Challenge
Product Information:
Company name: Promise Technology
Product Family: Vess R3000 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: R3600xiS/R3600xiD
Storage Category: Hybrid RAID Storage Array
Drive quantity, size, type: 20 – 960/1920GB SSDs, 96 – multi-size SAS/SATA HDDs
Storage configuration: RAID6
Firmware version: FCS(13.03.0000.07)
Connection protocol and speed: 10 GbE iSCSI
Additional support: All models and configurations of Vess R3000 (including R3600xiS/R3600xiD,R3600tiS/R3600tiD, R3604fiS/R3604fiD) with specifications equivalent or greater than the above
The Vess R3K Series unified storage appliance consolidates both block and file protocols onto a single hardware platform, providing today’s SMB IT operations with cost-effective ways to be flexible, meet performance goals while simplifying storage administration. High availability features design with active-active configuration, the Vess R3K Series storage solutions can be used in data-intensive environments such as virtualized, cloud data centers or mid-size to large scale surveillance installations utilizing the VESS A Series products where no downtime is required.
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: | Local Target (Default) |
Repository Settings:
| Repository Type: | Windows |
| 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
- Multipathing used in testing - MPIO