Object Storage as a Backup Target • Slow S3 backup-remove

We use Cloudian S3 compatible object storage with immutable backup option via SOBR in Veeam. Backups are retained for however long we have set them, including the period they should be immutable in the S3 buckets.

However, objects are added and removed from backup schedule as time moves on. Machines (VMs) that no longer need to be backed up are removed from the jobs. But the old restore points of those VMs remain in the repositories. They will not be deleted. You have to do this manually.

On normal repositories this is pretty easy and quick. But removing old data from SOBRs is very very slow. I'm currently looking at a delete job I started 24 hours ago. It contains 2 VMs that need their restore points deleted (4 RP's per VM), in total about 460GB. The progress indicator is at 0% still, after 24 hours.

A similar job using a regular repo will do this in less the 2 hours. Why is the SOBR, including the S3 extend) taking so much longer ? Nothing else is running at the moment. Eventually the delete job will probably fail, and it would still not have removed all the old data. I can also no start another delete job, until the 1st one has finished.

What am I doing wrong here ?

Statistics: Posted by ortec-RW — Jul 24, 2024 12:30 pm

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