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Dell PowerScale

Veeam Ready - Repository
Alliance Partner:

Dell Technologies

Alliance Product:

PowerScale (formerly Isilon)

Program Category:

Veeam Ready - Repository

Category Description:

Verified backup storage that supports all Veeam backup and restore features.

Article ID:

264

Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 12
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Disk SMB
Publication date:

2021-04-27

Last modified date:

2023-06-07

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.
SMB write-through is supported on this platform and was used in the Veeam Ready testing. Continuous availability must be enabled for SMB share at the time of creation as it cannot be configured retrospectively. For more details about continuous availability read more at KB3124

Product Details

Model number: A300
Storage Category: Scale-out NAS
Drive quantity, size, type: 15 – 4TB SATA HDD, 2 – 1.6TB SSD (per node)
Storage configuration: Default +2d:1n protection was used (OneFS erasure coding protection level that protects against two drive failures or one node failure)
Firmware version: OneFS 9.5
Connection protocol and speed: SMB 25 GbE
Additional support: All models and configurations of PowerScale (formerly Isilon) with specifications equivalent or greater than the above

General product family overview:
PowerScale is a scale-out NAS that supports 3 to 252 nodes in a cluster.  Files are automatically distributed, balanced, and protected across the cluster and all files are accessible from all nodes.

 

Veeam testing configuration

Veeam Build Number: 12.0.0.1420 P20230223

Vendor recommended configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Does vendor solution support SMB write-through? Yes, SMB3 Continuous Availability was enabled which uses write-through.  To enable, create a new SMB share with the option “Enable continuous availability on the share” selected.  This setting cannot be disabled and cannot be enabled on existing shares, only new shares.
  • Was SMB write-through enabled during the testing? Yes
  • Caching used: SSD
  • Read/write caching: The OneFS L1, L2, and L3 cache are described in the following article

Additional Considerations:

  • Dell PowerScale has a default maximum file size of 4TiB, optionally 16TiB on supported cluster configurations. Active Full + Incremental processing is advised.
  • Veeam Scale Out Backup Repository can distribute the load across the PowerScale cluster via multiple Backup Repository Extents each defined to use a different cluster node DNS A record and path. When backups exceed the maximum file size (as noted above), even with Veeam deduplication and compression, other considerations should be made such as the below software.
  • The dsmISI software automates load balancing, mitigate file size limitations, and supports block cloning for fast synthetic processing and to save space (Read More).

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