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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series DE6500

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Alliance Partner:

Lenovo
Alliance Product:

ThinkSystem DE 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:

2985
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 13
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Disk iSCSI
Publication date:

2026-10-06
Last modified date:

2026-10-06
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/version number: DE6500
Firmware version: 02.10.01 (12.1)
Storage Category: All-flash storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 36 x 800GB SSD (PX05SVB080)
Storage configuration: RAID6
Connection protocol and speed: iSCSI, 25 GbE
Operating system: Windows
File system: ReFS
Additional support: All configurations of Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series DE6500 with specifications equivalent or greater than the above.


General product family overview:
The DE6500 delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities in performance-optimized systems with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features. 

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Build Number: 13.1.1.18

Vendor Recommended Configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Caching used: Yes
  • Read/write caching: Enables the retention of recently accessed data in a read cache to speed up subsequent requests for that data. Enables writing data to a write cache, which stores data from the host that has not yet been written to the drives, increasing write performance. The data stays in the write cache until it is written to the drives.
  • Networking: MTU = 9000
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: RRWS, 2 ports per controller 
  • Array deduplication used in testing: No
  • Array compression used in testing: No

 

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