Ī scale-out backup repository can comprise different tiers, or logical levels of storage. It provides practically unlimited cloud-based storage capacity: you can instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to offload data from extents to the cloud for long-term storage.For more information, see Backup File Placement. It allows you to set up granular performance policy.All the features of any storage device or system are preserved. It supports any backup target supported by Veeam: Windows or Linux servers with local or DAS storage, network shares, deduplicating storage appliances.As a result, you will not have to move backups to a backup repository of a larger size. The free space on this storage system will be added to the capacity of the scale-out backup repository.

For example, if backup data grows and the backup repository reaches the storage limit, you can add a new storage system to the scale-out backup repository. A scale-out backup repository can be expanded at any moment: if the extents of your scale-out backup repository run out of space, you can add a new extent to the existing scale-out backup repository.It provides a convenient way of managing the backup storage.The main benefits of this feature are as follows: However, you will be able to perform restore from the scale-out backup repository. If you configure a scale-out backup repository and then downgrade to the Standard license, you will not be able to run jobs targeted at the scale-out backup repository. When using a legacy socket-based license, Enterprise or higher edition is required. Scale-out backup repository is included in the Veeam Universal License.

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