Commvault decoder/Platform
What is Commvault Grid?
Commvault's scale-out appliance and reference design for running backup storage and compute on-premises. It was called HyperScale X until 2026.
- Formerly
- HyperScale X
- Came from
- HyperScale X launched in 2020, built on Hedvig distributed storage
- Delivered as
- Pre-built appliance, or validated servers from hardware partners
- Licensing
- Not published
What it does
Commvault Grid is backup storage and compute in one scale-out cluster: you add nodes as data grows, and the cluster spreads data across them so it survives a failed drive or node. Commvault's documentation lists it as "formerly Commvault HyperScale X", and the product family is now called Commvault On-Prem.
It comes two ways. The Grid Appliance arrives pre-imaged and Commvault supports both hardware and software. The Grid reference architecture runs on validated servers from Commvault's hardware partners, with the server vendor supporting the hardware.
Key facts
- Runs on VaultOS, Commvault's hardened Linux.
- Uses erasure coding to protect data across nodes.
- Commvault Flex (formerly HyperScale Flex) separates compute from external storage for very large environments; Commvault Edge (formerly HyperScale Edge) is for remote sites and smaller offices.
- The rename appears in the documentation between releases 11.42 and 11.44, in 2026.
How KELYN helps
KELYN sizes, deploys and supports Commvault Grid and reference-architecture builds.
Related
- MediaAgentA MediaAgent moves backup data between the systems being protected and storage, and manages the disk, cloud and tape libraries it writes to.
- Commvault CloudCommvault's platform for backup, recovery and cyber resilience across on-premises systems, SaaS apps and the major clouds. It replaced the separate Metallic brand in 2023.
- Commvault AirGapCommvault's managed cloud storage for isolated, immutable backup copies that ransomware in your network can't reach. It was called Air Gap Protect, and before that Metallic Recovery Reserve.
Sources
Checked against Commvault's own pages in November 2026. Commvault renames and updates products often, so its documentation has the final word.
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