Approach to Data Protection with Lenovo ThinkSystem HS350X V3 Storage Server and Commvault Cloud HyperScale X Software

By Ben Blomberg, product marketing manager, Lenovo Group Ltd

In the era of data-driven enterprises, the combination of Lenovo Group Ltd.’ ThinkSystem HS350X V3 storage server and Commvault Systems, Inc.’ Cloud Hyperscale X software offers a scalable solution for organizations seeking to elevate their cyber resilience and data security capabilities.

This solution brief provides an overview of the key features and benefits of integrating Hyperscale X software with Lenovo’s storage server platform.

Commvault Cloud Hyperscale X
Commvault offers a unified approach to data protection, recoverability, and security. HyperScale X is an intuitive and easy-to-deploy integrated solution with a distributed scale-out file system that provides unmatched scalability, security, and resilience. Its flexible architecture allows you to get up and running quickly and grow as your needs demand.

Benefits include:

• Simple, flexible protection and accelerated recoverability for all workloads, on-premises or in the cloud, including containers, virtual, and databases.
• Enhanced, multi-layered ransomware protection with AI-driven anomaly detection to uncover threats faster and immutable storage to prevent critical data from being encrypted, modified, or deleted.
• Optimized scalability to easily grow capacity in single-node increments as needed.
• Advanced storage efficiency and resilience with intelligent load balancing of data across disks and nodes and the ability to support concurrent hardware failures.
• Cost-optimized cloud data mobility with native integration to move data to, from, and between clouds, avoiding vendor lock-in.

By shifting the secondary storage and data management infrastructure to a scale-out architecture, enterprises can help transform their data centers to be as operationally efficient, resilient, and scalable as public cloud infrastructure. HyperScale X allows organizations to replace limited and legacy backup tools with a modern hybrid-cloud-enabled data management solution that eliminates expensive forklift upgrades.

ThinkSystem HS350X V3 storage server – optimized density and performance

The ThinkSystem HS350X V3 storage server provides the mix of storage density and performance to support a wide range of workloads in a simple, optimal solution.

• Flexible: Optimized for flexible storage configurations with multiple drive options and supporting up to 24x 3.5” drives in the front.
• Efficient: Supports one 5th or 4th-gen Xeon Scalable processor and DDR5 memory DIMMs to maximize the performance of the memory subsystem.
• Reliable: Lenovo’s reputation for reliability is embedded in the ThinkSystem HS350X V3 storage server, providing continuous operations and minimizing downtime.
• Innovative design: The 3-tray design allows easy access to the hot swap drives without powering off the server.

ThinkSystem HS350X V3 specs
The following table lists the key specs for the HS350X V3. (complete list of detailed specs link).

Table 1. ThinkSystem HS350X V3

Solution overview
Commvault Cloud Hyperscale X software represents a breakthrough in scale-out cyber resilience, providing a turnkey, performance solution to meet the security and recoverability needs of the modern hybrid cloud. Built on the ThinkSystem HS350X V3 storage server, it offers an integrated solution for cyber recovery and ransomware protection. Combining the ThinkSystem HS350X V3 and Hyperscale X software creates a data protection solution that delivers performance, scalability, and efficiency.

• Optimized performance: The computing power of the ThinkSystem HS350X V3 combined with Hyperscale X’s intelligence and efficiency ensures optimal performance during backups and restores.
• Flexibility: Cloud HyperScale X on ThinkSystem HS350X V3 enables organizations to scale their infrastructure and data protection capabilities granularly to match their growth and business needs.
• Reliability and data integrity: Lenovo’s server reliability complements Hyperscale X’s built-in resiliency, ensuring data integrity and availability.
• Unified management interface: Integrated management interfaces allow administrators to oversee both hardware and software components seamlessly, reducing complexity in daily operations.
• Cost-effective solution: with HyperScale X on the firm’s ThinkSystem, organizations can achieve significant cost savings through simplified deployment and management, optimized resource utilization, and reduced downtime.

Bill of materials (BoM)
The following table lists the BoM for the ThinkSystem HS350X V3 Ready Node and Cloud Hyperscale X solution.

Table 2. BoM

Conclusion
The integration of ThinkSystem HS350X V3 storage server and Commvault Hyperscale X software offers a solution for organizations aiming to elevate their cyber resilience and data security capabilities. This collaboration empowers enterprises to navigate the complexities of modern hybrid data environments with confidence, ensuring data protection, high performance, and adaptability to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Resources:
Interactive 3D Tour of the ThinkSystem HS350X V3      
ThinkSystem HS350X V3 product webpage          
ThinkSystem HS350X V3 DS
ThinkSystem HS350X V3 drivers and support        
Lenovo ThinkSystem HS350X V3 product publications