Challenge
Product Information:
Company name: DataCore
Product Family: SANSymphony
Status: Veeam Ready - Repository*
Classification Description: Verified backup storage that supports all Veeam backup and restore features.
| *This Veeam Ready test was performed with an SSD/Flash configuration. As such, this classification only applies to configurations in which all SSD drives are used. The use of non-SSD drives may impact performance. |
Solution
Product Details:
Model number: SANSymphony
Drive quantity, size, type: 4 - 450GB, SSD
Firmware version: 10.0
Connection protocol and speed: iSCSI - 10GbE
SANsymphony
https://www.datacore.com/products/datacore-sansymphony
DataCore™ Hyper-converged Virtual SAN
https://www.datacore.com/products/datacore-hyper-converged-virtual-san
Both products (above) are share a common code base, implementation use case and license keys differentiate products. For this test, SANsymphony and Hyperconverged Virtual SAN were configured using a 10GB iSCSI SAN connection. However, all popular line speeds found in typical iSCSI SAN environments are available (e.g. 25, 40, 100 Gb/s). In addition, the SANsymphony family of products is also compatible with the Fibre Channel SANs as deployed in customer environments at all popular speeds (4, 8, 16, 32 Gb/s).
See the DataCore technical support site for All Qualification and Host Configuration Guides (Previous hyper link references https://datacore.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/838) to check DataCore Software's minimum pre-requisites in the General category and the Qualified hardware components in the DataCore Server category for more information.
Veeam testing configuration:
| Note: The following settings were used by the vendor to meet Veeam Ready testing requirements and should not be considered best practices. Additional changes or settings may be needed to meet the storage efficiency or performance needs for each environment. For each setting, reference links are provided for further clarification. |
Veeam Build Number: 9.5.0.1038
Job Settings:
| Deduplication: | Enabled (Default) |
| Compression: | Optimal (Default) |
| Storage Optimization: | Local Target (Default) |
Repository Settings:
| Repository Type: | Windows |
| Align backup file blocks: | Enabled |
| Decompress before storing: | Disabled (Default) |
| Per-VM Backup Files: | Enabled |