Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR)¶

Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) is a comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery solution. With VBR, you can create image-level backups of virtual, physical, cloud machines and restore from them.

The technology used in the product optimizes data transfer and resource consumption, and minimizes storage costs and recovery time in case of a disaster.

Veeam Backup & Replication provides a centralized console for administering backup/restore/replication operations in all supported platforms (virtual, physical, cloud).

Also, the console allows you to automate and schedule routine data protection operations and integrate with solutions for alerting and generating compliance reports.

When integrated with ARTESCA, the appliance leverages ARTESCA’s S3-compatible, cloud-native object storage for efficient backup repository operations, including support for immutability and ransomware-resilient retention. This combination provides a lightweight, performant, and scalable architecture for protecting virtual machines, physical workloads, and application data.

Veeam Backup & Replication can use ARTESCA as a Performance tier for backups, or as a Capacity tier for backup copies. ARTESCA can also be used to store Veeam configuration and database backup.

ARTESCA is Veeam Ready Repository certified and Veeam Ready Object with immutability certified.

Supported Features	S3 compatible repository with immutability enabled or disabled Performance or Capacity tier in SOBR. Veeam Cloud Connect. Smart Object Storage API (SOSAPI).
Supported Versions	Veeam Backup & Replication 11, 12 and 13 (Windows version). Veeam Software Appliance 13 (Linux version).

Note

The Veeam Software Appliance is a pre-packaged virtual appliance that consolidates essential Veeam Backup & Replication components into a simplified, easily deployable form factor. It enables fast provisioning, consistent configuration, and streamlined updates across virtualized and edge environments.

General Recommendation¶

For optimal integration with ARTESCA, use the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication. It is better optimized for Object Storage integration and offers Smart Object Storage API (SOSAPI) support.

Storage Profile¶

Veeam Backup & Replication uploads objects to ARTESCA’s bucket with an average object size of:

~ 512 KB when using standard block size (1 MB).
~ 2 MB when using large block size (4 MB).

Performance Information¶

Veeam Backup & Replication Compression Factor x 2 32 VMs and 32 threads per task¶
Architecture for HPE, SMC, or Dell standard configurations with spinners and 25 Gbps network	Standard Veeam Blocks size (1 MB)		Large Veeam Blocks size (4 MB)
	Backup	Restore	Backup	Restore
1 node	Up to 5.5 TB/H	Up to 4 TB/H	Up to 8 TB/H	Up to 6.5 TB/H
3 nodes	Up to 8 TB/H	Up to 6 TB/H	Up to 12 TB/H	Up to 10 TB/H
6 nodes	Up to 12 TB/H	Up to 9 TB/H	Up to 18 TB/H	Up to 15 TB/H