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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Alliance Partner:

Lenovo
Alliance Product:

ThinkSystem
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:

1865
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 13
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 12
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Disk DAS
Publication date:

2025-11-18
Last modified date:

2026-08-03

Product Details

Model number: SR650 V4
Storage Category: RAID Storage Array
Drive quantity, size, type: 8 x 2.4 TB HDD (ST2400MM0129)
Storage configuration: RAID 50 128k strip size
Firmware version: UEFI  1.41 (Build ID: IHE118B)
Operating system: Veeam Infrastructure Appliance; Veeam Software Appliance
File system: XFS
Connection protocol and speed: Direct attached, 12 Gbit/s SAS-3
Additional support: All configurations of Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 with specifications equivalent or greater than the above

General product family overview:
The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 is a 2-socket 2U rack server powered by Intel Xeon 6700-series or Xeon 6500-series processors, with Performance-cores (P-cores), formerly codenamed "Granite Rapids-SP".

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Build Number: 13.0.2.29

Vendor recommended configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Caching used: Yes
  • Read/write caching: Write Policy: Unprotected Write Back Read Policy: Read Ahead  Drive Cache: Enabled  I/O Policy: Direct
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: No
  • Array deduplication used in testing: No
  • Array compression used in testing: No
Details on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 testing with Veeam Backup & Replication v12

Product Details

Model number: SR650 V4
Storage Category: RAID Storage Array
Drive quantity, size, type: 5 x 1.2TB SAS HDD (ThinkSystem 2.5" 1.2TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD)
Storage configuration: RAID 5
Firmware version: BMC version 1.70, UEFI version 1.40
Operating system: Windows Server 2022
Connection protocol and speed: Direct attached, 12 Gbit/s SAS-3
Additional support: All configurations of Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 with specifications equivalent or greater than the above

General product family overview:
The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 is a 2-socket 2U rack server powered by Intel Xeon 6700-series or Xeon 6500-series processors, with Performance-cores (P-cores), formerly codenamed "Granite Rapids-SP".

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Build Number: 12.3.2.3617

Vendor recommended configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Caching used: Yes
  • Read/write caching: Write-back (ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter)
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: No
  • Array deduplication used in testing: No
  • Array compression used in testing: No

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