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<p>Created page with &quot;== Setup Quicklook: Scale-out Object Storage using Ceph == The following section is a step by step guide to setting up scale-out S3/SWIFT Object storage with a grid of 3x or...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Setup Quicklook: Scale-out Object Storage using Ceph ==<br /> <br /> The following section is a step by step guide to setting up scale-out S3/SWIFT Object storage with a grid of 3x or more QuantaStor appliances.<br /> <br /> * Login to the QuantaStor web management interface on each appliance, the default username &amp; password is &#039;admin&#039; / &#039;password&#039; without the quotes. If the appliance was pre-configured use the credentials provided by your service provider to login as admin.<br /> * Add your license keys, one unique key for each appliance by choosing the &#039;&#039;License Manager&#039;&#039; then adding one key per appliance. Scale-out storage configurations require Cloud Edition or Enterprise Edition license keys, one per appliance. Journal devices do not deduct from the licensed capacity.<br /> * Setup static IP addresses on each node (DHCP is the default and should only be used to get the appliance initially setup)<br /> * Right-click on the storage system, choose &#039;Modify Storage System..&#039; and set the DNS IP address (eg: 8.8.8.8), and the NTP server IP address (important!)<br /> * Setup separate front-end and back-end network ports (eg eth0 = 10.0.4.5/16, eth1 = 10.55.4.5/16) for S3/SWIFT and Ceph traffic respectively<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Create a &#039;&#039;Grid&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; out of the 3 appliances (use &#039;&#039;Create Grid&#039;&#039; then add the other two nodes using the &#039;&#039;Add Grid Node&#039;&#039; dialog)<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Create Hardware RAID5 Units&#039;&#039;&#039; using 5 disks per RAID unit (4d + 1p) on each node until all HDDs have been used (see &#039;&#039;Hardware Enclosures &amp; Controllers&#039;&#039; section for &#039;&#039;Create Hardware RAID Unit&#039;&#039;)<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Create Ceph Cluster&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; using all the appliances in your grid that will be part of the Ceph cluster, 3x appliances minimum are required<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Use &#039;&#039;OSD Multi-Create&#039;&#039; to add storage&#039;&#039;&#039; and journals to the cluster. In that dialog you&#039;ll select some SSDs to be used as Journal Devices and the HDDs to be used for data storage across the cluster nodes.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Create a &#039;&#039;Object Storage Group&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, this will automatically use all the available OSDs in the designated Ceph Cluster.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Create a least one &#039;&#039;Ceph User Access&#039;&#039; entry&#039;&#039;&#039; to generate the Access Key and Secret Key that you&#039;ll need to access the object storage via S3 and/or SWIFT<br /> <br /> At this point everything is configured and the object storage gateways are online and usable via the S3/SWIFT protocols.</div>

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