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Seagate Technology - Exos X Series

Alliance Partner:

Seagate Technology
Alliance Product:

Exos X Series
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:

232
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 10
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Disk iSCSI
Publication date:

2020-08-04
Last modified date:

2022-09-21

Solution

Product Details:

Model number: Exos X 2U12 Enclosure with Exos X 3005 iSCSI RAID Controller
Storage Category: RAID Storage Array
Drive quantity, size, type: 12 – 12TB SAS
Storage configuration: RAID6, 8+2 drives and 2 dedicated spares.
Firmware version: GT265R009-03
Connection protocol and speed: ISCSI 10 GbE
Additional support: All configurations of Exos X 2U12 Enclosure with Exos X 3005 iSCSI RAID Controller with specifications equivalent or greater than the above

General product family overview:

Seagate produces disk drives, disk enclosures and disk controllers. The enclosures differ according to the quantity and size of disk drive that they take, while controllers range from entry-level to high performance. The RAID controllers and enclosures can be used in almost any combination. The smallest enclosure option, containing the fewest number of drives and the entry-level controller, was used for the testing.

 

Veeam testing 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: 10.0.0.4461 P2

Job Settings:

Deduplication: Enabled (Default)
Compression: Optimal (Default)
Storage Optimization: Local Target (Default)

 

Repository Settings:

Repository Type: Windows
Align backup file blocks: Enabled
Decompress before storing: Disabled (Default)
Per-VM Backup Files: Disabled (Default)

 

Vendor recommended configuration:

Hardware Settings:

  • Default storage settings used, other than:
    • RAID type to RAID 6 (8+2)
    • chunk size to 64KB

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