Case Study: Blokker B.V. achieves 83% faster VM backups and 99% faster file recovery with Veeam

Retailer is Sold on Veeam for Modern Data Protection

Blokker B.V., a major Dutch retail chain operating more than 800 stores in the Netherlands and Belgium, struggled with an aging backup solution for its largely virtualized VMware environment. Backups were slow (taking up to 12 hours), agent-dependent (risking missed backups after upgrades), consumed excessive storage, and left lingering snapshots that degraded production performance — so the IT team needed a modern, agentless data protection and monitoring solution.

They deployed Veeam Backup Management Suite to provide agentless VM backups, built-in deduplication/compression, and real-time monitoring. Backups now complete every night in about two hours (≈83% faster), file-level restores drop from hours to roughly two minutes (≈99% faster), and retained backup history expanded from days to three weeks. Veeam’s monitoring and reporting also gave the team proactive visibility and confidence in recoverability through SureBackup and U-AIR testing.

Blokker BV

Joost Hermans

IT Systems Administrator, Blokker B.V.