In-line dedupe for Veeam - Using Equallogic backend

[vpock]

Hello all, thanks for taking the time to read this and possibly help!

So, we are deploying and brand-spanking new virtual infrastructure to a client, using Dell's Equallogic. In the process, we add to 6100 XS unit, making the previous 4100X unit not necessary. The client want to use the 24x900 GB PS4100X to store backup. Not a problem there. He wanted to use Windows 2012 R2 to dedupe the Veeam Files. Turns out that post-processing dedupe a 8TB VBK file takes several days, up to two weeks, to complete. Not an option.

So, if anyone has a brilliant, not too MacGyverish, idea for inline dedupe, re-using the PS4100X, i'm all ears!

Thanks fellas!

[tsightler]

Why not just use Veeam inline dedupe and reverse incremental? Veeam dedupe with reverse incremental is quite space efficient and fast. You'll probably want to split the jobs a little smaller. What are the requirements for retention?

The other options would be to split the job into smaller chunks and carve out more volumes on the EQL as Windows 2012 dedupe is per-volume/per-cpu (there can be one dedupe task for each volume up to the number of CPU cores in the box), so by having multiple smaller backups on separate volumes you can ingest far more data.

[foggy]

Dominic, this existing discussion on Best Practice for MS Server 2012 DeDup Repo should also be useful.