0
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9.9
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Availability
9.1
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9.1
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Performance
9.1
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7.4
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Support Rating
8.6
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10.0
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In-Person Training
9.1
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Online Training
9.1
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Implementation Rating
9.1
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9.9
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Configurability
-
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7.4
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Ease of integration
9.1
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8.6
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Product Scalability
9.1
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7.4
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
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9.9
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Vendor pre-sale
9.1
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4.0
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User Testimonials
Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AIVeeam Data Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery does its job well in any type of environment. The possibilities of backing up different types of environments with VMs, SQL, File Servers and their restore and disaster recovery process are extremely useful for any company.

It has a reasonable cost of implementation so I don't think it is the best idea for backing up smaller companies or simpler operations. The cost benefit may not pay.
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Veeam Data Platform is best suited in environments that fall under its compatible applications, which it backs up. Any sized business could benefit. The ease of use and metrics are a breeze and the learning curve is low. However, if you're using hypervisors, products that have no support by Veeam Data Platform, then clearly wouldn't be a great fit. Their workaround for this by using OS level backups for baremetal deployments but increases the risk of failure when doing restores.
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Pros
  • Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery provides complete auditing. Having worked with many products in the past, most fell short on reporting. In particular reporting on restores. Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery provides detailed information on operations that were performed, the account performing the operation and where was the data placed.
  • The flexibility of the product allows it to be more of a framework than a rigid application. By leveraging vendor specific API's, such as NetApp SnapVault/SnapMirror access, stronger integration and a more reliable service is produced. The workflow functionality and ability to utilize personal scripts helps administrators perform developer functions.
  • Support for aging technologies is a challenge for any large institution. Maintaining the ability to support old solutions, even in a limited capacity, is more desirable than bringing in a secondary solution or not support it at all.
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  • Veeam stands out among backup solutions because of its ability to work with almost any storage type. For example, only a small portion of backup solutions will support catalyst stores, Veeam does.
  • Veeam is extremely flexible when it comes to setting it up. I had a network recently that limited ethernet connectivity between the Veeam VM and the backup repository and Veeam handled it easily.
  • Day-to-day use of Veeam is very simple. It is easy to train our technicians to use it proficiently in a very short amount of time.
  • Our Veeam VMs don't have issues very often, but the one or two times I have called for support, they answered right away, and the technicians assisting us were knowledgeable about their products.
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Cons
  • For database restores, it has to restore the entire database in order to recover just one table.
  • Backups of virtual machines with direct attached storage is difficult.
  • I wish it covered cloud assets more thoroughly, like AWS ELBs and Security Groups.
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  • It should recommend the most secure method of backup methods to ensure immutability.
  • It should maximize SnapMirror technology when using a NetApp as a backup target to replicate backups to CVO targets.
  • It should provide a centralized dashboard for backing up all PaaS services in Azure.
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Likelihood to Renew
It is serving it's purpose and for companies that have a smaller IT staff, it is not time consuming to manage. Support for the product when needed has been very good and they are responsive when tickets are opened for support. The product is scalable so as we grow we can easily increase the resources as needed on the backend.
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The platform has consistently delivered strong performance, reliability, and innovative features that align well with our data protection needs. Its robust capabilities in backup, recovery, and cloud integration have significantly improved our operational efficiency and disaster recovery planning. The only reason for not giving a full 10 would be our ongoing evaluation of emerging technologies and solutions to ensure we are maximizing our IT investments. Overall, Veeam Data Platform has proven to be an invaluable asset to our organization.
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Usability
It's a 9 only because it is very complex to administer. It would be good if they could transform the management console to be more user friendly, while keeping its functionality and wide range of features. But it is a very complete tool, with a lot of fine adjustments to your backups, thresholds, policies, backup destinations. We're really satisfied with Commvault protecting our environment.
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If you are familiar with most Windows software UIs, there should be no issue learning Veeam. Even better if you're already familiar with backup strategies, &c., since all of that is integrated and possible. I doubt my grandmother could use it, but she's not the target audience. If you've been in IT for a bit, this is very usable.
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Reliability and Availability
Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery is designed to provide organizations with flexible and scalable software.
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The Veeam Backup & Replication solution is up and running every time you need it as it was planned. In more than 3 years that we have been using the product every night, it might have failed or presented an error once or twice, so the availability percentage is almost at 100%.
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Performance
Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery is designed and provide to organizations with flexible and scalable software
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Veeam does a good job with backing up our servers in a timely manner. We are still at the beginning of our Veeam use and are pleased with the speed at which we can access the system as well as the backups and restore points. Veeam is definitely superior to our previous backup system in terms of speed and accessibility
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Support Rating
The real winner of this company and application is its staff of support engineers and the management. Seriously, I could hate the application and despise using it and would still subscribe and deploy 100% across the company. No other company works as hard for its users as Commvault. Having a solid application on top of this is more than anyone can ask for.
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The support team has never asked me to jump through silly hoops or waste time on pointless exercises. They seem to truly have a handle on what may be wrong. In fact, when we were having trouble getting our license renewal setup (because of yet another license migration at Veeam) a support incident got us connected to the right people to get our renewal done in time.
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In-Person Training
Traning is very easy very helpful
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I rated the in-person training an 8 because it was generally effective and provided a solid foundation for understanding the Veeam Data Platform. The instructors were knowledgeable and engaged, making the sessions interactive. However, I felt that some topics could have been covered in more depth, and additional hands-on exercises would have further reinforced the learning experience. Overall, it was a positive training session that adequately prepared attendees for using the product, but there's room for improvement.
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Online Training
Commvault training is very important and very helpful full for immplementation.
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I gave it a rating of 7 because, although the online training offered valuable content and covered the essential aspects of the Veeam Data Platform, it lacked interactivity and opportunities for direct engagement with instructors. This made it challenging to ask questions or delve deeper into specific topics. Additionally, some sections felt a bit rushed, which could hinder a comprehensive understanding of more complex features. Overall, while the training was useful, improvements in interactivity and pacing could elevate the experience significantly.
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Implementation Rating
Plan well and make sure you collect all the required information and details before going for implementation. Organize it in step by step or break the setup into different modules to make it simple.
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When deploying Veeam, be sure you have your environment right-sized. While it is not a big deal to increase capacity later, it will make a difference if you are trying to run Veeam on instances/VMs that are not appropriately sized on CPU and Memory requirements.
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Alternatives Considered
Many other backup and recovery platforms have their strengths and weaknesses. They might specialize in backing up VMs but fail to adequately backup Oracle databases, or do well in the cloud, but not so well on-premise. In my opinion, Commvault handles the variety of clients and situations in most enterprise datacenters the best with features for efficient and effective backup policies, such as deduplication for managing storage of backups and use of hardware and software snapshots to minimize impact to production storage and compute resources.
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Commvault is a standard backup platform for Enterprise backups, but we have no need for its extensive client abilities or the staff for the vast infrastructure that is required to use it. Cohesity is a truly fantastic system, but it is too far for larger companies than the one that I work for. Its cost also makes it prohibitive for SME's like us. Norton Backup was so long ago, I don't know if it even exists. It was difficult to use, had very slow recovery times, and I don't miss it at all.
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Scalability
Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery is designed to provide organizations with flexible and scalable software
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In terms of scalability for our company, Veeam was able to cover our backup needs with ease. They have options for even more individualized backup if we were to need them; i.e. if a specific workstation needs its own independent backup. We have not used these resources yet, but I am confident they will be beneficial to our company in the near future.
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Return on Investment
  • Disaster Recovery. We wouldn't be able to do it at all without Commvault.
  • We are looking continually for data management opportunities to use Commvault instead of other products. To date that hasn't been significant for us much as I personally would like to see inside our company.
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  • When Veeam is running well, I don't need to babysit it at all; I just read the email reports and am done.
  • When it doesn't work, Veeam consumes entire days getting everything working again.
  • Veeam has significantly improved how we test new software by enabling easy duplication of existing resources to different platforms.
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ScreenShots

Veeam Data Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of the Veeam Data Platform dashboard, that puts the spotlight on malware. It will also highlight threats, identify risks, and measure the security score of the environment in the Veeam Threat Center.Screenshot of backup properties. Veeam Backup & Replication does not back up "dirty blocks" on VM guest OS.Screenshot of backup properties. Veeam Backup & Replication does not back up "dirty blocks" on VM guest OS.