Choosing Between Snapshots and Backups? Use Both
Let's settle the old debate: snapshots or backups for data protection? The answer is you need both, working together.
The Problem
VMware snapshots are great for quick rollbacks, but they create redo logs that strain storage IO and need eventual consolidation. During active snapshots, your storage reads multiple files simultaneously, potentially impacting production.
Storage snapshots like Pure's are instantaneous and lightweight, but they capture entire volumes at once, are only crash-consistent, and require full restores or manual workarounds to extract specific data.
Neither alone covers every recovery scenario you'll face.
The Solution
Integrate VMware, Pure Storage, and Veeam into a cohesive platform:
- Leverage Pure snapshots for fast, efficient data capture without production impact
- Use Veeam to orchestrate application-consistent backups and enable granular restores
- Keep snapshots close to the source for quick recovery
- Maintain backup files for long-term retention
- Replicate everything to DR sites with the same capabilities
The Payoff
One integrated solution gives you flexibility for any situation: ransomware recovery from immutable snapshots, granular file restores, site failovers, or long-term archive retrieval. All without impacting production.
Modern data protection isn't about picking sides. It's about making your storage, hypervisor, and backup solution work together intelligently.
Hear more here on Pure360 Pure Storage and Veeam- Why Architecture Matters
