Case Study: L&L Energy, Inc achieves reliable, affordable backups and 24/7 email access with Veeam

Veeam Essentials ideal for a small business with limited support staff and budget constraints

L&L Energy, Inc., a Seattle‑based coal‑mining company with about 30 employees (many in China), relied heavily on email but had no reliable backup after a major systems crash. With a single IT manager responsible for all systems, the company needed an affordable, easy‑to‑manage backup and replication solution to protect data and keep email available around the clock.

The company implemented Veeam Essentials (Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE) across a fully virtualized environment (two ESX hosts, 14 VMs). Veeam provided simple deployment and daily automated monitoring, fast nightly backups (about 900 GB in ~1 hour), full replication and off‑site copies, and easy file- and server-level recovery — delivering reliable 24/7 email access and cost-effective disaster recovery that a one‑person IT team can manage.

L&L Energy, Inc

Jason Knight

IT Manager