ExaGrid Basic Concept
ExaGrid devices work seamlessly with industry-leading backup applications and database utilities by presenting themselves as standard NAS shares (CIFS or NFS), a Veeam Data Mover target, or a Veritas OST target. ExaGrid devices easily integrate into existing backup environments, as illustrated below.
ExaGrid Technology Overview
ExaGrid devices are comprised of Intel Quad Core XEON processors, RAID6 + Hot Spare storage using enterprise-class SATA or SAS drives, and ExaGrid software. Each device connects to a switch and is virtualized into a shared system with a single user interface, global deduplication, and automatic load balancing. The media server is connected to the same switch and views the devices as one or more NAS shares, Veeam Data Mover targets, or Veritas OST targets. Because each device includes the appropriate amount of processor, memory, landing zone disk, deduplicated bucket disk, and bandwidth for the nominal data size, performance increases as more devices are added to the system.