Case Study: Afrihost achieves 600% savings on VMware backup and replication costs with NAKIVO Backup & Replication

NAKIVO Saves 600% on VMware Backup and Replication Costs for One of Africa's Largest ISPs

Afrihost, a leading African ISP and web hosting provider, operates two high-end VMware virtualized data centers with thousands of VMs running a wide range of services and databases. The company faced high licensing and maintenance costs, a complex Windows-based backup interface, and insufficient APIs to automate VM backup and replication, prompting a search for a more reliable, cost-effective solution.

After evaluating top vendors, Afrihost selected NAKIVO Backup & Replication, which delivered superior backup/replication performance, a Linux-based, modular architecture, an intuitive web UI, and affordable pricing. NAKIVO implemented requested features (datastore cluster support and APIs) during the POC, enabling full automation of VM protection—new VMs are auto-added and decommissioned VMs removed—resulting in simplified lifecycle management, higher performance, and over 600% savings on VM protection costs.

Afrihost

Brendan Armstrong

Chief Technology Officer