NetBackup Flex 5372 Appliance

Cyber-resilient data protection for the enterprise core.

Overview

The NetBackup Flex 5372 appliance is a turnkey enterprise data protection solution delivering up to 1.92 PiB usable capacity with 8 TB drives, Self Encrypted Drives (SED)-standard hardware encryption, active/active high availability, and Flex 7.0 zero-trust platform controls. It consolidates Flex 5360, 5362, and Access 3360 onto a single next-generation platform.

Solution Highights

Cyber Resiliency Against All Attack Vectors

The Flex 5372 is the first Flex appliance series to standardize SEDs, delivering hardware-level encryption with zero performance impact. Combined with Multi Person Authorization (MPA) -governed key management, Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) enforcement, custom Role Based Access Control (RBAC), and instance-level Network Access Control (NAC), the 5372 delivers the strongest security posture in the NetBackup appliance portfolio.

Enterprise Capacity and High Availability

Expandable to 2400 TiB with two 5U84 expansion shelves and 20 TB drives
Up to 1.92 PiB usable capacity with four 5U84 expansion shelves (8 TB drives); 960 TiB with 4 TB drives
Active/active high availability across two compute nodes for maximum uptime

Up to 1.5 TB DDR5 memory; Intel® Xeon® Gold 6530 (Emerald Rapids, 32 cores, 160 MB cache)
Three I/O models (A–C): up to 8 × 25 GbE or up to 6 × 32 Gb FC per node
Supports 4 TB, 8TB and 20TB SAS drives.
Integrated SED Hardware Security - All drives are Self-Encrypting i.e. data protected at rest with zero performance penalty. SED functionality is optional (can be enabled or disabled per deployment)

Proactive Monitoring

NetInsights Console monitors key hardware components, alerts on fault events, and makes recommendations for infrastructure optimization.

Technical Specifications

Specification	Compute Node (per node)	5U84 Expansion Shelf
Server nodes	1 (standalone) or 2 (active/active HA)	N/A
CPU	2× Intel® Xeon® Gold 6530, 2.1 GHz base / 4.0 GHz turbo, 32 cores, 160 MB cache	N/A
Memory	768 GB – 1.5 TB DDR5 @ 3200 MHz (up to 16 DIMMs/CPU)	N/A
PCIe	Gen 4.0 (up to 64 GB/s)	N/A
OS storage	3 × 1.92 TB NVMe SSD — VROC RAID-1 + hot spare	N/A
Internal usable capacity	N/A	N/A
Drive security	SED standard (optional enablement)	SED standard (optional enablement)
Expansion shelf type	N/A	5U84 (84 drives; dual SAS-3 RAID controllers)
Max expansion shelves	4 per system with 4 TB /8 TB 2 per system with 20 TB	N/A
Shelf disk sizes	N/A	4 TB, 8 TB or 20 TB SAS HDD, 7200 rpm
Shelf usable capacity	N/A	240 TiB (4 TB) / 480 TiB (8 TB) / 1200 TiB (20TB) per shelf
Max usable capacity	1.92 PiB (4 shelves of 8 TB drives) / 960 TiB (4 shelves of 4 TB drives) / 2400 TiB (2 shelves of 20 TB drives)	N/A
Built-in Ethernet	4 × 1/2.5/5/10 GbE per node	N/A
25/10 GbE SFP ports	Up to 8 per node (Model A)	N/A
32 Gb Fibre Channel	Up to 6 per node (Model C)	N/A

I/O Model Configurations (per node)

Model	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4	Slot 5	Slot 6	Slot 7
A (NIC-heavy)	10/25 GbE	10/25 GbE	SAS	10/25 GbE	10/25 GbE	32 Gb FC	SAS
B (Balanced)	10/25 GbE	10/25 GbE	SAS	10/25 GbE	32 Gb FC	32 Gb FC	SAS
C (FC-heavy)	10/25 GbE	10/25 GbE	SAS	32 Gb FC	32 Gb FC	32 Gb FC	SAS

Usable Capacity by Shelf Configuration

Drive Size	No Shelf	1 Shelf (Primary)	2 Shelves	3 Shelves	4 Shelves (Max)
4 TB drives	N/A	240 TiB	480 TiB	720 TiB	960 TiB
8 TB drives	N/A	480 TiB	960 TiB	1.44 PiB	1.92 PiB
20 TB drives	N/A	1200 TiB	2400 TiB	N/A	N/A

Environmental & Physical

Specification	Compute Node	5U84 Expansion Shelf
Form factor	2U	5U
Total drives per shelf	N/A	84 (4 system + 78 data + 2 hot spares)
Typical power (watts)	440 per node	1,100 per shelf
Max power (watts)	1,200 per node	1,400 per shelf
Operating temperature	50–95°F / 10–35°C	41–95°F / 5–35°C
AC Voltage	90–140 V / 180–264 V	200–240 V
AC frequency	47–63 Hz	50–60 Hz
Operating humidity	20%–80% RH non-condensing	10%–80% RH
Operating altitude	10,006 ft / 3,050 m	9,842 ft / 3,000 m
Max noise	70 dBA	82 dBA
Typical cooling	1,365 BTU/hr per node	3,753 BTU/hr per shelf
Max cooling	3,753 BTU/hr per node	4,777 BTU/hr per shelf

Warranty:

One (1) year parts; 90 days software