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Ransomware-proof and immutable out-of-the-box, Ootbi delivers secure, simple, and powerful backup storage

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Ransomware-proof and immutable out-of-the-box, Ootbi by Object First delivers secure, simple, and powerful backup storage for Veeam customers.

What’s New with Ootbi?

Choice of acquisition models

  • CapEx Traditional upfront purchase
     
  • Consumption*Modern pay-per-use consumption model with predictable billing
    *Available in USA

Both models get the same updates, technical support, and on-site service. Choose Consumption for no upfront costs, no hardware refreshes to manage, and predictable monthly billing!

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Immutability for everyone

Immutable backup storage—the best defense against ransomware—now available for all organisations of all sizes.

Get the best storage for Veeam, from 17 TB up to 7 PB.

Immutability for Everyone

From 17 TB1 to 7 PB2
*7 PB capacity Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR) configuration

1Only for Consumption Mode
27 PB capacity in Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR) configuration

  • More Use Cases

    • NEW 20 TB and 40 TB models for Mid-Enterprise

    • NEW 432 TB appliance for Enterprise

    • Up to 1.7 PB capacity per cluster

  • More Performance

    • 10-20% increased backup and restore speeds on new Ootbi hardware​

    • 2x performance on 432 TB models (Up to 8 GB/s)​

    • Additional S3 performance optimizations for 3rd party data movers​

  • More Value

    • Mix, match, and scale existing clusters or start fresh with new options ​

Ootbi is Secure:

  • Ootbi utilizes Veeam’s “direct-to-object” functionality, leveraging S3 object storage, providing security and immutability without sacrificing high-performance backup.

  • Third-party tested and constantly validated, our hardened object storage appliance with zero access to the operating system delivers an impenetrable target for Veeam backup data.

  • Ootbi’s hardware form factor guarantees separation between the Veeam Backup & Replication server, ensuring multiple resilience zones to stay Zero Trust Data Resilient.

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Ootbi is Simple:

  • No expertise is required. Configuration requires 3 IPs, a username, password, and MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) setup. That’s it!

  • Additional nodes can be added in minutes with automatic scaling and load balancing supporting capacities of up to 1.7PB on a cluster. No change to Veeam Namespace or Backup Repository configuration is required.

  • Updates are accessed directly from Object First servers, ensuring the Linux kernel and our proprietary object storage software stay secure and updated, mitigating the impact of zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits.

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Ootbi is Powerful:

  • Instant Recovery is tested at scale with up to 80 VMs running on a 4-node cluster.

  • Purpose-built storage integrating Veeam's SOS API delivers primary storage ingest speeds (up to 8.0GB/s) and scales linearly and automatically as additional nodes join the cluster.

  • Ootbi's Object storage was engineered explicitly to ingest and secure Veeam data at the default block encryption size, meaning no additional optimization or configuration is required.

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Zero Trust Data Resilience (ZTDR) architecture

Ootbi is inherently separated from the Veeam Backup & Replication server due to the ZTDR architecture and secure appliance form factor. This ensures the proper segmentation between Backup Software and Backup Storage layers to ensure ransomware resilience.

In a world where businesses fall victim to ransomware every 11 seconds, and backups are often the target, Ootbi’s out-of-the-box immutability helps make backup data ransomware-proof.

Offering the only truly immutable storage for Veeam backup data, Ootbi was designed around Zero Trust Data Resilience. Ootbi helps dramatically reduce the risk of ransomware and other threats affecting backup data. A customized hardened Linux operating system doubles down on security, and Zero Access to destructive actions by attackers with admin privileges or rogue insiders means even the most privileged user cannot alter Ootbi or its immutable data

Diagram of backup and data storage architecture with minimized attack surface. On the left: production environment (physical, virtual, and cloud systems) connected to backup software (server, proxies, agents) via protocols (RPC, SSL, NFS, SSH, etc.). Data is transferred through S3 into multiple resilience zones: primary and secondary data centers or cloud services (AWS, Azure). Zero access for destructive actions is ensured through S3 data immutability.

Box to Backup in 15 Minutes

Explore our video playlist for a complete walkthrough of the Ootbi setup. Learn everything you need to know about our out-of-the-box immutable object storage appliance and how it makes your backups ransomware-proof, with no security expertise required.

Episode 1 - Unboxing

The first part of our Box-to-Backup series showcases how simple it is to unbox and ready Ootbi for an initial rack-n-stack setup. We quickly review the various parts and pieces within the shipping box and prepare you for what to expect when your box is delivered. Out-of-the-box immutability has never been this simple!

Episode 2 - Initial Setup (TUI)

The second video in our Box-to-Backup series covers the initial cluster configuration of Object First Ootbi. Setting up a primary backup storage appliance has never been easier. With just a few simple networking steps, your Ootbi appliance will be updated and online, ready to tackle the next steps of carving out S3 storage.

Episode 3 - WebUI Configuration

In this third video in our Box-2-Backup series, Matt and Anthony showcase how simple it is to create the S3 Keys and S3 Buckets required to connect Object First Ootbi to Veeam. Object First Ootbi the best storage for Veeam.

Episode 4 - Add Ootbi to Veeam

In this fourth video in our Box-2-Backup series, Matt and Anthony educate on creating backup repositories in Veeam Backup and Replication version 12 that connect directly to Object First Ootbi.

Episode 5 - Backing Up to Ootbi

In the final video of our Box-2-Backup series, Matt and Anthony finish by running a Veeam backup job targeting Object First Ootbi S3 storage. Throughout this series, we showcased how immutable, simple, and powerful Object First Ootbi is.

Why Object Storage?

Object storage technology is best for the data backup and recovery use case. Object storage’s S3 native immutability, unlimited scalability, lower cost of storing large volumes of data, seamless on-premises-to-cloud data copy, simplified management, reliability, and availability made it our only choice when we built Ootbi.

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Object First’s implementation of Object Storage
is best for backup and recovery use cases because:

  • Immutability

    S3 native Object Lock. Secure, resilient, and purpose-built means data is isolated and untouchable.

  • Scalability

    Object-based systems anticipate horizontal scalability, which never sacrifices performance for capacity.

  • Up to Date

    Bugs, quirks, or limitations of a traditional file system are absent in object-based architectures.

  • On-Prem-to-Cloud

    Secure and seamless on-premises-to-cloud data copy in S3 format with no overhead.

  • Reliability

    The S3 protocol has guaranteed data delivery (unlike SMB or NFS), so businesses get end-to-end data reliability.

  • Availability

    Natively solves many of the availability needs organizations consider when considering backup storage and the 3-2-1 backup rule.

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