Cloudian tested Veeam with HyperFile\HyperStore configured in a typical deployment and found that the tiering capability between HyperFile and HyperStore did not suit the IO operations that Veeam required to reconstruct data on recoveries. In the case of Veeam backup, S3 storage is not compatible as the primary backup target and iSCSI or NFS storage is required. HyperFile is typically deployed when there is an application need for scale-out storage, there is an appropriate workload (larger files, lots of files) and the application does not support the S3 API natively. The HyperFile cache storage system is typically sized to meet the storage needs for short-term data retention before it is picked up and moved to HyperStore. HyperFile is a ZFS-based storage platform and uses a local disk cache for the initial ingestion of data, which is managed by a policy-based engine to then move the data to HyperStore for longer data retention. In addition to HyperStore, Cloudian also provides the HyperFile NAS gateway which provides applications and users a translation layer between network file systems (NFS\SMB) and object storage (S3 restful API).
Veeam uses a policy-based engine to move the initial backup files from the primary repository to Cloudian planning support for direct backup to Cloudian HyperStore using the S3 API HyperStore for longer-term data retention. This storage tier is where Veaam carries out its data deduplication work and creates its backup files. It also enables automatic offsite backup copies, with both on-premises and offsite backups accessible from a single namespace.Īlthough Veeam is, currently a block or file storage platform is required to accept and store the initial backup writes. Veeam Cloud Tier enables native S3 API connectivity to the Cloudian HyperStore object storage platform for usage as an on-premises secondary backup target, providing exabyte scalability. Veeam 9.5 Update 4 introduced S3 connectivity capabilities with the introduction of Cloud Tier.
Neil Stobart, Vice President of Global System Engineering, Cloudian
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