Veeam backup: the best object storage solution

Are you considering integrating S3 into your Veeam backup strategy? Congratulations, you’re on the right track! Object storage (S3) and Veeam form an ideal combination to ensure the security, availability, and longevity of your data, especially when building cloud backup solutions that are scalable and sovereign. In this article, we introduce Leviia Storag3, a solution we’ve designed and refined to be, in our view, the ideal object storage solution for your Veeam backups. It also supports policy-driven automation and ensures compliance requirements are met for organizations operating in regulated environments.

Why is the S3 and Veeam combination a great idea?

Object storage (S3) stands out for its flexibility, scalability, and affordability. Paired with a robust solution like Veeam, it provides an advanced and resilient backup infrastructure. This is especially important for organizations seeking data resilience and robust cyber resilience in the face of increasing threats. As part of your backup strategy, object storage enables:

1. Storing a copy of your data offsite, in a geographically distant location such as a data center, away from your primary site or hosting provider;
2. Compatibility with a wide range of storage media, including external hard drives, magnetic tapes, SSDs, and on-premises storage servers;
3. Creating multiple backup copies of your data. This is certainly the case with Leviia Storag3, which offers data replication across its various remote data centers (Gravelines, Roubaix, Strasbourg). These backup copies contribute to disaster recovery and data protection strategies tailored for enterprise needs.

Veeam, trusted by thousands of businesses, is a leading player in backup and data recovery management. It’s particularly valued for its reliability and ease of use. Whether for small environments or large-scale complex infrastructures, Veeam provides a highly adaptable and reliable backup solution. Features like instant VM recovery, virtual machine recovery, and image-level backups make it a top-tier choice among enterprise backup software. One of Veeam’s key strengths is its extensive compatibility with various storage solutions, including object storage. It is a core component of the Veeam Data Platform and plays a key role in Microsoft 365 backup and Kubernetes backup strategies.

The Veeam and Leviia Object Storage (S3-compatible) combination: a high-performing, secure, and cost-effective choice.

If you’re looking for the optimal combination of performance, security, and cost, Leviia’s S3-compatible cloud object storage solution seems like a smart choice. Here’s why in five key points:

1. Competitive pricing

With Leviia, object storage costs are approximately 80% lower than Amazon S3, with no hidden fees. Additionally, there are no egress fees with Leviia, allowing you to test your Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) at no extra cost. This makes it a cost-effective backup solution, especially for businesses managing backup scalability across multiple sites.

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2. Data sovereignty

At Leviia, we are committed to respecting your data sovereignty. Your information is stored by a French company in data centers located in France, ensuring optimal protection and confidentiality in compliance with European and French data protection regulations. This level of cloud storage integration is crucial for meeting both security and compliance demands within a Zero Trust Architecture framework.

3. Enhanced security

Leviia Object Storage offers advanced security features: server-side and client-side encryption, versioning to retain all versions of your data, locking/immutable backups to prevent accidental or malicious modifications or deletions, and comprehensive management of credentials or buckets to control and restrict data access to specific individuals. These features are essential for ransomware protection and support the implementation of immutable backups.

4. High availability

Leviia’s solutions ensure high availability by replicating data across three remote data centers. This means your data remains accessible even in the event of hardware failure, loss of a storage site, or natural disaster. Combined with backup verification mechanisms and automated backup policies, this guarantees reliable backup and replication processes.

5. Ease of use

Leviia’s management interface is user-friendly and intuitive, allowing you to manage your backups autonomously without needing specialized staff. This ease of use also extends to granular recovery options and application-item recovery, allowing teams to restore what matters most without full system restores.

Connecting Veeam to Leviia’s Object Storage solution: a simple and quick process

In addition to these benefits, connecting your Veeam solution to Leviia’s S3 service is a straightforward and fast process. Once you’ve created your Leviia account, you can easily generate access credentials for your storage space. These credentials allow you to configure your Veeam solution to connect to your Leviia S3 storage space. Whether you’re leveraging AWS backup solutions or implementing a broader multi-cloud strategy, this seamless integration enhances your backup infrastructure.

You can find the documentation and step-by-step instructions in our wiki here.

In summary, choosing to integrate Leviia’s S3 service into your Veeam backup strategy is a strategic decision that ensures better data protection, high availability, and sovereign control of your data. As cloud-native backup becomes the norm, having the right tools for data restoration and effective data management is more important than ever.