Pure Storage FlashBlade
Alliance Partner: |
Pure Storage |
Alliance Product: |
FlashBlade |
Veeam Ready Category: |
Veeam Ready - Repository |
Category Description: |
Verified backup storage that supports all Veeam backup and restore features |
Article ID: |
132 |
Veeam Product and Release: |
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Publication date: |
2017-11-02 |
Last modified date: |
2020-11-09 |
Product Details:
Model number: Pure Storage FlashBlade
Drive quantity, size, type: 7 Blades / 8TB per blade - SSD
Firmware version: Purity//FB 2.1.0
General product family overview:
FlashBlade is a fast and dense unstructured data platform from Pure Storage that provides on-premise rapid backup and recovery of archival data. Additionally, Pure Storage FlashBlade provides high-performance in a dense-form factor for other unstructured data primary use cases such as machine learning, deep learning, and electronic design automation (EDA), among others.
Veeam testing configuration:
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: 9.5.0.823
Job Settings:
| Deduplication: | Enabled (Default) |
| Compression: | Optimal (Default) |
| Storage Optimization: | Local Target (Default) |
Repository Settings:
| Repository Type: | Shared Folder (SMB\CIFS) |
| Align backup file blocks: | Disabled (Default) |
| Decompress before storing: | Disabled (Default) |
| Per-VM Backup Files: | Enabled |
Warning about SMB Write-Through
SMB write-through is supported on this platform and was used in the Veeam Ready testing.
You must enable the SMB write-through setting on the storage to avoid issues that are described in the following knowledge base entry: KB3124.
You must enable the SMB write-through setting on the storage to avoid issues that are described in the following knowledge base entry: KB3124.
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