Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

The Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System is engineered for enterprise data centers that demand robust backup, rapid recovery, and scalable performance across virtual and physical environments. Built to integrate seamlessly with Veritas NetBackup software, this storage solution delivers centralized data protection, streamlined administration, and resilient reliability for diverse workloads. Whether you’re protecting critical databases, virtual machines, file shares, or mixed workloads, the NetBackup 5340 is designed to keep data secure, accessible, and recoverable with minimal disruption.

• Unmatched performance and scalable capacity: Engineered for enterprise-scale backup workflows, the NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System delivers high throughput and growth-ready architecture that adapts as your data footprint expands. With optimized I/O paths and modular expansion, you can accelerate backups, reduce backup windows, and shorten recovery times across demanding environments.
• Seamless integration with Veritas NetBackup: This storage system is purpose-built to pair with NetBackup software, enabling policy-driven automation, application-aware backups, and consistent protection across virtual machines, bare-metal servers, and cloud endpoints. Coherent integration simplifies management and enhances recovery assurance.
• Advanced data efficiency for cost containment: Benefit from inline deduplication, compression, and intelligent data reduction techniques that minimize storage consumption and network bandwidth for off-site replication. Lowering total cost of ownership helps you protect more data with fewer resources.
• Enterprise-grade reliability and availability: Redundant components, hot-swappable drives, mirrored cache, and fault-tolerant design provide continuous protection even during maintenance. Non-disruptive upgrades and automatic failover capabilities help maintain service levels for critical backup windows.
• Unified management, security, and scalability: A centralized management experience with role-based access control, encryption at rest, and secure network interfaces ensures data protection compliance. The system’s modular architecture supports incremental growth to meet evolving protection needs and compliance requirements.

Technical Details of Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

• Architecture and purpose: Enterprise-grade SAN storage system designed to accompany Veritas NetBackup deployments, balancing performance, protection, and scalability for mixed workloads in virtual and physical data centers.
• Drive and media support: Supports a range of storage media options (including high-capacity HDDs and high-performance solid-state drives) with modular expansion shelves to accommodate growing backup pipelines and retention requirements.
• Connectivity and interfaces: Front-end SAN connectivity with industry-standard interfaces (such as Fibre Channel and Ethernet-based paths) to integrate with existing data center networks. Supports efficient data movement between production systems and backup targets.
• Data protection features: Built-in redundancy, hardware-assisted RAID, and data integrity checks, complemented by NetBackup software features like policy-based protection, application-consistent backups, and rapid recovery capabilities.
• Data efficiency and replication: Inline deduplication and compression to minimize storage footprint; secure, policy-driven replication options to protect data across sites or disaster recovery targets.
• Security and compliance: Encryption at rest options, centralized access controls, and integration with enterprise identity management to support regulatory requirements and data sovereignty.
• Management and interoperability: Centralized management through NetBackup or compatible admin tools, with support for virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V) and compatibility with cloud tiering or object storage targets for long-term retention.
• Reliability and serviceability: Redundant controllers, hot-swappable components, and proactive health monitoring to reduce downtime, simplify serviceability, and extend system life cycle.
• Compliance with standards: Designed to align with industry best practices for enterprise backup, ensuring interoperability with leading backup software, virtualization platforms, and storage networks.

How to Install Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

• Plan and assess your protection requirements, including data growth projections, recovery objectives, and retention policies. Verify that your NetBackup software version is compatible with the 5340 hardware and that network fabrics meet throughput and zoning needs for SAN access.
• Unbox and rack the system in a suitable data-center or server room environment. Connect power and network cabling, following vendor guidelines for airflow, cable management, and weight distribution. Ensure redundant power feeds are in place for high availability.
• Power on the system and perform initial hardware health checks through the embedded management interface. Confirm that redundant components, controllers, and expansion modules initialize correctly and that all firmware levels are up to date.
• Configure storage pools, LUNs or volumes, and the storage topology in alignment with your NetBackup storage policies. Establish the appropriate access controls and masking so only authorized servers and clients can access backup targets.
• Integrate with Veritas NetBackup: install or verify the NetBackup client and master server components, connect the 5340 as a backup target, and set up backup policies, schedules, and retention. Validate application-consistent backups for supported workloads (databases, virtualization platforms, and file systems).
• Test a full backup and a restore scenario to verify performance, data integrity, and recovery timelines. Monitor the process for bottlenecks, adjust deduplication settings if needed, and ensure off-site replication or cloud tiering is functioning as intended.
• Implement ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and firmware update procedures. Establish routine health checks, alerting, and capacity planning to accommodate future growth while maintaining service levels.
• Document the deployment, including network paths, storage topology, backup policies, and recovery procedures. Train the relevant teams on operational workflows, incident response, and change-management processes to ensure consistent protection over time.

Frequently asked questions

• What is the Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System best suited for? It is designed for enterprise data centers that require scalable, reliable, and efficient backup storage with deep integration to Veritas NetBackup software, supporting both virtualized and physical environments and enabling rapid backups and restores across diverse workloads.
• How does it integrate with virtualization platforms? The 5340 supports integration with popular virtualization platforms, enabling consistent backups of VMs, containers, and associated workloads, with application-aware protection for critical databases and services.
• What data protection features are included? It includes redundancy, fault-tolerant design, data integrity checks, encryption at rest options, and compatibility with NetBackup policy-based protection, deduplication, compression, and secure replication.
• Can I scale storage without downtime? Yes. The architecture is modular and supports expanding capacity and performance with minimal disruption, allowing non-disruptive upgrades and expansion as protection needs grow.
• What are the typical use cases? Large-scale backups, disaster recovery replication, long-term retention with tiering to cloud or object storage, and protection of mixed environments including databases, virtual machines, file services, and hybrid workloads.
• What security features are available? Encryption at rest, role-based access control, and integration with enterprise security frameworks to help meet compliance and governance requirements.
• Is there vendor support and maintenance available? Yes. Veritas and partner networks provide ongoing hardware maintenance, firmware updates, and software support to help ensure protection SLAs are met and environments stay current.