Veritas NetBackup Scalability

N'GUESSAN E R - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Manager at SOCITECH S.A.

There is a big change in Veritas. In the past, we could easily change servers or appliances and continue working by restoring the catalog. We could change servers from Linux to Linux or Linux to Solaris and perform catalog restores to continue working. But with the new version, we are forced to engage Veritas' professional services, which is too expensive. Sometimes, we've received quotes exceeding $100,000 for a catalog migration. 

This expense was unnecessary in the past. For instance, we used to install a new release of Linux and simply restore the catalog, and the system would function well. But with the latest version, it's no longer feasible.

For instance, if we want to migrate from appliance 5030 to 5060 or even just 5050, we are compelled to engage Veritas consultants due to the intricate data manipulation involved. This additional expense is quite expensive. In the past, these devices didn't even exist, and we could easily restore the catalog, resulting in a fully functional system. However, the new version demands expensive expertise for such tasks, which I find unacceptable for our clients.

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BB
Senior DBA at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The scalability of the product is very good. A company can scale it with relative ease if it needs to.

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Storemgr67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. We are managing approximately two gigabytes of front-end backups and four people are responsible for it. 

It is easy to scale to fit our data environment when our data starts growing.

We started with one, then we ended up with three now running in production, and we scaled all three of them. 

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KA
Senior Specialist at MTN

The tool is scalable. It is able to increase its capacity and functionalities based on our demands. My organization is planning to increase its usage.

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BH
IT Specialist at Moj

It is easy to scale with Veritas NetBackup. We plan to increase our usage next year.

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Jayson Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Data Storage at Liberty Life Association of Africa

We are using Veritas NetBackup to protect the data of our entire organization, including 4500 users. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten.

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Giap Seng  Tay - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Manager at Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Veritas NetBackup is deployed in two locations with around 1,000 end users, and we have plans to increase the usage.

I rate Veritas NetBackup a nine out of ten for scalability.

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WQ
Senior Systems Engineer at Ministry of Awqaf

Veritas NetBackup is scalable.

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AsiyeYigit - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Gantek

Since Veritas NetBackup appliances have some options for very, very big environments, there are no complaints about its scalability. Compared to solutions like Veeam, Veritas NetBackup is more robust and scalable. It's possible to increase the solution's capacity and functionalities based on the demands of our customers.

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Ismail Turhan - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Usak University

We use Veritas NetBackup in three different locations and connect with a site-to-site VPN.

I rate Veritas NetBackup a seven out of ten for scalability.

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JT
Senior Admistrator at hq-12b

We use the solution in four locations and we maintain 6,000 or 7,000 servers inside NetBackup.

They have quite a broad portfolio. You can choose how much scalability you'd like. It depends on the needs of the company. It depends also on what kind of environment you have. It usually has no problems. We're increasing the capacity and functionality.

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NM
Backup administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is very very scalable because, even with a product like SaaS Protection, NetBackup has integration with them, so you can scale it.

My agency is an enterprise business. We currently back up hundreds of servers, both virtual and physical.

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Whitney Gray - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

NetBackup is very scalable. 

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TN
Senior Backup Engineer at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

It has scalability.

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ID
Ict System Support Administrator at Gans

Scalability is okay.

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PP
Team Lead, Engineer at PT. Nashta Global Utama

The solution is used in the data center only; it's not in multiple locations. 

I'd rate the scalability ten out of ten.

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HK
Solutions Architect at DXC Technology

I rate the tool’s scalability an eight out of ten.

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Suresh Pathipatti - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Technology Administrator at Aighospital

NetBackup is scalable

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VC
Customer Solution Architect, IT Outsourcing & Cloud Computing Services at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

We're quite a sizable company. We've got maybe a 1000 operations and maybe 200 people working on projects. The solution is extensively used on a daily basis by our teams.

The solution is very scalable. We've scaled it ourselves within our organization and didn't have any issues. Other companies should feel confident that they can scale as well if they need to.

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SU
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The product is scalable, and despite experiencing data growth of around 20 to 25 percent, we have been able to handle backups without encountering any issues. Currently, we have two resources working with Veritas NetBackup. However, they are not exclusively dedicated to NetBackup; they also manage different applications. We have about 400 endpoint servers. 

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CA
Data Center Administrator at Polaris

The product is scalable. It is a straightforward process, and you don't need any training. I rate it an eight out of ten. 

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HB
CTO at Pishro Data System

We have experience deploying the solution over a network of multiple sites.

There are a lot of endpoints. We have between 1,000 and 5,000 users - no more than that. We do work with servers. 

The solution scales well. As long as you have the hardware, you are fine. I'd rate scalability nine out of ten. We're working with the solution more and more. We may expand usage. 

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Giap Seng  Tay - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Manager at Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd

The scalability is okay. It covers a lot of areas that other backup solutions are not covering - such as Unix.

We're using the appliance. It's based on size and not on users.

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KK
Executive Vice President - Operations at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Scalability is a challenge because it is only available in a fixed capacity of, at least 48 terabytes, which makes it difficult to manage.

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NE
Sr Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution actually scales out very well.

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NJ
Infrastructure Delivery Manager at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

Its scalability is fine. It is an enterprise solution. It is for large data centers or large deployments. So, it scales quite well.

We have six people in the infrastructure team who work with this product.

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Roopesh Mohabeer - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Support Analyst at WARWYCK PHOENIX PCC

This is a scalable solution. We are using it to back up approximately 30 servers.

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AM
Senior Infrastructure Consultant at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

We are growing, and, at the same time, we are also doing some sort of consolidation in Singapore. Due to the fact that we are growing at a very rapid speed, we are looking at other products in the market that can deal with the big amount of data that we are going to back up and we're focusing on those that can do the work very efficiently.

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MA
Infrastructure Manager - Oracle SCM at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

It's quite scalable. We can extend it to more capacity if needed, and licensing also is available, so we are happy with it.

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IH
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

This solution is very scalable.

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Roopesh Mohabeer - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Support Analyst at WARWYCK PHOENIX PCC

The solution is scalable. The only time we need to do anything is when we're upgrading to the next version and there may be major components that need to be looked at.

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MC
IT Ops at Schmitech Inc.

The solution is scalable. About 20,000 users use the solution in our organization.

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Masood Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Hidada

Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution.

Our IT department is only using Veritas NetBackup.

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BK
Sr. System Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

This is a scalable product and it is the one that I recommend for large environments. I like the combination of Veritas and Data Domain.

In my new company, where I am now, I have three or four customers who are using this product.

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KV
Vice President of Information Technology at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

It is scalable. We have less than ten users, and they are mostly the IT staff. We don't have many users because we use a tool to back up from the central file servers. Users don't directly use it to back up on their own, but when a user needs to restore something, they come to IT.

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SB
General Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The scalability of Veritas NetBackup is not a challenge. We can deploy additional media servers or save data whenever we require.

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TS
IT Systems Engineer at Thenamaris Ships Management

I have found the scalability of Veritas NetBackup to be very good.

There are two people in my organization that do the administration of the solution and we have 400 users who indirectly use the solution.

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SS
System IT and Technologies Field Manager at Leumit Health Services

My environment is not growing very quickly, so I haven't had the opportunity to check scalability. My understanding is that it is expensive to scale.

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TL
Associate Provost, AVP at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

The solution’s scalability is good.

400 users are using this solution.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

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SM
Backup System Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The scalability depends on the specific environment you're working with. Generally, it is possible to scale the system, but this may require the installation of new components. In my company, we currently have over a thousand users who rely on it.

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KC
Solutions Architect at AspireNXT

As a cloud structure, the solution is scalable. The only issue is that data size is more than 20 PBR and requires multiple media servers and an increase in LAN or CPU, to absorb the load on the master media servers.

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WQ
Senior Systems Engineer at Ministry of Awqaf

The scalability of this solution is very good.

We have more than five thousand employees that are using the PC and connected to the network. However, this solution is limited to one department with more than one hundred employees.

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Eddie Nyimbwa - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Modelink Zambia Limited

I would rate the tool's scalability a six out of ten. You may encounter issues when you expand the tool's usage. My company has 50 endpoints for the product. 

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SH
Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We scale NetBackup, but it's never so much that we need to add a media server in our environment.

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NM
Senior Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I have used the solution is medium and large enterprise companies. It is scalable.

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FP
Senior Presales Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

You have two agents, one on the server-side and the other on the client side. For the server-side, the product is licensed using Front-End Terabytes. You must buy more Front-End Terabytes licenses for the server to scale, allowing a higher quantity of backup data. On the client side, it is easy to scale, you can add all clients as you wish. Using Windows Server or Linux Server, if you want to back up databases, such as Oracle SQL Server, or if you want to back up applications, such as SAP or Exchange, it can be done.

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RN
System Engineer with 1-10 employees

It's quite easy to scale. For every additional workload that you want to protect, you just add it on top of your server as needed. So it's easy to understand how to scale it, and it's easy to actually do so.

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AN
Senior IT Infrastructure Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

From a scalability point of view, it is fantastic. It is even possible to scale up in the newest version of this technology.

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OM
Architecte Backup at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The solution is scalable.

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it_user405480 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager - Storage & Backup at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There were no scalability issues.

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Jayson Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Data Storage at Liberty Life Association of Africa

We did not encounter any issues with scalability.

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AA
Sr. Technical Support Engineer at Veritas Partner

The scalability of this product is good.

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SJ
Backup & Storage Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

It's a scalable solution that is enterprise-level software and is used for the organization. It's not user-based, it's infrastructure-based.

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Wail Khachfa - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Specialist at Ajman Digital Government

The scalability of the product is very good. We have three to four admins dealing with the solution directly, but we do the backup for the whole organization.

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it_user722226 - PeerSpot reviewer
Linux, Backup and Storage Administrator with 10,001+ employees

Nothing so far.

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MT
Backup and Storage Specialist at a sports company with 501-1,000 employees

You can scale Veritas NetBackup, but scaling it has limitations. In terms of scalability, I'm scoring it seven out of ten.

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PK
Desktop Support Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The scalability is good. If a company needs to expand its usage, it can do so.

We have 3,000 people on the product currently. 

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JJ
Solutions Platform Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

It's a scalable solution.

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NA
Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is very easy to scale. There are two different solutions, where Backup Exec is for small to medium-sized businesses, and NetBackup is for medium to enterprise-sized organizations.n.

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it_user495396 - PeerSpot reviewer
Backup Administration Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Price is a major issue with scalability. In big environments with lots of servers, this product is quite expensive. When a single backup environment gets large, the backup catalog gets large and then your catalog backups for DR production begin to take a very long time. The database performance begins to suffer. I find a 500-700GB catalog will give the highest performance, but I wouldn’t want to get much larger than 2TB.

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HB
Domain architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

NetBackup is scalable. 

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Sivathiban Krishnamurtthu - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Director at Syscentrix

I wouldn't describe the scalability as bad. I'd say it's pretty good. We haven't had issues with the appliance when it comes to scaling.

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JG
Manager, Infrastructure & Support at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is scalable. We have one person maintaining it and our users are the IT team, the manager for infrastructure and support and about six people involved in technolgical support. 

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it_user720495 - PeerSpot reviewer
EMEA L3 Backup Integration/Build Team Leader / SME at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The number of media servers is restricted and this should be pointed out by the vendor.

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MH
System Engineer at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's easy to scale. 

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VM
Head of IS at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution.

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DD
IT Infrastructure Manager at Jonah Energy LLC

As it scales, it becomes expensive.

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MP
IT admin

The solution is easy to scale.

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KM
Symantec Business Critical Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

NetBackup is scalable.

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PK
Advisor - Solution Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Scalability depends on the customer profile. Each product has its own unique selling points, and some customers prefer to use other software like Commvault. We have most of the virtual environment in Veeam because our customers prefer it. But NetBackup is equally good.

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it_user135855 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

We did encounter some stability issues. We could not read the LT04 media on the LT05 drives. The majority of our old data was on LT04 and we could not transfer/read it. There should be interoperability on these drives.

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MW
Project Manager at Realnux

We just use it on one backup server. Our data is growing, and it is taking more time to back up our complete data. It is very slow. We want a solution that can be scaled-out to back up our data quickly and efficiently.

In terms of the number of users, we have 20 to 30 users of this solution.

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AS
Team Leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

In my experience it is scalable. We have five administrators involved in using the solution.

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SA
Senior Solutions Sales Consultant at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I would give NetBackup a 10 out of 10 for scalability. 

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NP
Alliance Manager at Berca Hardaya Perkasa

The product is scalable.

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AR
Information Technology Infrastructure Team Lead at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It's very scalable. You can start with one server and you can scale your workload and cases.

You can add different functionality with the servers. You can scale it to different sites if you need to implement the different sites and then configure replications between sites.

You can also migrate from one server to another server. If your hardware is not sufficient or if you need to refresh your hardware.

It gives you the flexibility to migrate all of the data to new hardware and to change from a single server to a cluster. You can also change from one server to an appliance.

You have all of the flexibility and scalability.

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JB
Systems Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Scalability is very good.

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AK
Senior Infrastructure Consultant at FORUM INTERNATIONAL

We have approximately 10 customers using this solution.

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LB
Systems Administrator at a logistics company with 51-200 employees

You can say that it is scalable.

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DB
Alliance Solution Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

The solution can scale. That's not a problem. I usually consult with organizations that are medium to large in size, and I know that if they need to expand or scale up, they can do so with this product.

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SB
Systems Architect at a paper AND forest products with 1,001-5,000 employees

The scalability is impressive. Our clients are mostly enterprise businesses.

At this time, we have no plans to increase our usage or move to another solution. We recently implemented this product and we are satisfied with the tasks it performs.

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JO
Solution Architect at Sites

Veritas NetBackup is very scalable. 

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RH
Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer at a government with 501-1,000 employees

No, it scales efficiently.

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HC
IT Solutions Provider at WIZERTECH INFORMATICS PVT LTD

It is scalable. Our clients include fifty to sixty IT managers that are responsible for backing up their company's data. We plan to increase this number as we add new clients.

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it_user197349 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Very scalable. Started with 20 machines, within two years, scaled to over 250 and management was just as easy.

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LI
Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This is a scalable product. NetBackup is for larger organizations.

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AG
Engineer consultant at a legal firm with 51-200 employees

Its scalability is very good so far.

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it_user184899 - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

There were no issues with scalability yet. However, our largest customer barely has 100 NBU clients.

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DA
Software Technology Specialist at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution.

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VD
Storage and Backup Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Fully scalable.

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AE
Account manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The solution is scalable.

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it_user159876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Tech Lead with 5,001-10,000 employees
Buyer's Guide
Veritas NetBackup
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Veritas NetBackup. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.