Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System

The Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System is engineered for the performance demands and data protection requirements of modern enterprises. This Information-Defined appliance blends intelligent data management with scalable storage, delivering resilient, high-availability performance, automated tiering to both public and private clouds, and a unified management experience. Designed to support mission-critical workloads—from databases and analytics to virtualized environments and backup consolidation—the 5340 is built to scale, secure, and adapt as your data grows. It brings together robust protection, streamlined administration, and cloud-ready capabilities to help organizations reduce risk, lower cost of ownership, and accelerate time to insight.

• High availability and fault tolerance: dual active-active controllers, redundant power and cooling, and non-disruptive failover ensure continued access to data even during maintenance or hardware failures, minimizing downtime and protecting business continuity.
• Information-Defined storage with intelligent tiering: policy-driven data placement and automated tiering to both public and private clouds optimize cost, performance, and latency, ensuring hot data stays on fast media while colder data moves to cost-effective tiers.
• Comprehensive data protection: advanced snapshots, policy-based replication, and encryption at rest and in transit deliver robust protection against data loss and ransomware, with simple recovery options for rapid restoration.
• Performance and scalability: high IOPS and throughput, scalable capacity through expansion shelves, and seamless integration with virtualization and cloud platforms to support growing workloads without compromise.
• Unified management and ecosystem integrations: a centralized management console with automation and REST APIs, plus compatibility with VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, and major cloud providers for streamlined operations and smooth deployment.

Technical Details of Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System

• Model: Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System
• Form factor: 2U appliance with dual active-active controllers and redundant, hot-swappable components
• Storage architecture: Information-Defined storage with inline deduplication and data compression to optimize efficiency and capacity
• Capacity and scalability: scalable architecture designed for multi-petabyte deployments with expansion shelves and tiering across on-premises and cloud environments
• Networking: supports high-speed interfaces and scalable connectivity options to meet demanding I/O requirements (LAN/WAN, management network, and data paths)
• Cloud tiering: policy-driven tiering to public and private clouds, enabling seamless data movement based on access patterns and business rules
• Data protection: built-in snapshots, asynchronous and synchronous replication, and encryption at rest and in transit for end-to-end security
• Security and compliance: role-based access, audit trails, and support for encryption standards to help meet regulatory requirements
• Management and integration: centralized management with dashboards, REST APIs, and broad ecosystem compatibility with virtualization and container platforms

How to Install Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System

• Prepare the data center: rack-mount the appliance in a suitable 19-inch rack, ensure proper cooling, and verify power availability for redundant supply paths.
• Connect networking: attach data and management networks to appropriate switches or direct connections, establishing private and trusted paths for administration and data traffic.
• Power up and initial boot: power on the system and allow the initialization sequence to complete, monitoring indicators for healthy controller and drive status.
• Run the configuration wizard: access the management interface to configure core settings, including network addresses, time synchronization, and authentication providers.
• Create storage pools and volumes: define storage pools, assign disk groups, and provision volumes with appropriate performance and protection policies.
• Enable HA and failover: configure the high-availability pair, confirm heartbeat connectivity, and perform a non-disruptive failover test to validate redundancy.
• Set up data protection policies: configure snapshots, replication schedules, retention policies, and encryption settings to meet your recovery objectives.
• Implement cloud tiering: activate automated policy-based tiering to selected public or private cloud endpoints, aligning data placement with access patterns and cost goals.
• Validate and optimize: run workload tests, monitor performance metrics, and adjust QoS, tiering rules, and protection settings for optimal operation.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What is the Veritas Flex System 5340 HA NAS Storage System best suited for?
  A: It is designed for enterprises that require robust data protection, scalable on-premises storage, and seamless cloud tiering to support databases, virtualization, backups, analytics, and compliance-driven workloads.
• Q: How does cloud tiering benefit my organization?
  A: Cloud tiering moves less frequently accessed data to cost-effective cloud storage while keeping hot data on fast local media, reducing on-site costs and improving overall storage efficiency without sacrificing performance.
• Q: What level of data protection does the system provide?
  A: The platform includes snapshots, replication to remote sites, encryption at rest and in transit, and policy-driven retention to help mitigate data loss from ransomware or hardware failures.
• Q: Is the system compatible with virtualization platforms?
  A: Yes, it integrates with popular virtualization and cloud ecosystems, including VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, and other containerized environments, enabling streamlined data management across diverse workloads.
• Q: Can this system scale to multi-petabyte deployments?
  A: Absolutely. The architecture supports expansion shelves and tiered storage that grows with your data requirements while maintaining performance and reliability.