As part of recently announced initiatives to strengthen the partnership between HPE and Veeam for the year 2026, the Veeam Data Platform is integrating with the latest versions of HPE StoreOnce Catalyst to achieve amazing data storage reduction, remove incremental backup limits, boost restore speeds to new market levels, and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).
One of the big news items in the Enterprise Backup Storage market is undoubtedly the launch of the HPE Alletra MP X10000 for Data Protection, which delivers Backup at AI speed.
It is currently the world's fastest backup storage solution, numbers backed up by HPE's rigorous testing and real-world comparisons against publicly available performance metrics from other major enterprise backup storage vendors, as described in the official blog:
HPE sets new data protection standard with world's fastest enterprise backup storage
The architecture's strength lies in the combination of HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000, HPE´s cutting-edge object storage solution, and the new HPE Data Protection Accelerator node (DPA).
Together, they deliver high backup ingest throughput, thanks to advanced technologies like intelligent inline source-side deduplication, HPE StoreOnce Catalyst compression, all-flash NVMe-based storage, and optimized high-throughput connections to a disaggregated S3 object storage.
The HPE Data Protection Accelerator Nodes implement both StoreOnce Store and Cloud Bank Storage technologies, enabling direct, high-speed write access to Alletra MP X10000 object storage for both deduplicated and compressed data.
The backbone of this high performance is based on HPE StoreOnce Catalyst technology, an engine that transforms how data is ingested, deduplicated, and compressed during backup cycles.
It provides data reduction up to 60:1 (1) based on PPBA benchmarking. These results are based on analysis of real-world telemetry data from thousands of HPE production environments. The HPE team has analyzed global backup datasets and confirmed that just the new solution's deduplication efficiency is three times higher than previously estimated.
Also, the backup and restore performance tasks scale linearly according to the number of DPA Nodes implemented. At this moment, up to 04 DPA nodes can be associated with each Alletra MP X10000 system.
So, it´s possible to provide backup performance from 300 TB/h (01 x DPA node) to an incredible 1.2 PB/h (04 x DPA nodes) (2).
In addition, a single DPA node delivers up to 3x faster backups and 6x faster restores when compared with other similar implementations. Scaling up to 04 DPA nodes and achieving backups up to 9x faster and restores up to 22x faster.
It´s also possible to scale up the solution in storage capacity. Each DPA node supports up to 2 PB of usable object storage (after deduplication and compression) on Alletra MP X10000. As data grows, it´s just necessary to add more DPA nodes.
Veeam Certified Integrated Solution
Last January (2026-01-22), Alletra MP X10000 with DPA was certified as a Veeam Integrated solution under the description of “StoreOnce Cloud Bank Storage located on Alletra Storage MP X10000.”
For more information, access:
Veeam Alliance Partner Integrations & Qualifications
This certification demonstrates the close partnership between Veeam and HPE, commitment to quality, and ensures customer security and peace of mind.
Architecture highlights
Catalyst is a backup protocol developed by HPE to enhance data protection, making it easy to create and manage stores. It enhances performance by shifting some of the deduplication process to the client.
Catalyst StoreOnce enables client-side deduplication via the Catalyst API before data is sent to HPE StoreOnce. This saves network bandwidth, reduces backup windows, provides faster restores, and simplifies data movement management:
- During the backup job session, Catalyst analyzes data incoming to the HPE StoreOnce appliance in chunks and computes a hash value for every data chunk. Hash values are stored in an index on a flash cache.
- The Catalyst library agent calculates hash values for data chunks in a new data flow and sends the hash values to the target.
- HPE StoreOnce identifies which data blocks are already saved and communicates this information to the Catalyst library. The Catalyst library sends only unique data blocks to the target.
Cloud Bank Storage enables the Data Protection Accelerator node to write data to external Allletra MP X10000 object storage using S3. Data compression is performed by the DPA node, offloading the task from the Alletra MP X10000’s main storage controllers.
Once the DPA node identifies deduplicated data segments, they are compressed individually. Compression is applied at the block level, ensuring that even unique segments consume less physical space.
Once data deduplication is performed, the deduplicated and compressed data is stored directly in the Alletra MP X10000.
It´s important to note that the Data Protection Accelerator node is for data processing only; it´s not a storage tier. All persistent data resides on the Alletra MP X10000.
Since Veeam v12, it´s possible to add a Cloud Bank as a Veeam backup repository.
Solution´s Value
Flash-based performance, combined with parallelized data movement, accelerates backup and restore, scaling to petabyte-per-hour performance levels. By distributing data movement across multiple channels, bottlenecks are eliminated, ensuring rapid recovery even in large-scale enterprise deployments.
Data immutability is enforced via backup software integration; recovery points are tamper-proof. Even administrators cannot override immutability policies, protecting against ransomware and insider threats.
Source-Side Deduplication reduces redundant data before it ever reaches object storage, cutting down on physical capacity needs and lowering cost per effective TB.
Secure APIs & Catalyst protocol provide a hardened interface that prevents unauthorized access and injection attacks. By enforcing strict authentication and validation, the protocol ensures that only trusted backup applications can interact with the storage system.
Dual authorization on DPA. Sensitive actions like configuration changes, deletes, and updates require two authorized users, reducing the risk of accidental or malicious changes.
Multi-factor authentication is supported on both platforms, either locally or via external identity providers, adding a strong layer of credential protection.
Centralized authentication with LDAP/Active Directory integration.
Role-based access control (RBAC) on both systems. Built-in roles define granular permissions, ensuring users have access only to the functions necessary for their role, reducing the attack surface and preventing privilege misuse.
Encryption. AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.3 in flight provide industry-standard cryptographic protection. DPA supports both local and external key managers.
Secure Erase. For end-of-life or compliance-driven data destruction, the system supports NIST SP 800-88-compliant secure erase. This guarantees permanent removal of data from DPA or X10 platforms, ensuring no residual information remains accessible.
Conclusion
The Veeam Data Platform, together with the HPE Data Protection Accelerator Node for Alletra MP X10000, provides organizations with a high-performance, highly secure solution.
Deduplication and compression are accelerated to deliver petabyte-per-hour throughput, while immutability, encryption, and secure controls ensure recovery points remain tamper-proof and protected against Ransomware.
Most importantly, this integration enables fast, scalable backup restores, delivering new levels of performance in the market. It´s about minimizing downtime costs and ensuring critical applications and services are brought back online quickly after an incident.
In upcoming posts, I´ll present more details about this solution and other data protection architecture options available for the HPE Alletra MP X10000.
References
HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 | HPE
