Advanced ReFS integration coming in Veeam Availability Suite 9.5

September 15, 2016

In my last post, I outlined a number of new enterprise scalability features: Backup acceleration technologies, full VM restore acceleration technologies and core engine enhancements. Part of the announcement for 9.5 was about the new advanced ReFS integration, which I’ll cover in this post as it is a significant technology for Veeam. Let’s dig in!

Advanced ReFS integration

The final 9.5 feature I will cover today is arguably the most amazing feature of 9.5: Advanced ReFS integration. Resilient File System (ReFS) is a new file system of Windows Server operating systems, and the Windows Server 2016 version brings new capabilities that Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 leverages in order to provide some truly incredible benefits.

The advanced ReFS integration supports ReFS volumes on internal, direct-attached storage (DAS) and Storage Spaces — both classic and Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). The benefits (explained below) will provide significantly faster synthetic full backup creation and transformation performance, as well as reduce storage requirements and improve reliability. Even more importantly, this functionality improves Availability of backup storage by significantly reducing its load — which results in improved backup and restore performance and enables customers to do much more with virtual labs running off of backup storage. This is a big deal, so let’s explore more.

Read the entire article here, Advanced ReFS integration coming in Veeam Availability Suite 9.5

via the fine folks at Veeam Software

Veeam Veeam Software, a VMware Technology Alliance Premier partner, helps organizations safeguard their investment in virtual infrastructure by providing innovative systems management software designed to reduce costs, increase productivity and mitigate risk. Veeam is an international company with U.S. headquarters in Columbus, Ohio and European headquarters in London, UK. The company was founded in 2006 by the team previously behind Aelita Software, well known for its award-winning Windows Server management solutions. In 2008, Veeam acquired nworks, adding enterprise management connectors that bridge the gap between VMware virtual infrastructure and enterprise systems management tools from Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft. Veeam is rapidly expanding its presence and its partner network around the world, and will continue to offer innovative and practical solutions to help IT professionals better manage their virtual infrastructure. Today the company focuses on managing VMware servers, but as customer requirements grow, Veeam will support other virtual environments. With its drive for innovation, strong investment in R&D, and extensive product line, Veeam is well positioned for continued success.

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