Immutable backup storage for Veeam

Introduction

Backups are a crucial component of any modern business IT infrastructure. While there may be no immediate benefit from backups, their true value becomes evident when your primary data gets wiped or encrypted—backups then become worth their weight in gold. Backup storage ensures that your main business assets, such as VMs, databases, and user files, are not lost, allowing you to get your business back on track even in the face of a disaster.

Problem

When selecting backup storage, it’s usually a delicate balance between features like immutability against ransomware, fast backups and restores, and large capacity. Otherwise, it just doesn’t fit the bill.

Ransomware cannot be ignored. It’s one of the top threats for businesses today, and if ransomware gets to both primary and backup storage, your business is most likely out of the game.

Unlike primary storage, backup storage is usually slow. Considering the constant data size growth, it often reaches a point where it no longer fits within backup windows and cannot restore business data fast enough to minimize downtime costs during a disaster. At the same time, backup storage needs several times more capacity than primary storage to keep multiple restore points. Trying to make it fast simply results in costs quickly running over the roof.

Solution

StarWind Backup Appliance combines all the characteristics that backup storage must have: immutability against ransomware, extremely fast backups and restores, and large capacity while still fitting the bill.

StarWind ensures your business data is not lost if ransomware gets to your primary storage by integrating with Veeam Hardened Repository to protect backups against ransomware attacks.

Furthermore, StarWind Backup Appliance fits backups even into the shortest backup windows and performs blazing-fast restores to get your business back on track quickly in case of a disaster by utilizing a fast NVMe storage backend. At the same time, it provides large backup storage capacity to meet your backup retention settings without breaking the bank. This is due to a smart selection of hardware components, including multi-level cell flash (QLC, PLC), and StarWind’s proprietary software that makes QLC and PLC drives durable and compatible with deduplication in Veeam Backup & Replication.

Conclusion

StarWind Backup Appliance is the perfect solution for backup storage. It protects your backups against ransomware, is fast enough to fit even the shortest backup windows, and restores your business data as quickly as possible in the event of a disaster. Finally, StarWind Backup Appliance provides large backup storage capacity to meet required backup retention settings while remaining affordable.