Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System

Introducing the Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System — an advanced, Information-Defined appliance engineered for modern data centers that demand resilience, performance, and intelligent data management. This enterprise-grade storage solution unifies on-premises speed with cloud agility, delivering on-demand data protection, automated tiering, and seamless integration with both public and private cloud environments. The Flex 5340 is designed to simplify complex data workflows, reduce downtime, and optimize storage costs through policy-driven management, robust high-availability features, and deep interoperability with the Veritas software ecosystem.

• Key feature: A high-availability architecture with automated failover and non-disruptive maintenance that keeps critical applications online and data accessible even during upgrades or component failures.
• Intelligent data tiering: Policy-based tiering moves data across hot, warm, and cold tiers—from on-premises flash to scalable cloud storage—balancing performance and cost while preserving data locality for faster access when needed.
• Information-Defined storage: Metadata-centric governance and policy enforcement deliver proactive data management, automated lifecycle policies, and scalable growth without sacrificing control or compliance.
• Cloud-native protection and DR: Native integration for backup, replication, and disaster recovery across hybrid ecosystems, enabling quick recovery objectives and streamlined business continuity planning.
• Security and governance: Enterprise-grade encryption, role-based access controls, and audit trails support regulatory compliance and secure collaboration across teams and locations.

Technical Details of Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System

• UPC/SKU: N/A
• Product Type: Information-Defined NAS Storage System
• Form Factor: Enterprise rack-mount appliance
• Connectivity: Ethernet network interfaces with scalable throughput (configuration-dependent)
• Platform: Veritas Information-Defined Storage (IDS) with hybrid cloud capabilities
• Standard Capabilities: Data protection, automated tiering, policy-based management, high availability, disaster recovery, and cloud integration

How to install Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System

Prepare your environment with sufficient rack space, cooling, and power, and ensure you have the required licenses for data protection, tiering, and cloud integration. Plan the network topology to support high availability and multi-path I/O, and verify that your management workstation can reach the appliance’s management interface.

• Unbox and mount the Flex 5340 in a standard 19-inch rack, securing it with rack rails and ensuring proper airflow.
• Connect power cables and attach redundant power feeds if available to support high-availability operation.
• Connect network interfaces to a redundant, low-latency Ethernet fabric, and configure basic network settings via the initial setup wizard (IP address, DNS, NTP).
• Activate licenses for data protection, cloud tiering, and any optional features, then update firmware to the latest validated release.
• Define storage pools and volumes, create tiering policies, and establish cloud targets (public or private) for on-demand data movement and DR replication.
• Configure user access and roles, integrate with authentication services (such as LDAP/SSO), and enable encryption at rest and in transit where required.
• Set up data protection policies (backup, replication, retention) and schedule initial data protection jobs to validate successful operation.
• Perform a non-disruptive failover test to confirm high-availability functionality and ensure recovery points align with RPO/RTO objectives.
• Monitor system health through the management console, verify performance metrics align with workload expectations, and establish alerting for proactive maintenance.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What is the Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System?
• A: It is an Information-Defined NAS appliance designed for hybrid data management, delivering on-demand data protection, automated tiering to cloud environments, and high availability to minimize downtime.
• Q: How does cloud tiering work in this system?
• A: The system uses policy-driven rules to move data between on-premises storage and public or private cloud tiers based on data access patterns, cost considerations, and performance requirements, ensuring hot data remains readily accessible while colder data resides cost-efficiently in the cloud.
• Q: What does high availability mean for my workloads?
• A: High availability ensures continuous access to data and services through redundant components, automatic failover, and non-disruptive maintenance, reducing the risk of downtime during hardware failures or maintenance activities.
• Q: Can this system integrate with existing Veritas software?
• A: Yes. It is designed to integrate with Veritas data management tools for backup, recovery, governance, and policy orchestration, enabling a unified approach to data protection across hybrid environments.
• Q: What kind of environments is the Flex 5340 suitable for?
• A: It is ideal for enterprise data centers and hybrid cloud deployments that require resilient storage, scalable capacity, automated data management, and efficient disaster recovery across on-premises and cloud platforms.