So, what is it exactly that makes a physical server with internal (or direct attached) storage the best choice for storing backups? It's cheap, because in most cases you don't even have to buy one - any virtualization project leaves plenty of those behind (and if not, then you are doing something wrong). And even if you run out of space for more hard drives within the enclosure, you can still grow capacity in a very cost effective manner by direct attaching JBOD, which are quite cheap. Sure, you can probably build even cheaper, or faster, or more reliable target - but the above route will always provide for the best possible combination of all three.
VEEAM BACKUP SOLUTION WINDOWS
Take any decommissioned physical Windows or Linux server, stuff it with a bunch of hard drives - and you get the most economical, fast and reliable target for Veeam B&R you can possibly get at this price point. What if I told you that you can get a very reliable and fast backup storage without actually having to buy one? Thanks to B&R's architecture, you can do this. But, what about lower end storage systems? Most people seem to think "since I need the cheapest storage for my backups, I will just buy the cheapest NAS", which is actually a bad choice! Those cheap NAS devices are neither reliable (top cause of corrupted backup files), nor fast (too few spindles and dual 1Gb Ethernet connectivity at best), nor they are actually the cheapest option (comparing to another one you get with Veeam). Higher-end storage is usually easy - if you have big money to spend, you will get great results with most of the available options, be it serious deduplicating storage device or high-capacity SAN. What is the best primary storage for Veeam backups? This is certainly in the top 10 questions I get from our partners who want to build the complete solution for their clients in the most optimal manner. Below, I'm quoting a couple of weekly forum digest articles from earlier this year where I have discussed such backup targets in more details. This topic is the continuation of the previous discussion, where some recommendations were no longer correct because they were made a few years ago, and the product architecture has changed significantly since then.Īt this time, the best low end primary backup storage for Veeam is Windows or Linux server with internal or direct attached (JBOD) storage. In fact, V11 is so highly optimized for deployments on general-purpose servers that backup performance can exceed 11GB/s with a single box! This recommendation is still valid in 2021.
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