IAN WELLS The expanded capabilities of Veeam’s backup and recovery systems enable companies to operate constantly without the threat of transaction or production information loss
Data protection company Veeam Software has entered into a technology partnership with storage vendor NetApp to enhance data protection solutions for virtual machines in conjunction with NetApp Snapshots, says Veeam Software North West Europe, Middle East and Africa VP Ian Wells.
The NetApp Snapshots technology can back up an operational production environment every 15 minutes and, in conjunction with the Veeam backup and replication system, provides quick and convenient item-level recovery from NetApp Snapshots, SnapMirror and SnapVault.
“Backups directly from Snapshots can be completed 20 times faster than when competing solutions are used, and the integration of this capability provides an efficient means to fulfil several of the best practices of data protection by instantly storing one of the backup copies in SnapVault,” says Wells.
Veeam’s backup and recovery programs auto- matically back up data, test the data to confirm recoverability and remove duplication to reduce storage space.
The expanded capabilities of Veeam’s backup and recovery systems enable companies to operate constantly and customers to engage with a company and carry out transactions at any time without the threat of transaction or production information loss, says Wells.
“Customers expect companies’ services to function uninterruptedly. They want to transact and engage at their convenience, regardless of where they are in the world or what the company or its information technology (IT) department has scheduled. Customers become frustrated when they are unable to carry out transactions when it is convenient for them to do so,” he says.
Veeam’s Virtual Lab capabilities, augmented by this technology partnership, enables companies to do patch testing and new-system stress tests, as well as any other technical initiatives, in a production-ready test environment that mirrors the operating environment. Once the patches and new applications have been tested, the entire envi- ronment can be switched on, enabling users and customers to use the system without any disruptions when a new system or tool is implemented, explains Wells.
“Many of the IT systems currently in use were not built to use modern tools and technologies. However, especially with regard to data protection regulations, data centres built to use virtualisation capabilities need to have the tools and techniques required to ensure that systems always operate continuously while managing information and security,” he notes.
Virtualisation tools and instantaneous backup enable companies to reduce the impact of unplanned outages and can potentially reduce or eliminate planned outages, enabling the system to function uninterruptedly, concludes Wells.