COUNTRY FOCUS : SOUTH AFRICA
We saved nearly 40 % in cost and 120 hours each month in troubleshooting backup and recovery issues . Veeam also ‘ saves the day ’ every time our engineers are alerted to an issue that might have developed into a problem .
Smith explained that Veeam provides one console for backup , recovery , replication , monitoring , reporting and capacity planning . “ At any given time , I have a complete view of our virtual environments . I know if a backup needs to be rerun and if we have over- or under-provisioned CPU and memory . We ’ re proactive with capacity planning and issue resolution , not reactive . “ By replacing the legacy tool with Veeam , we saved money and time ,” he said . “ We saved nearly 40 % in cost and 120 hours each month in troubleshooting backup and recovery issues . Veeam also ‘ saves the day ’ every time our engineers are alerted to an issue that might have developed into a problem and impacted business operations . The functionality Veeam offers is remarkable . I would recommend Veeam to any company that is serious about virtualisation .” p
Hillbrow Tower Johannesburg
“ Veeam was the most suited solution for our business needs . With centralised VM management , we no longer have to burden anyone in the branch offices for backup and recovery . We can achieve 24 by 7 availability from the data centre ,” he said .
Barloworld Automotive uses Veeam for local backup of 230 VMware vSphere VMs in the data centre and 291 Microsoft Hyper-V VMs in the branch offices to HP 3PAR StoreServ . Veeam replicates VMs in the branch offices to the data centre using Built-in WAN Acceleration , which is advantageous for branches with limited bandwidth . From an efficiency perspective , Smith said one of the biggest benefits of using Veeam Availability Suite in a mixed-hypervisor environment is VM management under a single pane of glass .
THE RESULTS
• Delivers 24 by 7 availability for an always-on enterprise Veeam Availability Suite accomplished what the legacy backup tool could not : centralised VM management to ensure critical systems that support each business unit are up and running around the clock . From the Veeam console , Barloworld has complete visibility and control of its mixed-hypervisor environment
• Expedites SLA fulfillment with business units Barloworld Automotive meets SLAs more easily with Veeam due to faster recovery time
• Saves nearly 40 % in cost and 120 hours each month The legacy backup tool required expensive agents in each VM and a separate licensing structure for Barloworld ’ s virtual environment . By replacing the legacy backup tool with Veeam , Barloworld Automotive saved nearly 40 % in costs and 120 hours each month in troubleshooting backup and recovery issues
44 INTELLIGENTCIO AFRICA www . intelligentcio . com