Case Study: Buurst (SoftNAS) cuts backup costs 75% and enables Amazon Cloud VM backups with NAKIVO

NAKIVO Enables VM Backup to Amazon Cloud for SoftNAS while Cutting Backup Costs by 75%

SoftNAS, a leading provider of software-defined NAS, needed a reliable way to protect its VMware-based R&D environment (16 ESXi hosts and 105 VMs) by backing up mission-critical VMs to the cloud for disaster recovery. Their previous backup solution lacked built-in cloud backup, offered only job-level deduplication (causing duplicate storage across jobs), had a complex interface, and carried high yearly maintenance costs.

NAKIVO Backup & Replication delivered a simple web-based solution with one-click Amazon Cloud backup, global block-level deduplication and compression, and VM replication for near-instant recovery. SoftNAS now backs up to Amazon for offsite DR, uses replicas for rapid operational recovery, and achieved 25% storage savings plus more than 50% savings versus prior maintenance—reducing overall backup expenses by about 75%.

Buurst

Rick Braddy

Founder & CEO