Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage
Alliance Partner: |
Quantum Corporation |
Alliance Product: |
ActiveScale Object Storage |
Program Category: |
Veeam Ready Repository - Archive Target |
Category Description: |
Archival object storage-based backup target solutions that are confirmed to be compatible with Veeam Backup & Replication's feature Archive Tier |
Article ID: |
1766 |
Veeam Product(s): |
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Features and Attributes: |
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Publication date: |
2025-12-18 |
Last modified date: |
2025-12-18 |
Product Details
Software version: Active Scale 6.5, Active Scale 7.0
Storage Category: S3 compatible object storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 36 x 10 TB HDDs
Cluster configuration: 3-node cluster. Each node consists of 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz, 64 GB memory, and 12 disks.
Storage configuration: ActiveScale is a software defined object store. Each drive is treated as an individual storage unit. Data protection and durability is achieved by erasure encoding objects and storing the “shards” over multiple disks.
Connection speed: 10 GbE
Additional support: Deployments of ActiveScale Object Storage 6.5 or 7.0 for S3 compatible storage on hardware with specifications equivalent or greater than above.
General product family overview:
Quantum ActiveScale is an object storage software based solution designed for massive data archives and offering storage for both active and cold data.
Storage Category: S3 compatible object storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 36 x 10 TB HDDs
Cluster configuration: 3-node cluster. Each node consists of 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz, 64 GB memory, and 12 disks.
Storage configuration: ActiveScale is a software defined object store. Each drive is treated as an individual storage unit. Data protection and durability is achieved by erasure encoding objects and storing the “shards” over multiple disks.
Connection speed: 10 GbE
Additional support: Deployments of ActiveScale Object Storage 6.5 or 7.0 for S3 compatible storage on hardware with specifications equivalent or greater than above.
General product family overview:
Quantum ActiveScale is an object storage software based solution designed for massive data archives and offering storage for both active and cold data.
Veeam Testing Configuration
Veeam Testing Configuration for ActiveScale 6.5:
Veeam Backup & Replication Build Number: 12.1.1.56
Veeam Testing Configuration for ActiveScale 7.0:
Veeam Backup & Replication Build Number: 12.1.2.172
Vendor recommended configuration
Vendor Settings:
- Array deduplication used in testing: No
- Array compression used in testing: No
- Multipathing / link aggregation used: No
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