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NetApp StorageGRID

Veeam Ready - Object
Alliance Partner:

NetApp
Alliance Product:

StorageGRID
Program Category:

Veeam Ready - Object
Category Description:

Secondary backup target solutions that support object storage are confirmed to be compatible with Veeam products’ object storage features, and meet or exceed performance tests
Article ID:

345
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 12
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 7.0
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8
  • Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6.0
  • Veeam Agent for Linux 6.0
  • Veeam Agent for Mac 2.0
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Object
  • Immutability
Publication date:

2021-08-27
Last modified date:

2024-12-17

Important note: This verification was performed using four (4) nodes of the SG5712 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.

IAM/STS functionality is not supported by the solution.
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: SG5712
Storage Category: S3 Compatible Object Storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 48 x 4TB NL-SAS
Storage configuration: DDP8: 4 x SG5712 StorageGRID appliances each with 12x4TB NL-SAS drives, configured using dynamic disk pools (8+2)
Cluster configuration: 4 x SG5712 with SG1000 load balancer
Firmware version: StorageGRID11.6, StorageGRID11.8, StorageGRID 11.9 
Connection protocol and speed: 10GbE for StorageGRID11.6 and StorageGRID 11.9; 25GbE for StorageGRID11.8
Additional support: All models and configurations of StorageGRID 11.6, StorageGRID11.8, and StorageGRID11.9 (SG5712 appliance) for S3 compatible storage 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 SG5712 StorageGRID appliance is an integrated storage and computing platform that operates as a Storage Node in a StorageGRID grid.

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Testing Configuration for StorageGRID 11.6:
Veeam Build Number: 12.0.0.1420 P20230412

Veeam Testing Configuration for StorageGRID 11.8:
Veeam Build Number: 12.1.2.172

Veeam Testing Configuration for StorageGRID 11.9:
Veeam Build Number: 12.2.0.334

Vendor recommended configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Networking: MTU=9000
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: Yes, LACP (over 4 10Gb physical interfaces)
  • Array deduplication used: No
  • Array compression used: No

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