Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

The Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System is engineered to elevate your data protection strategy, delivering robust performance, scalable capacity, and seamless integration with Veritas NetBackup software. Built to meet the demands of modern data centers, it supports both virtual and physical environments, enabling organizations to consolidate backup targets, reduce management complexity, and accelerate recovery times. With a focus on reliability, efficiency, and security, the 5340 provides a flexible foundation for protecting mission-critical data across on-premises, remote, and cloud-connected workloads. This storage system is designed to optimize backup windows, simplify recovery workflows, and enable proactive protection across diverse IT environments.

• Unmatched performance and scalable capacity that empower rapid backups, quick restores, and minimal downtime. The NetBackup 5340 is engineered to handle large-scale data protection workloads, delivering the throughput required for back-ups of complex virtualized environments, databases, and file systems while maintaining low latency for demanding recovery tasks.
• Optimized for virtual and physical environments. Whether you operate on VMware, Hyper-V, or physical servers, this SAN storage system integrates tightly with Veritas NetBackup, enabling policy-driven protection, streamlined catalog management, and consolidated backup targeting across mixed environments to simplify administration and reduce backup windows.
• Advanced data protection features for comprehensive security and resilience. Expect inline data reduction options such as deduplication and compression, encryption at rest and in transit, replication for DR readiness, and point-in-time snapshots that speed up granular recovery while minimizing risk of data loss.
• Modular scalability and high availability for growing data estates. Expand capacity with scalable shelves and add resilience with redundant controllers, hot-swappable drives, and non-disruptive upgrades. The architecture is designed to maintain service levels during growth, ensuring continuous protection and access even under peak workloads.
• Unified management and cloud-ready integration. Centralized, policy-based automation coupled with intuitive dashboards helps you monitor protection status, verify recoveries, and optimize storage utilization. Seamless integration with cloud DR targets and cross-site replication enables flexible disaster recovery strategies and long-term data retention options.

Technical Details of Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

• Form factor: Rack-mounted enterprise-grade SAN storage system designed for data centers and scalable to meet growing protection needs.
• Storage capacity: Scalable architecture with expansion capabilities to accommodate increasing backup data volumes while maintaining performance targets.
• Connectivity: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and SAS connectivity options to support diverse SAN fabrics and integration with existing infrastructure.
• Performance characteristics: Optimized I/O paths and throughput designed for backup workloads, enabling rapid data ingestion and fast recovery times across virtual and physical hosts.
• High availability: Redundant controllers, hot-swappable components, dual power supplies, and failover mechanisms to ensure continuous protection and access even during maintenance or component failures.
• Security and data protection: Encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access control, secure administration, and easy-to-implement data integrity checks to safeguard sensitive information.
• Software integration: Native integration with Veritas NetBackup for streamlined protection workflows, policy-based scheduling, and centralized catalog management across multiple protection domains.
• Management tooling: Centralized management interface with visibility into backup status, storage utilization, and performance metrics, plus automation features to reduce manual tasks and human error.

How to install Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

• Plan capacity, protection policies, and integration points with your existing NetBackup server and management consoles to align the new storage system with your DR and retention requirements.
• Physically rack-mount the 5340 unit in a suitable data-center cabinet, ensure proper ventilation, and connect to your SAN fabric using the appropriate Fibre Channel or iSCSI pathways.
• Power up the system, complete initial hardware checks, and verify redundancy components are online. Access the management interface and confirm firmware and firmware-level compatibility with your NetBackup software version.
• Configure storage units, define protection policies, and map storage targets to the NetBackup server. Set rotation, retention, deduplication, and encryption settings as required by your data protection strategy.
• Perform an initial test backup and a verify restore to validate connectivity, performance, and recovery workflows. Monitor for any bottlenecks and adjust provisioning or network settings to ensure optimal operation.

Frequently asked questions

• What is Veritas NetBackup 5340 used for? It is a scalable SAN storage system designed to work with Veritas NetBackup to provide enterprise-grade backup and recovery capabilities for virtual and physical environments, with features that optimize performance, protection, and restore times.
• Can the 5340 be integrated with cloud-based DR? Yes, it supports cloud-ready integration and cross-site replication to enable flexible disaster recovery strategies and off-site data protection.
• Does the system support data deduplication and encryption? Yes, it offers data reduction options such as deduplication and encryption at rest and in transit to enhance storage efficiency and security.
• Is the 5340 suitable for mixed environments? Absolutely. It is designed to protect data across virtual machines, physical servers, and hybrid environments, consolidating backup targets for easier management.
• How does high availability work on this system? The architecture includes redundant controllers, hot-swappable drives, and enterprise-grade failover mechanisms to maintain protection and access even during maintenance or component failures.
• What are the deployment considerations? Plan capacity and retention, ensure compatibility with your NetBackup version, verify SAN connectivity, and test restores regularly to verify policy accuracy and recovery objectives.