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MariaDB on CentOS vs Veeam Backup for AWS comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.0
MariaDB on CentOS reduced costs by 10-20%, improved performance, and simplified management, though some saw no savings.
Sentiment score
6.0
Veeam Backup for AWS enhances ROI with automation, faster recovery, and efficiency, despite costly pricing for low usage.
I have seen a return on investment with MariaDB on CentOS; the management is easy.
Support Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
I have seen a return on investment through specific improvements in performance optimization for the application, resulting in a better user experience.
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
Avoiding even a single major data loss or downtime incident results in significant cost savings, especially for critical applications.
Team Lead, Technical Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
We experience a good return on investment with Veeam Backup for AWS as we use it to back up more than one hundred servers, which has been very beneficial.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
easy data recovery
Senior Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
MariaDB users on CentOS value community resources highly, though some face challenges with advanced technical support escalation.
Sentiment score
7.4
Veeam Backup for AWS provides proactive and reliable support, handling issues efficiently with useful documentation and effective guidance.
The communities and the blogs are already available, and we referred to those to accomplish what we needed.
Senior Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
When we have some big problem on the database, we need to have a database administrator, not a person who reads instructions on the screen.
Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM
I was able to solve the problem autonomously.
Owner at Syntlogo GmbH
I would say the support quality is reliable and meets expectations, especially for enterprise use.
Team Lead, Technical Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
support was prompt to ask questions and provided updates to fix the problem quickly.
President at Megasetec
I rate the technical support highly because they always help us and fix any issues we encounter.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.0
MariaDB on CentOS is praised for handling growth well, easy configuration, and reasonable scalability with minor challenges.
Sentiment score
7.6
Veeam Backup for AWS scales efficiently for any organization size, though larger environments may face increased operational costs.
MariaDB on CentOS's scalability is impressive, as it easily handles the growth in data, users, and workload.
D V A 3 at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
The scalability of MariaDB on CentOS depends on the use case.
Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM
Regarding the scalability of MariaDB on CentOS, it's pretty scalable.
Support Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
It has helped us back up huge data, and it is easy to retrieve or restore, making it very scalable.
Data Engineer at Genpact - Headstrong
Veeam Backup for AWS's scalability is impressive, as it is scalable and handles all the data in my organization securely.
Regional Sales Manager at Novartis
It is able to handle any data, whether huge or small, very effectively.
Senior Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
MariaDB on CentOS is highly stable and reliable, with minimal downtime and favorable performance compared to PostgreSQL and MS SQL.
Sentiment score
8.9
Veeam Backup for AWS offers exceptional stability, reliability, and support, ensuring high performance and seamless disaster recovery integration.
I rate the reliability and stability level of MariaDB on CentOS as very high; it is among the best databases that I have ever seen.
Owner at Syntlogo GmbH
Regarding stability, I have been working on my project for the last year and, while the project has run for four to five years, I have not seen any technical glitches from MariaDB on CentOS that caused downtime.
Software Developer at Apptom
MariaDB on CentOS is very much stable in my experience.
Senior Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The reliability and stability of Veeam Backup for AWS are commendable.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
Veeam Backup for AWS is very stable, fast, and reliable.
Regional Sales Manager at Novartis
I have noticed no crashing or downtime.
Senior Dotnet Developer at Infosys
 

Room For Improvement

MariaDB on CentOS needs AI-enhanced query optimization, improved stability, and better integration compared to Postgres' diagnostics.
Veeam Backup for AWS needs interface, setup, reporting improvements, deeper AWS integration, better cost visibility, automation, and enhanced security.
Postgres is easier to work with because you can use the explain plan to see directly and immediately if your new request is good or not.
Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM
For potential improvements that could be made in the future for MariaDB on CentOS, I think two or three things are needed; one is AI to support rewriting queries because at this stage every database supports AI.
Software Developer at Apptom
I think MariaDB on CentOS needs improvements in some memory-level implementations within the operating system, as I have noticed issues related to memory orientation, such as out-of-memory problems.
D V A 3 at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
The product would benefit from adding more security features and improving compatibility with other operating systems like IBM AIX.
President at Megasetec
People must be aware of the costs associated with Veeam Backup for AWS and try to manage them. Be aware of it because this is a sudden cost and a surprising cost - what I would say is a hidden cost.
Lead Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
I would like to see features such as live replication that should allow immediate restoration with minimal time and minimal configuration.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Veeam Backup for AWS cost-effective, appreciating its integration, but caution about potential rising storage costs.
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, in our case, it was just the open-source MariaDB, so we did not require any licenses or setup costs; we just use it directly.
Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been positive since it is open source, and we did not have any issues with licensing and pricing.
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
very cost-effective and affordable
Senior Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
In terms of cost, it follows a consumption-based model, so it scales based on usage, which is good for flexibility.
Team Lead, Technical Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
Veeam Backup for AWS licensing costs are high.
President at Megasetec
 

Valuable Features

MariaDB on CentOS is valued for MySQL similarity, ease of use, high performance, open-source, security, and advanced features.
Veeam Backup for AWS provides efficient, secure backups with automation, integration, and cost savings, enhancing disaster recovery and compliance.
Many functionalities are not available in MariaDB on CentOS, so those aspects needed to be rewritten, particularly Oracle proprietary features.
Architect at LTIMindtree
We set it up for high availability in the production environment using the 2.x version and the latest version with a GUI, making it an advanced feature for high availability, especially when the master goes down, allowing the slave to take over read and write mode automatically, without any interaction or impact on the application side.
D V A 3 at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
The primary thing that we got from MariaDB on CentOS is the connection handling capability.
Senior Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Veeam Backup for AWS helps us to protect our data from accidental deletion and store data offsite in AWS, so in case a disaster happens in our data center, we can retrieve the data from AWS.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
Veeam Backup for AWS has positively impacted my organization by reducing downtime and data losses, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation, achieving cost savings of approximately 60 to 70 percent, providing ease of use and deployment, offering comprehensive backup and recovery features, and ensuring scalable performance has been high.
Data Engineer at Genpact - Headstrong
Simplicity in setting up stands out as the most valuable feature for me, as it is very easy to use, so no time is wasted using it or learning how to use it.
Regional Sales Manager at Novartis
 

Categories and Ranking

MariaDB on CentOS
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Operating Systems (OS) for Business (23rd)
Veeam Backup for AWS
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

MariaDB on CentOS and Veeam Backup for AWS aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. MariaDB on CentOS is designed for Operating Systems (OS) for Business and holds a mindshare of 0.2%, up 0.0% compared to last year.
Veeam Backup for AWS, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Backup, holds 0.6% mindshare, up 0.0% since last year.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MariaDB on CentOS0.2%
Ubuntu Linux8.0%
Windows 117.6%
Other84.2%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veeam Backup for AWS0.6%
Veeam Data Platform6.9%
Commvault Cloud4.8%
Other87.7%
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

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Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM
Performance tests have been streamlined for analysis while query tuning still needs improvement
The technical support or community support for MariaDB on CentOS is bad. There is a main problem with all the companies that sell this kind of tool and services. The first level of support is the first one you reach. When you begin to have a more difficult problem, there is no one available because sometimes you need to update the call and recall on it. This is not good because when we have some big problem on the database, we need to have a database administrator, not a person who reads instructions on the screen. It is always the same problem. My rating is two.
Gegax Robert - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
Seamless backups have transformed data protection and now safeguard critical workloads
The best features Veeam Backup for AWS offers are that it is fast and reliable, easy to use, creates image backups of PostgreSQL, allows upgrading full functions using the AWS plugin package, and enables using a single console to manage data protection and recovery. Veeam Backup for AWS has positively impacted my organization by solving the challenges of managing backup in complex AWS environments. Its features such as data deduplication and compression offered at a good price are very cost-effective. Backups are also very powerful and easy when using Veeam Backup for AWS software. Since using Veeam Backup for AWS, I have seen specific outcomes such as reduced downtime and data loss by 80% from 60%, along with compliance and risk mitigation and cost savings since it is very easy and cost-effective.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
38%
Transportation Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
University
7%
Construction Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for MariaDB on CentOS?
The major use case for MariaDB on CentOS is that we are working in IoT; we have installed some NFC meters on the network towers, basically mobile towers, for collecting metrics such as voltage, cur...
What advice do you have for others considering MariaDB on CentOS?
I have not integrated MariaDB on CentOS with MySQL; I am running purely MariaDB on CentOS. Regarding the security aspect of MariaDB on CentOS, I have used SSL, and I also use RBAC, role-based acces...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veeam Backup for AWS?
Overall, my experience with the pricing and licensing for Veeam Backup for AWS has been quite reasonable. Since we used AWS Marketplace, the licensing and billing process was straightforward and in...
What needs improvement with Veeam Backup for AWS?
Overall, Veeam Backup for AWS works well, but there are a few areas where I think it could be improved. One area is cost visibility and optimization. Since it relies on AWS snapshots and storage, i...
What is your primary use case for Veeam Backup for AWS?
Our main use case for Veeam Backup for AWS is to automate backups by creating policies for regular snapshots, such as daily or weekly backups of production servers. For example, we use an applicati...
 

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