Veritas Access 3340 NAS Storage System

The Veritas Access 3340 NAS Storage System is an enterprise-grade, software-defined storage appliance engineered to simplify the management of unstructured data at scale. Built to handle high-capacity workloads, this solution delivers a cost-efficient path to long-term data retention, backup archiving, and comprehensive data protection across on-premises and hybrid environments. With policy-based automation, metadata-aware search, and cloud-tiering capabilities, the 3340 helps organizations reduce storage fragmentation while accelerating access to critical information whenever it’s needed most.

As a unified, software-defined NAS platform, the Veritas Access 3340 brings file-, object-, and block-storage workflows under a single, centralized management plane. It supports multi-protocol access via NFS and SMB, plus an S3-compatible object API for modern cloud-native applications, making it an ideal backbone for regulated industries, media and entertainment, research, and enterprise IT teams. The appliance is designed to scale non-disruptively, allowing you to expand capacity and performance as data grows, without compromising service levels or user experience. With built-in data protection, automated lifecycle management, and cloud integration, the Veritas Access 3340 delivers predictable performance, strong governance, and a lower total cost of ownership for long-term data strategies.

• Scale with certainty: The Veritas Access 3340 uses a software-defined architecture that lets you add capacity and processing power non-disruptively, so you can grow from terabytes to multi-petabytes as data volumes rise, without compromising performance or reliability.
• Unified data services: Access a single namespace across file, object, and block workloads. NFS and SMB protocols, plus a compatible object API, enable flexible data workflows and simplify governance in heterogeneous IT environments.
• Policy-driven lifecycle: Automate data retention, tiering, and archival policies to ensure regulatory compliance, optimize storage spend, and simplify data privacy obligations. Centralized policy enforcement means consistent behavior across sites.
• Resilience and data protection: Built-in redundancy, snapshotting, replication, and disaster recovery capabilities protect mission-critical data from hardware failures, ransomware, and site outages while enabling rapid recovery.
• Operational efficiency and insights: Centralized management, rich analytics, and automation reduce manual tasks, shorten mean time to restore, and improve operational efficiency for IT teams managing complex data ecosystems.

Technical Details of Veritas Access 3340 NAS Storage System

• Platform: Software-defined NAS appliance powered by Veritas Access software for centralized management and policy automation.
• Protocols and access: Supports NFS (v3/v4), SMB (CIFS) and S3-compatible object storage API for data ingestion and retrieval across diverse applications.
• Scalability: Designed to scale from small deployments to multi-petabyte environments with non-disruptive expansion options.
• Data protection: Snapshots, replication, disaster recovery, and integrated backup capabilities to safeguard data across sites and cloud targets.
• Management and integration: Centralized administration via Veritas Admin Console, with policy-based automation and integration with Veritas data-protection and information-management products.

How to install Veritas Access 3340 NAS Storage System

• Plan and prepare: Assess your data growth, choose appropriate protocol configurations, and map out storage tiers (hot, warm, cold) aligned with retention requirements and budget.
• Rack, power, and network: Deploy the appliance in a secure data-center rack, connect redundant power sources, and attach network interfaces to your management and data networks for high availability.
• Initial software setup: Boot the Veritas Access software, configure the primary cluster, and verify hardware health, firmware levels, and baseline performance metrics.
• Create storage pools and namespaces: Define storage pools, assign block, file, and object resources, and establish namespaces or virtual folders to organize data for easy policy application.
• Define policies and tiering: Implement automated retention, archival, and cloud-tiering policies that align with regulatory needs and business processes, then test with representative data.
• Enable data protection: Configure snapshots, replication, and disaster recovery workflows to protect against data loss and facilitate rapid recovery.
• Integrate with backup and cloud: Connect Veritas NetBackup or other backup tools as needed, and configure cloud storage targets for offsite retention and archiving.
• Validation and go-live: Run a pilot with representative workloads, monitor performance, and adjust parameters before full-scale deployment across sites.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: Is the Veritas Access 3340 suitable for cloud integration? A: Yes. The system includes cloud-tiering capabilities and an S3-compatible object API to enable hybrid deployments and seamless data movement between on-premises and cloud storage.
• Q: What protocols are supported by the Veritas Access 3340? A: It supports NFS and SMB for traditional file access, along with an object storage API for modern cloud-native and software-defined workflows.
• Q: Can capacity be expanded without downtime? A: The architecture is designed for non-disruptive growth, allowing you to add storage and processing resources as data scales without interrupting active workloads.
• Q: What data protection features are included? A: Built-in snapshots, replication, disaster recovery capabilities, and integrated backup options help safeguard data against hardware failures and site outages while enabling rapid restoration.
• Q: How does it support regulatory compliance and retention requirements? A: Policy-based lifecycle management, automated archival, and centralized governance help enforce retention rules consistently across all data sets and sites.