HP 4300 Series D2D

[chg_it]

Hi all,

We've just signed off a two system solution for storing Veeam backups and will be replicating one setup at our DC to a remote site.

We will be working with a supplier to implement but I just wanted to ask if anyone has any experience and thus recommendations when using these D2D appliance to store Veeam backups?

Many thanks

[Gostev]

Hi, we are using HP D2D internally at Veeam (mostly for QC purposes). Not sure if we have this specific model, but I believe same series anyway, and it seem to be working really well. Recommendations are quite standard, just like for any other dedupe storage - that is, to use No or Dedupe-friendly compression levels.

We don't have a second unit offsite though, but this should be working extremely well and traffic-efficient as well from what I know.

Thanks!

[chg_it]

Apologies, it's a 4312 series....!

[Gostev]

Looks like we have 4324

[chg_it]

Hi Gostev,

One up from us then! Are you using 10Gbe? Fibre?

What kind of throughput are you getting?

We're backing up from our HP LeftHand SAN's.


Cheers

[Gostev]

Actually, we are using just 1 Gb, and I believe source storage performance is still the limiting speed factor. The storage in QC labs is not too fancy

[chg_it]

Thanks Gostev, useful info. We're going to be in a similar position but looking to upgrade SAN connectivity to Gbe next year.

[chg_it]

Hi Gostev,

One other question for you - do you use NFS or CIFS for your backup shares on the HP D2D appliances?

Many thanks

[foggy]

I use CIFS to backup on it.

[chg_it]

That's great, many thanks and Happy Christmas!