Healthcheck performance NAS / Gateway server

[lowlander]

Hi,

We have a NAS and gateway server connected on a remote location in a specific network segment. Some users are also connected in this network segment and experience degraded network performance during the Veeam healthcheck.

gateway server is connected to the NAS based on 1 Gbps.

- Is it possible to dual home the gateway server with an addition 10 Gbps network interface, to connect directly to the NAS ?
- Will the connection over 10 Gbps reduce the healthcheck window ( regarding procesing time ) ?

thanks !

[Andreas Neufert]

Yes, this is possible if you add the NAS connection (directly) on another IP subnetz.
Healthcheck should be accelerated of cause and not affect the other network if configured correctly.

[lowlander]

Hi Andreas,

Regarding to directly connecting the NAS to the gateway server. Am I correct that there is no need for the Veeam server ( Backup & Replication Console ) to have access to the share ?

As an example :
- VBR server is in 172.16.10.X network ( single homed );
- Gateway server is in 172.16.10.X network ( dual homed );
- Second network on the gateway server is 10.10.10.151 network ( dual homed );
- CIFS share is on 10.10.10.101 network on a NAS device;

During repository configuration on the Backup & Replication we configure:
- Shared folder \\10.10.10.151\Backup
- Gateway server : use the following server 10.10.10.101

[foggy]

Correct, backup server itself doesn't need access to the share.