The document compares the performance of NetBackup and Veeam in backup and restore operations for VMware environments, revealing that NetBackup outperforms Veeam in speed and scalability. Notably, NetBackup can protect 1,000 VMs in significantly less time compared to Veeam, especially under larger loads. Additionally, while both solutions have similar performance in concurrent restores at lower concurrency levels, Veeam struggles with application consistent backups beyond 300 VMs.

1. FINDINGS:
VEEAM FAILED TO PERFORM A RESTORE AT
24 CONCURRENT APPLICATIONS.
NETBACKUP PERFORMED A RESTORE OF 24 CONCURRENT
APPLICATIONS IN 56 MINUTES.
RESULTS FOR:
CONCURRENT RESTORE
RESULTS FOR:
APPLICATION CONSISTENT SNAPSHOTS
RESULTS FOR:
ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOTS
FINDINGS:
NETBACKUP REQUIRES LESS THAN 9 MINUTES TO
BACK UP 1,000 VMS USING ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOTS.
VEEAM REQUIRES TWICE THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO
COMPLETE THE SAME ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOT.
00:08
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
5
2
4
9
18
5
6
8
100 VMs 200 VMs 500 VMs 1,000 VMs
Snapshots can be used to create quicker Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and more aggressive
Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs). When testing crash consistent backups, NetBackup’s snapshot
technology backed up 1,000 virtual machines in less than 9 minutes while Veeam required over
18 minutes.
NetBackup
Veeam
TOTALTIMETOCOMPLETEBACKUP(Minutes)
4
2
0
10
8
6
18
16
14
12
1,000
VMs
1X 2X
18
FOR ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOTSSPEED TEST
(Minutes)
8
FINDINGS:
VEEAM FAILED TO PERFORM APPLICATION CONSISTENT
BACKUPS WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT GREW TO OVER
300 VMS.
NETBACKUP WAS ABLE TO PROTECT 1,000 VMS USING AN
APPLICATION CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT IN 38 MINUTES.
70
63
56
35
42
28
14
7
21
0
8 7
22
3737
19
57
1 APP 8 APPs 16 APPs 24 APPs
NetBackup and Veeam delivered comparable performance for concurrent restores at every
concurrent recovery level with the exception of the last one.
NetBackup
Veeam
TIMETOCOMPLETECONCURRENTRESTORES(Minutes)
FailuretoRestore
0
1:00
0:45
0:30
0:15
2:00
1:45
1:30
1:15
3:15
3:00
2:45
2:30
2:15
1,000
VMs
FOR APPLICATION CONSISTENT SNAPSHOTSSPEED TEST
(Minutes)
38
Failure to Backup
NetBackup Veeam
RESULTS FOR:
HYPERVISOR-LEVEL BACKUP
9:00
7:00
5:00
3:00
1:00 0:25
2:33
0:43
1:11
2:51
5:09
8:44
NetBackup
Veeam
5:53
100 VMs 200 VMs 400 VMs 1,000 VMs
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Lower times are better when it comes to backup windows. NetBackup saves
you hours, especially in large-scale environments. As the environment scaled
from 100 to 200, 400 and then 1,000 virtual machines, there were dramatic
increases in the time required by Veeam to perform the backups.
TOTALTIMETOCOMPLETEBACKUP(Hours:Minutes)
FINDINGS:
NETBACKUP IS OVER 5 HOURS FASTER THAN
VEEAM WHEN BACKING UP 1,000 VMS
9:00
7:00
5:00
3:00
1:00
1,000
VMs
1X 2X 3X
2:51
8:44
FOR HYPERVISOR-LEVEL BACKUPSPEED TEST
(Hours:Minutes)
Principled Technologies’ benchmark results
show that in a growing enterprise data
center using VMware, NetBackup will scale
significantly better than Veeam.
NetBackup Veeam
RESULTS
HYPERVISOR-LEVEL BACKUP & RECOVERY
ARRAY-BASED SNAPSHOTS
CONCURRENT RESTORES
BACKUP & RECOVERY
SCALABILITY BENCHMARK
SCALE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
“NetBackup IS THE MOST
SCALABLE BACKUP &
RECOVERYSOLUTION”
0
4
8
16
20
12
18
8
NetBackup
FASTER
2X
0
2 4
6
810
1416
18
2022
12
2:51
8:
44
NetBackup
FASTER
3X
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RESULTS
VMware Virtual Machines
VeeamNetBackup
T E S T S P E R F O R M E D B Y
An industry leader and expert in
technology benchmark testing
ALL TESTS BASED ON:
• Enterprise Backup and Recovery Solutions
• Scaling from 100 to 1,000 VMware VMs
• Real-world Situations and Workloads
WHAT IS THE MOST
SCALABLE SOLUTION?
NetBackup Veeam
Principled
®
Technologies
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