Veeam Backup & Replication • [V13] Hardened Repository

Hi Experts !!

I’m currently design a deployment with Veeam Backup & Replication v13, where a backup repository server is directly connected to a storage array using SFP28 DAC cables.

According to the official documentation , JeOS ISO requirements only locally attached block storage (SAS, internal drives, etc.) is supported.
Connections through SFP28 ports are usually iSCSI or Fibre Channel, which would classify them as network-based storage, not local block devices.

My questions are:
Can the JeOS deployment recognize and support storage attached via SFP28 DAC if it presents LUNs as block devices to the OS (for example, using iSCSI direct attach without switches) ?
Or is it mandatory to use SAS direct attach with a hardware RAID controller to stay compliant with the JeOS requirements ?
Is it supported to deploy a standard Ubuntu Server (not JeOS) with XFS-formatted disks for backup volumes in a hardened repository configuration ?
Has anyone successfully deployed a similar setup using SFP28 direct attach with either JeOS or Ubuntu Server ?

Thanks in advance

Statistics: Posted by AbdelO — Oct 16, 2025 9:21 am

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