iXsystems TrueNAS M-Series Certified for Veeam Backup and Replication

iXsystems, Inc. announced the certification of its TrueNAS M-Series for Veeam Software, Inc.‘s Backup and Replication.

The TrueNAS and M50 models performed up to five times better in certification tests than Veeam requirements. With this certification the complete line of iXsystems hybrid storage products, which include the TrueNAS X10, X20, M40 and M50 storage arrays, have passed the Veeam Backup and Replication v9.5 for VMware certification tests, confirming that TrueNAS integrates with Veeam software to provide VM-aware backup and storage.

The TrueNAS X10 and X20 are cost-effective enterprise storage solutions that are designed to help small and midsize businesses modernize their storage infrastructures and were announced in the middle of 2017. The TrueNAS M40 and M50 are the performance models in the company’s hybrid, unified storage product line, and were announced in early April of this year.

Veeam certification tests the speed and effectiveness of the storage repository using a testing methodology defined by Veeam for full backups, full restores, synthetic full backups, and instant VM recovery from within the Veeam Backup and Recovery environment.

As a unified file, block, and object sharing solution, TrueNAS can meet the needs of backup and virtualization use cases thanks to its unified support for the SMB, NFS, AFP, iSCSI, and FC protocols.

Testing configuration:
A TrueNAS M-Series Hybrid Storage array was configured to hold 8.4TB of Veeam – provided data and served as the repository of the Veeam backup images generated by the certification testing. Two of the four certification tests required that these images be used during restoration.

Two servers, each with dual Xeon v4 CPUs, were used to run the certification tests. These servers hosted all necessary VMs, including the Windows Server that ran the Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 software. In addition, these servers locally stored the test Windows server VMs and ran the vCenter server VM.

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Results
Following the requirements of the ‘Performance Testing Guide for Backup Storage’ provided by Veeam, the TrueNAS M-Series test results exceeded Veeam’s certification requirements by two to five times. This certification shows that the TrueNAS M-Series is for supporting Veeam backups, helping customers meet their backup SLAs and putting IT at ease. There is an company’s blog for the M-Series describing the tests and test results.

Customers have success implementing the TrueNAS storage platform as the backup and recovery storage repository within their Veeam infrastructure. TrueNAS configurations include flash-assisted or all-flash storage solutions. Both have fast performance, share the same workflow, and act as a SAN and a NAS, meeting the needs of any enterprise storage and backup workload.

It offers HA to provide non-disruptive firmware updates, around-the-clock backup services, and zero downtime. It uses OpenZFS, which ensures that backup images can be retained and replicated with guaranteed long-term data integrity.

TrueNAS backup solutions with Veeam start at less than $10,000 and scale at approximately $100/TB.

“Many clients are moving to a virtualized data center and Veeam is strategically focused on this market. The combined strengths of Veeam and TrueNAS give clients a VM-aware backup and restore solution with safe, high-performance, high-value, and self-healing storage. Surveys show that more than half of our customers use TrueNAS to store their backup images and Veeam is the #1 backup product they utilize. With a TrueNAS unified storage array and Veeam Backup and Replication, IT staff can sleep well at night,” said Gary Archer, director, storage marketing,

“The Veeam backups are working great. I am using Veeam’s Direct SAN Access transport mode which connects directly to the TrueNAS using iSCSI which improves the data transfer throughput and reduces the amount of time it takes to backup each VM,” said Todd Lamonia, president and CEO, IT Worldwide Services.

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