VMware vSphere • Re: Deploying new backup storage, looking for file system recommendations

In your environment, I'd go with an iSCSI LUN formatted with ReFS. That would give you better performance and block cloning ability. You could attach them directly to your Veeam servers as you do today with your Drobo.

However, if you have the option to modify your setup a bit, I would suggest you deploy a Linux server. Mount that NetApp again as an iSCSI LUN and format it with XFS. That way you can setup a Linux hardened repository. You get immutability, plus the same block cloning ability as ReFS. I have also personally found far better stability with an XFS repository.

I would avoid NFS, and preferably also avoid an SMB share.

Statistics: Posted by tyler.jurgens — Aug 09, 2024 5:32 pm

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