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NetApp StorageGRID All-Flash

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Alliance Partner:

NetApp
Alliance Product:

StorageGRID All-Flash
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:

885
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 13
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 12
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Object
  • Immutability
  • Governance
Publication date:

2024-02-08
Last modified date:

2026-10-22
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.

Important note:

StorageGRID 12.1 verification was performed using four (4) nodes of the SGF6112 StorageGRID appliance with the SG1000 load balancer.

The storage solution must be appropriately sized, considering both capacity and performance, to ensure proper operation. Additionally, both the storage solution and the Veeam deployment must be configured in accordance with the StorageGRID best practices for deployment with Veeam Backup and Replication.

Strong Consistency must be explicitly enabled in the configuration settings to meet the compatibility requirements for Veeam Backup and Replication v12. Please follow the vendor's guidelines on steps to be taken for the proper configuration.

Product Details

Model number: SGF6112
Storage Category: All-Flash storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 4 nodes, each node has 12 x 1.9TB NVMe (X4200A)
Storage configuration: 2 separate RAID 5 pools that are partitioned into volumes used for storage. With 6 drives in each.
Cluster configuration: 1x Admin/Gateway node and 4x SG6112 nodes with SG1000 load balancer
Software version: StorageGRID 12.1
Connection protocol and speed: 25 GbE Object
Additional support: All configurations of StorageGRID 12.1 ( SGF6112 appliance) with specifications equivalent or greater than the above.  

General product family overview:
The NetApp® StorageGRID® object storage solution is used on premises to store unstructured data at scale. It helps organizations maintain a geographically dispersed datastore for unstructured data.
The StorageGRID SGF6112 is an all-flash appliance that operates as a Storage Node in a StorageGRID system.

Best practices: https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/storagegrid-enable/tools-apps-guides/veeam-br.html

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Build Number: 13.1.1.18

Vendor recommended configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Caching used: No
  • Networking: MTU=9000
  • Array deduplication used in testing: No
  • Array compression used in testing: No
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: LACP, 4 ports
Details on NetApp StorageGRID All-Flash testing with Veeam Backup & Replication v12
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.

Important note: This validation was performed using three (3) nodes of the SGF6112 StorageGRID appliance with SG1000 load balancer.

The storage solution must be appropriately sized, considering both capacity and performance, to ensure proper operation. Additionally, both the storage solution and the Veeam deployment must be configured in accordance with the StorageGRID best practices for deployment with Veeam Backup and Replication.

Strong Consistency must be explicitly enabled in the configuration settings to meet the compatibility requirements for Veeam Backup and Replication v12. Please follow the vendor's guidelines on steps to be taken for the proper configuration.
Please note: Governance was tested only with Veeam Backup & Replication v13

Product Details

Model number: SGF6112
Storage Category: All-Flash storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 3 nodes, each node has 12 x 1.9TB NVMe
Storage configuration: RAID 5 (2x 6 disk RAID 5 arrays)
Cluster configuration: 3x SGF6112 with SG1000 load balancer
Firmware version: StorageGRID 11.9
Connection protocol and speed: 4x25 GbE Object
Additional support: All configurations of StorageGRID 11.9 ( SGF6112 appliance) with specifications equivalent or greater than the above.  

General product family overview:
The NetApp® StorageGRID® object storage solution is used on premises to store unstructured data at scale. It helps organizations maintain a geographically dispersed datastore for unstructured data. StorageGRID offers native support for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) APIs.
The StorageGRID SGF6112 is an all-flash appliance that operates as a Storage Node in a StorageGRID system.
Product details for StorageGRID 11.7 verification
Model number: SGF6112
Storage Category: All-Flash storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 3 nodes, each node has 12 x 1.9TB NVMe
Storage configuration: RAID 5 (2x 6 disk RAID 5 arrays)
Cluster configuration: 3x SGF6112 with SG1000 load balancer
Firmware version: StorageGRID 11.7
Connection protocol and speed: 10 GbE Object
Additional support: All configurations of StorageGRID 11.7 ( SGF6112 appliance) with specifications equivalent or greater than the above.  

General product family overview:
The NetApp® StorageGRID® object storage solution is used on premises to store unstructured data at scale. It helps organizations maintain a geographically dispersed datastore for unstructured data. StorageGRID offers native support for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) APIs.
The StorageGRID SGF6112 is an all-flash appliance that operates as a Storage Node in a StorageGRID system.

Veeam Testing Configuration

StorageGRID version  Veeam Build Number
StorageGRID 11.9 12.2.0.334
StorageGRID 11.7 12.1.0.2131

Vendor recommended configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Caching used: No
  • Networking: MTU=9000
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: LACP, 4 NICs used
  • Array deduplication used in testing: No
  • Array compression used in testing: No

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