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We performed a comparison between Hitachi NAS Platform and Veeam Backup & Replication based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The product has valuable features for data migration.""Hitachi NAS Platform is very stable.""Simple and extremely reliable.""The product’s technical support services are good.""The pricing of this solution is good, which is an advantage that positions this product well.""The most valuable feature is its ability to handle a high number of users while maintaining both stability and performance.""Hitachi is reliable with high availability and solid performance. It performs well regardless of the workload."

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"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup Replication are ease of use, dashboards, and reporting.""This solution is very flexible and user-friendly — it's very good. It's very good with our virtual and physical infrastructure.""Veeam's file monitoring capabilities are strong and consistent.""It's fairly easy to manage and set up.""The good thing about Veeam is that its initial setup and usage are straightforward.""The most valuable feature is adaptability, where it automatically adapts to the environment that it's being installed on.""Strong performance with a high level of compatibility.""I can't think of any improvements yet for Veeam because they are very good. It integrates very well with Microsoft applications. It is very easy to integrate. Micro Focus can also integrate but it's more complex. You have to know the product very well to be able to integrate. While Veeam, it's very user-friendly. You don't need to have certifications or anything to work on Veeam."

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Cons
"The monitoring tool is not well developed.""Hitachi NAS Platform's pricing could be reduced. It is high compared to other competitors.""Hitachi could be more flexible and have a simpler management interface.""I encounter challenges while installing the upgrades for the product.""I do not like Hitachi NAS because it's an old-school NAS solution, compared to the other, newer-type solutions such as Isilon from Dell or Qumulo.""I would like to see the inclusion of support for cloud-connectivity to providers like AWS.""Hitachi NAS Platform is expensive."

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"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups or snapshots. That's a nice functionality that Veeam doesn't have.""I don't see much room for improvement except that the price could be better.""There should be better use of the external hard drives.""Veeam is good up until 300 VMs.""Veeam Backup is not enhanced. There aren't any enhancements yet and they are still using traditional methods for snapshots and to perform the backup, like many other vendors. Another improvement would be simplifying and integrating their software.""The deduplication feature could be improved by changing to global deduplication.""We're using both Backup and Replication, Veeam Cloud Connect, and Veeam Office 365. What I am missing is a good graphical user interface between these three products.""The initial setup is complex."

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  • "This solution is priced well and there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
  • "Costs are based on the features and it is a considerable amount."
  • "Hitachi NAS Platform’s price is high and depends on SCSI disc capacity."
  • "I would rate the solution's pricing six to seven out of ten."
  • "It is a highly-priced product."
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  • "If you have Exchange, Oracle, SQL, or a supported SAN, then I suggest getting at least an Enterprise edition. It’ll pay for itself in no time."
  • "The pricing and licensing is better than the competitors, but it could be better."
  • "Room for improvement is actually more in the way of licensing. The really good and useful features are in the Enterprise plus edition, and that one is really expensive."
  • "Since pricing is per socket, it is not expensive to add capacity as you go along."
  • "The licensing is based on the number of cores you have in your ESX or Hyper-V environment."
  • "The price is a bit high. Licensing type is VMware friendly, so it is easy."
  • "I think the price is good when you choose the Essentials Suite, but when you buy a full featured version (for instance the Enterprise Plus) the price is a little bit expensive."
  • "Setup cost and licensing of Veeam are nothing to complain about when compared to similar products for enterprise backup recovery solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product has valuable features for data migration.
    Top Answer:Hitachi NAS Platform's pricing could be reduced. It is high compared to other competitors.
    Top Answer:Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four… more »
    Top Answer:Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too But Veritas Netbackup is a… more »
    Top Answer:Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup storage with global deduplication (this is the main requirement of a backup… more »
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    Also Known As
    Hitachi NAS
    Veeam Backup and Replication, Veeam Availability Suite
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    Overview
    Hitachi NAS Platforms help you with file sharing, file server consolidation and application storage for Oracle, Microsoft and virtual environments. Deploy the highest performance per node in the industry. Apply capacity efficiencies that let you actually do more, but with a lot less. Realize significant cost savings for your organization.

    Veeam Backup & Replication is a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution designed primarily for virtual environments. Veeam Backup & Replication offers a blend of simplicity and efficiency, making it a go-to solution for businesses seeking to protect their data. It supports a wide range of virtual platforms, including VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. According to the reviews, what sets Veeam apart is its ability to provide high-speed recovery, data loss avoidance, verified recoverability, leveraged data, and complete visibility. 

    Veeam Backup & Replication delivers availability for cloud, virtual, Kubernetes and physical workloads. Through a simple-by-design management console, users are offered what is presented as fast, flexible, reliable backup, archival, recovery and replication functionality.

    Backup capabilities

    • Continuous Data Protection
    • Fast, reliable application-aware, image-based backups
    • Unlimited capacity and cost savings for long-term data retention on object storage with new Veeam Cloud Tier
    • Enterprise application support for Veeam Plug-ins for SAP HANA and Oracle RMAN

    Replication capabilities

    • Instant recovery for NAS, Microsoft SQL and Oracle
    • Recover individual files easily with Instant VM and File-level Recovery
    • Easy portability and recovery to AWS, Azure and Azure Stack with NEW Veeam Cloud Mobility

    Recovery capabilities

    • Recover individual files with Instant VM and File-level Recovery
    • Portability and recovery to AWS, Azure and Azure Stack with NEW Veeam Cloud Mobility
    • Fast, item-level and application recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, and SQL Server and Oracle

    Reviews from Real Users

    Veeam Backup & Replication is a solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Some of its major advantages are its ease of set up, the fact that it is agentless, and that it has an intuitive dashboard. 

    A Network Operations Manager at an educational organization says, "Integration with VMware is excellent with very granular recovery."

    An Inside Solutions Architect at a tech services company mentions, “I like that it's agent-less, easy to set up, and hardware-agnostic.”

    An Account Manager at a tech services company states, “The dashboard is very, very easy to understand. We do demonstrations all the time with customers just to show them. If they've lost particular files because of a server going down, we can retrieve those files for them and quickly bring those files back up.”

    Kerem C., Director of Professional Services/Senior Solution Architect/Trainer at a tech services company, explains, “It's good for backup performance management and backup window management.”

    Sample Customers
    Intersect Australia
    Vodafone, American Standard Brands, Welch’s, University of Florida, Tata Global Beverages Limited, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Hirslanden Private Hospital Group, MacLean-Fogg Company
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise38%
    Large Enterprise13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise66%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Hitachi NAS Platform is ranked 15th in NAS with 8 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Hitachi NAS Platform is rated 6.8, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hitachi NAS Platform writes "Good pricing and works well, but it is old-fashioned and should be replaced with something new". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Hitachi NAS Platform is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, IBM FlashSystem and Qumulo, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup.

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