Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Alliance Partner:

Lenovo

Alliance Product:

ThinkSystem DS 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:

3004

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

2026-10-13

Last modified date:

2026-10-13

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: DS3200
Storage Category: RAID Storage Array
Drive quantity, size, type: 24 x 1.92TB NVMe SSD (WZ-WLR1T9C)
Storage configuration: RAID-DP. The RAID used by ONTAP is a modified RAID 4. It stores data in horizontal rows, calculates parity for data in the row, then stores the parity in a separate row parity disk.
Software version: ONTAP 9.19.1
Connection protocol and speed: iSCSI 25 GbE
Operating system: Windows Server 2025
File system: ReFS
Additional support: All configurations of Lenovo U.S. ThinkSystem DS Series with specifications equivalent or greater than the above

General product family overview: Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series storage systems are high-performance, 2U rack-mount, dual-controller, all-flash Storage Area Network (SAN) arrays powered by ONTAP software for demanding block workloads.

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Build Number: 13.1.1.18

Vendor Recommended Configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Caching used: Yes
  • Read/write caching: 16GB NVMEM/NVRAM
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: Symmetric Active-Active, 2 ports
  • Array deduplication used in testing: Yes
  • Array compression used in testing: Yes