UDT for Backup Transport with vSphere 8?

[joergr]

Hi VEEAM-Guys,

I am quite excited about the new UDT technology which has just arrived with the release of vSphere 8 (https://core.vmware.com/resource/vspher ... t#section2).

Now the one million dollar question would be.....for customers who don´t use Backup from SAN and still pulling their backups via NFC directly from ESXi - Will VEEAM B+R use UDT for transport?

Thanks

Joerg

[Gostev]

No, as VMware VDDK does not implement UDT transport mode.

[joergr]

Thanks for the very fast answer Anton, as always
I really hope, VMware will implement this as UDT could be a real game changer imho (vMotion is using it all along). And comparing with NFC it is a gargantuan difference.

[PetrM]

Hello,

By the way, I guess it might affect our Quick Migration, as we use native VMware migration mechanisms whenever possible, and they in its turn can leverage UDT.

Thanks!

[joergr]

Hello Petr,

yeah, if VEEAM Quick Migration makes use of native vsphere migrate mechanism and UDT is enabled on vmkernel level on both hosts, I am quite sure that this could use UDT for transport.

Thanks

Joerg