White Paper

Independent Test: Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Symantec NetBackup
By Jack Fegreus Managing Director openBench Labs.

In this independent lab review completed by a recognized industry expert Jack Fegreus Veeam Backup & Replication 4.1 is compared with Symantec NetBackup 6.5.4. Veeam Backup & Replication demonstrated 4 times faster backup speed and required 3 times less backup storage space than Symantec NetBackup. Different configurations with VCB and vStorage APIs, and with or without Compression and Deduplication are tested.

In addition, Jack Fegreus explains how you can:

• Combine backup and near-CDP-level replication to unify different data protection processes.
• Maximize backup performance with deduplication and compression - how you can reduce the footprint of full VM’s backups by 3 – 9 times with data deduplication, compression, and recognition of thin provisioning.
• Leverage full support for ESX and ESXi without VCB – fully utilize the new vStorage API or VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) when performing backup or replication, allowing SMB sites with or without shared storage to fully leverage ESXi, including the ability to replicate VMs to an ESXi host.
• Dramatically increase full and incremental backup speed and reduces storage requirements by utilizing new vSphere Changed-Block Tracking and thin provisioning.
• Higher RPO support via Virtual CDP with replication - leverage inline data deduplication and compression to provide near continuous data protection (CDP) with replication.
• Ensure transaction consistency at VM and application levels - ensure VM transaction consistency and Volume Shadow Services (VSS) for VSS-aware Windows applications such as Active Directory, SQL Server, and Exchange.