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Nexsan Unity

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Alliance Partner:

Nexsan
Alliance Product:

Unity
Program Category:

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Category Description:

Solutions certified as a primary backup target. Passing all compatibility/functional tests, as well as extensive performance tests for both backup and restore operations
Article ID:

1515
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 12
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Disk iSCSI
Publication date:

2025-06-23
Last modified date:

2025-06-23
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.

Product Details

Model number: Unity NV4000
Storage Category: RAID Storage Array
Drive quantity, size, type: 

  • 4 x 1.98 TB SAS SSD Fast Tier
  • 20 x 4TB SAS HDDs 

Storage configuration: Two RAID 6 sets (10 HDDs each) were created, and two controllers were used (one pool per controller). Each controller pool was assigned 2 x 1.92TB SAS SSDs: one for Read cache, one for Write cache (Fast Tier 1). Each controller configured with the standard 128GB DRAM.  
Firmware version: 7.2.0.77240
Connection protocol and speed: iSCSI, 10 GbE
Additional support: All configurations of Nexsan Unity with specifications equivalent to or greater than the above.

General product family overview:
Nexsan Unity is a unified on-premises storage solution (4U NAS, 24bay,  2 controllers).

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Build Number: 12.2.0.334

Vendor recommended configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Caching used: Yes
  • Read/write caching: 2 x SAS SSD Fast Tier drives per controller: one for Read cache, one for Write cache (2 controllers were used)
  • Networking: MTU=9000
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: No
  • Array deduplication used in testing: No
  • Array compression used in testing: No

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