Challenge
Product Information:
Company name: Qumulo
Product Family: Qumulo HPE Apollo 4200 Series
Status: Veeam Ready - Repository
Classification Description: Verified backup storage that supports all Veeam backup and restore features.
| *This Veeam Ready test was performed with storage having a configuration that includes SSD/Flash. As such, this classification only applies to similar configurations in which the same amount or more SSD drives are used. The use of non-SSD drives may negatively impact performance. |
Solution
Product Details:
Model number: Qumulo HPE Apollo 336T
Storage Category: Hybrid Storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 24 – 14TB SATA HDDs and 4 – 1.9TB SATA SSDs per node
Storage configuration: 4 node configuration, erasure encoded
Firmware version: Qumulo Core 2.14.0
Connection protocol and speed: SMB – 25GbE
Additional support: All models and configurations of Qumulo HPE Apollo 4200 Series with specifications equivalent or greater than the above. Qumulo HPE Apollo 4200 series includes multiple capacity points (90T, 180T, 192T, 288T, and 336T) with similar performance characteristics.
The Qumulo HPE Apollo 4200 is a 2U Hybrid Flash Appliance. 4 nodes create an initial cluster. Qumulo Core software provides a high performance, scale-out NAS with SMB/NFS/FTP/RESTful protocol interfaces and standard enterprise features.
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: 9.5.4.2866
Job Settings:
| Deduplication: | Enabled (Default) |
| Compression: | Optimal (Default) |
| Storage Optimization: | LAN Target |
Repository Settings:
| Repository Type: | Shared Folder (SMB\CIFS) |
| Align backup file blocks: | Disabled (Default) |
| Decompress before storing: | Disabled (Default) |
| Per-VM Backup Files: | Enabled |
Vendor recommended configuration:
Hardware Settings:
- No array deduplication used in testing
- No array compression used in testing