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NetApp portfolio products updated for Veeam Ready Version 12

Pybarra
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If you are using NetApp products with Veeam. A few products are now Veeam Ready for VBR 12. Please see below😀.

 

The NetApp E-Series storage platform has been validated for VBR v12. This platform is used as a high-performance SAN for Veeam repositories used with Windows ReFS or Linux XFS.

It is also targeted as a Linux Hardened Repository when Volumes are presented to a Linux platform. The model validated is a hybrid model. Please see details below.

NetApp E2800 Hybrid-Flash Array

https://www.veeam.com/sys395

 

The NetApp StorageGRID platform is an S3 object storage. It supports immutability with Object lock. It is positioned as an enterprise grade on-prem object storage platform.

It was previously used as a capacity tier in VBR v11. It can now be used as a direct to object platform. Please use caution when sizing this platform. There are some known limitations in SG 11.6 see NetApp KB Article below.

https://kb.netapp.com/hybrid/StorageGRID/Object_Mgmt/Slow_listing_on_StorageGRID_bucket

 

NetApp StorageGRID
https://www.veeam.com/sys345

The NetApp ONTAP S3 protocol has been validated with ONTAP 9.12.1. This is the first time it has made it to VR status. It does not support as many features as the NetApp SG platform like erasure coding, Object Lock, ILM etc.

It is also positioned as a lower tier object storage platform by NetApp. The marketing limit is 300 TB, so they do not cannibalize the NetApp StorageGrid Sales. It can probably scale beyond that though. There will be additional roadmap enhancements coming.

NetApp ONTAP S3 (NEW)
https://www.veeam.com/sys539

 

 

6 comments

Chris.Childerhose
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Thanks for the update Pete. 👍

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
MatzeB
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Hi @Pybarra ,

thanks for the update - this is a topic we deal with too, especially the Storage GRID topic. So I would have a few questions...

If I'm reading this correctly there are two specific outcomes:
- use best Storage GRID 11.7 or higher
- You should set the consistency level explicitly, but to which setting? all / strong-global / strong-site or avaliable? The setting read-after-new-write is the default.

Also there is a comment:
"StorageGRID-based solutions must be sized for both capacity and performance for proper operation." --> Based on which sizer is it best to do this?


Regarding Ontap S3:
Tested with an A800, which is definitely a HighEnd system. Now it is of course interesting for which systems the certification also applies, the wording here is misleading.

"All models and configurations of NetApp ONTAP S3 (9.12.1) running on AFF A800 for S3 compatible storage with specifications equivalent or greater than the above."

So what?
- All Models with NetApp ONTAP S3 (9.12.1)? also HDD?
- All Models with NetApp ONTAP S3 (9.12.1) and only SSDs?
- Only AFF A800?

 

Regards

Matze

Matthias Beller - VMCA2022/2020 | VMCE2023/2021/2020 | Veeam Vanguard
coolsport00
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Thanks for sharing Pete. Appreciate it. 

Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
Pybarra
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Hi @Pybarra ,

thanks for the update - this is a topic we deal with too, especially the Storage GRID topic. So I would have a few questions...

If I'm reading this correctly there are two specific outcomes:
- use best Storage GRID 11.7 or higher
- You should set the consistency level explicitly, but to which setting? all / strong-global / strong-site or avaliable? The setting read-after-new-write is the default.

Also there is a comment:
"StorageGRID-based solutions must be sized for both capacity and performance for proper operation." --> Based on which sizer is it best to do this?


Regarding Ontap S3:
Tested with an A800, which is definitely a HighEnd system. Now it is of course interesting for which systems the certification also applies, the wording here is misleading.

"All models and configurations of NetApp ONTAP S3 (9.12.1) running on AFF A800 for S3 compatible storage with specifications equivalent or greater than the above."

So what?
- All Models with NetApp ONTAP S3 (9.12.1)? also HDD?
- All Models with NetApp ONTAP S3 (9.12.1) and only SSDs?
- Only AFF A800?

 

Regards

Matze

Hi @matzen thank you for your questions. Veeam supports strong consistency only. NetApp has multiple ways to set consistency we validate with strong consistency and it has to be enabled for Veeam. In the VR12 test it was probably set at the site level. It would be recommended if you have a Geo GRID with multiple sites then you have to enable global consistency. NetApp has a StorageGRID sizing calculator that takes our calculator input and determines size and model. For ONTAP S3 NetApp only tested with a high-end platform. This means they also have to qualify entry and mid-range models. AFF is only with SSDs and not HDDs. They would also have to test the FAS which is hybrid and the new C-Series models. They were informed about our Veeam Ready methodology. I hope this helps😀.

Pete

Pybarra
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Thanks for sharing Pete. Appreciate it. Thanks@coolsport00 😀

 

Pybarra
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Thanks for the update Pete. 👍

Thank you @Chris.Childerhose 😀

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