Hi Veeam community
The calculator team just posted the latest build of the Veeam Calculators. You can read all about the new feature additions here: Calculators 1.2 released! | Veeam Community Resource Hub.
I want to take a second to spotlight the addition of the simple Veeam Data Cloud Vault calculator.
The calculators have been able to do Vault calculations for about the last 6 months or so, but in this release, and following the release of VDC Vault 2.0, we wanted to pare down the interface and make something really easy to use. We just ask the questions 'how much and for how long?'. From there you'll be given an estimate on your VDC Vault required capacity. Simple.
A couple of notes:
- 'Source Data' refers to the...well...source. That is to say, an estimate of how much is in your datacenter and within scope. The maths behind data reduction, the magic of Veeam datamovers, repo types...all that stuff is applied but hidden away.
- Advanced mode opens up some additional variables if needed. For example, if you plan to 'stub' the source data using a Capacity Tier Move policy, have a definite change rate or a specific forecast period and data growth rate. This mode also allows you to specify an immutability period if you need that to differ from your retention period (Veeam Vault is immutable whatever the case).
- For power users who need to do more exacting calculations then 'Veeam Vault' is still available in the standard Calculator when you include object storage in your calculations. The maths behind that has been updated too!
Remember, the Veeam calcs are able to run in mobile and desktop mode, so we hope this new simple Vault calculator will be a useful tool for quick and easy calculations.
Happy number crunching.