Challenge
Product Information:
Company name: Hedvig Inc.
Product Family: Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform
Status: Veeam Ready - Repository
Classification Description: Verified backup storage that supports all Veeam backup and restore features.
Solution
Product Details:
Model number: Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform
Drive quantity, size, type: 1x 300GB SSD | 15x 1TB HDD (x3 Nodes)
Firmware version: 3.7.2
Connection protocol and speed: iSCSI, 10GbE
Additional support: All configurations of Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform with specifications equivalent or greater than the above
Hedvig provides multi-site software-defined storage for primary and secondary applications for private-, multi-, and hybrid-cloud deployments. Unique capabilities like replication policy, deduplication, compression, and encryption can be enabled per application. This programmable platform can scale from 10’s of TB to multi-PB with no practical limit.
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: 9.5.0.711
Job Settings:
| Deduplication: | Enabled (Default) |
| Compression: | Optimal (Default) |
| Storage Optimization: | Local Target (Default) |
Repository Settings:
| Repository Type: | Windows |
| Align backup file blocks: | Disabled (Default) |
| Decompress before storing: | Disabled (Default) |
| Per-VM Backup Files: | Enabled |