IBM FlashSystem
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IBM |
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FlashSystem |
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Veeam Ready - Repository |
Category Description: |
Primary backup target solutions that have been qualified as meeting or exceeding both functional and performance tests for backup and restore operations. |
Article ID: |
654 |
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Publication date: |
2023-08-14 |
Last modified date: |
2023-08-14 |
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.
Product Details
Model number: IBM FlashSystem 7200, MTM: 2076-824
Storage Category: All Flash Storage
Drive quantity, size, type: IBM NVMe FlashCore Modules, 12 x 4.8TB
Storage configuration: DRAID 6
Firmware version: 8.6.0.0
Connection protocol and speed: 25 GbE iSCSI
Additional support: All models and configurations of IBM FlashSystem 7200 with specifications equivalent or greater than the above.
General product family overview:
A FlashSystem 7200 control enclosure consists of two node canisters that each run IBM Storage Virtualize software, which is part of the IBM Spectrum Storage family.
Control enclosures contain NVMe flash drives and a pair of node canisters. Each system contains up to 24 NVMe-attached IBM FlashCore Modules or other self-encrypting NVMe-attached SSD drives. The nodes in a system operate as a single system and present a single point of control for system management and service.
Storage Category: All Flash Storage
Drive quantity, size, type: IBM NVMe FlashCore Modules, 12 x 4.8TB
Storage configuration: DRAID 6
Firmware version: 8.6.0.0
Connection protocol and speed: 25 GbE iSCSI
Additional support: All models and configurations of IBM FlashSystem 7200 with specifications equivalent or greater than the above.
General product family overview:
A FlashSystem 7200 control enclosure consists of two node canisters that each run IBM Storage Virtualize software, which is part of the IBM Spectrum Storage family.
Control enclosures contain NVMe flash drives and a pair of node canisters. Each system contains up to 24 NVMe-attached IBM FlashCore Modules or other self-encrypting NVMe-attached SSD drives. The nodes in a system operate as a single system and present a single point of control for system management and service.
Veeam Testing Configuration
Veeam Build Number: 12.0.0.1420 P20230718
Vendor recommended configuration
Vendor Settings:
- Caching used: Caching enabled
- Read/write caching: Read/write cache: 768GB
For caching details please refer to chapter “5.12 Volume cache mode” in the IBM redbooks publication: https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248503.pdf - Multipathing / link aggregation used: MPIO
- Array deduplication used in testing: No
- Array compression used in testing: FlashCore Modules use internal compression on the drive, no further compression is done on array level.
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