Configure Scale-out Storage Cluster: Difference between revisions

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IBM Cloud deployments of QuantaStor scale-out storage clusters provide dedicated and highly available file, block, and object storage which can be deployed an any of the IBM Cloud data-centers worldwide. Scale-out cluster use Ceph technology and provide NAS (NFS/SMB), SAN (iSCSI) and S3/SWIFT compatible object storage support in a single deployment. As the name implies, scale-out clusters may be expanded by adding storage media and/or additional QuantaStor servers.

Each server in a scale-out cluster must contain at least one SSD to accelerate write performance and each cluster must contain a minimum of 3x servers (6+ recommended) and a maximum of 32x servers (scalable to over 10PB in the IBM Cloud). QuantaStor’s storage grid technology enables systems to be grouped together and managed as a storage grid that can span IBM Cloud datacenters. Within a storage grid one or more storage clusters may be provisioned and managed via the QuantaStor web based management interface.

OSNEXUS Videos

Covers QuantaStor 5 S3 Reverse Proxy for IBM Cloud Object Storage [15:43]

Covers Designing Ceph clusters with the QuantaStor solution design web app [17:44]

Key Features

QuantaStor Scale-out Object Storage

S3 Object Storage Compatible REST API support
Hybrid HDD + SSD configuration to boost write performance
Easy web-based management of all systems with built-in QuantaStor storage grid technology.
Easy expansion by adding systems and/or drives.

Configurations

HYBRID OBJECT STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Capacity	Media Type	Protocol Support	Workload	Bill of Materials	Design
144TB raw / 96TB usable QS 5 Image: 4 x MD (48TB)	HDD + SSD	S3 / SWIFT	Highly-available Large Scale Object Storage Archive Data Analytics Private Cloud Content Delivery Network Disk-to-Disk Backup via S3 Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end	Per Server (4x): Intel Xeon Dual E5-2620 / 12x LFF bay server 64GB RAM 2 x 800GB SATA SSD (RAID1/boot) 9 x 4TB SATA HDD (data) 1 x 800GB SATA SSD (journal) 2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks	View Design
432 raw / 288raw QS 5 Image: 4 x LG (128TB)	HDD + SSD	S3 / SWIFT	Highly-available Large Scale Object Storage Archive Data Analytics Private Cloud Content Delivery Network Disk-to-Disk Backup via S3 Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end	Per Server (4x): Intel Xeon Dual E5-2620 / 12x LFF bay server 128GB RAM 2 x 800GB SATA SSD (RAID1/boot) 9 x 12TB SATA HDD (data) 1 x 800GB SATA SSD (journal) 2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks	View Design
3072TB raw / 2026TB usable QS 5 Image: 8 x 2XL (384TB)	HDD + SSD	S3 / SWIFT	Highly-available Large Scale Object Storage Archive Data Analytics Private Cloud Content Delivery Network Disk-to-Disk Backup via S3 Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end	Per Server (8x): Intel Xeon Dual E5-2620 / 36x LFF bay server 256GB RAM 2 x 800GB SATA SSD (RAID1/boot) 32 x 12TB SATA HDD (data) 2 x 960GB SATA SSD (journal) 2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks	View Design

ALL-FLASH OBJECT STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Capacity	Media Type	Protocol Support	Workload	Bill of Materials	Design
152TB raw / 76TB usable QS 5 Image: 4 x MD (48TB)	SSD	S3 / SWIFT	OpenStack Virtualization Data Analytics Private Cloud Content Delivery Network Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end	Per Server (4x): Intel Xeon Dual E5-2620 / 12x LFF bay server 64GB RAM 2 x 800GB SATA SSD (RAID1/boot) 10 x 3.8TB SATA SSD (data) 2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks	View Design

Quick Configuration Steps

Step One: Storage Management Tab → Create Grid → Click OK
Step Two: Storage Management Tab → Add Grid Node → Enter 2nd Appliance IP → Click OK
Step Three: Storage Management Tab → Add Grid Node → Enter 3nd Appliance IP → Click OK
Step Four: Storage Management Tab → Controllers & Enclosures → Right-click Controller → Configure Pass-thru devices → Select all → Click OK (do this for each controller on each appliance)
Step Five: Storage Management Tab → Modify Storage System → Set Domain Suffix → Click OK (do this for each appliance)
Step Six: Scale-out Object Storage Tab → Create Ceph Cluster → Select all appliances → Click OK
Step Seven: Scale-out Object Storage Tab → Multi-Create OSDs → Select SSDs as journals, HDDs as OSDs → Click OK
Step Eight: Scale-out Object Storage Tab → Create Object Storage Pool Group → Select Erasure Coding Mode → Click OK

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+IBM Cloud deployments of QuantaStor scale-out storage clusters provide dedicated and highly available file, block, and object storage which can be deployed an any of the IBM Cloud data-centers worldwide.  Scale-out cluster use Ceph technology and provide NAS (NFS/SMB), SAN (iSCSI) and S3/SWIFT compatible object storage support in a single deployment.  As the name implies, scale-out clusters may be expanded by adding storage media and/or additional QuantaStor servers.
+Each server in a scale-out cluster must contain at least one SSD to accelerate write performance and each cluster must contain a minimum of 3x servers (6+ recommended) and a maximum of 32x servers (scalable to over 10PB in the IBM Cloud). QuantaStor’s storage grid technology enables systems to be grouped together and managed as a storage grid that can span IBM Cloud datacenters.  Within a storage grid one or more storage clusters may be provisioned and managed via the QuantaStor web based management interface.
+''' OSNEXUS Videos '''
+* [[Image:youtube_icon.png|50px|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwGYaGMuSfU]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwGYaGMuSfU Covers QuantaStor 5 S3 Reverse Proxy for IBM Cloud Object Storage [15:43]]
+* [[Image:youtube_icon.png|50px|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpfcjZDO3Ys]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpfcjZDO3Ys Covers Designing Ceph clusters with the QuantaStor solution design web app [17:44]]
 == Key Features ==
 '''QuantaStor Scale-out Object Storage'''
-*S3 & SWIFT Compatible REST API support
+*S3 Object Storage Compatible REST API support
 *Hybrid HDD + SSD configuration to boost write performance
 *Easy web-based management of all systems with built-in QuantaStor storage grid technology.
@@ Line 8: / Line 20: @@
 == Configurations ==
+'''HYBRID OBJECT STORAGE SOLUTIONS'''
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-| style="width: 40%"|'''Medium Tier - Hybrid Object Storage – 48TB'''
+| style="width: 15%"|<center>'''Capacity'''</center>
-| style="width: 30%"|'''Use Cases'''
+| style="width: 10%"|<center>'''Media Type'''</center>
-| style="width: 30%"|'''System View'''
+| style="width: 10%"|<center>'''Protocol Support'''</center>
+| style="width: 25%"|<center>'''Workload'''</center>
+| style="width: 25%"|<center>'''Bill of Materials'''</center>
+| style="width: 15%"|<center>'''Design'''</center>
 |-
-|2x E5-2620v4 or 4110, 128GB RAM, 8x 6TB, <br>QS Medium Tier License, 1x 800GB SSDs (write log), <br>2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot), 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
+|<center>144TB raw / 96TB usable<br><br>QS 5 Image: 4 x MD (48TB)</center>
+|<center>HDD + SSD</center>
+|<center>S3 / SWIFT</center>
 |Highly-available Large Scale Object Storage Archive<br>Data Analytics<br>Private Cloud Content Delivery Network<br>Disk-to-Disk Backup via S3<br>Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end
-|[[File:Svr_supermicro_2u12_6029p.png | center]]
+|Per Server (4x):<br>Intel Xeon Dual E5-2620 / 12x LFF bay server<br>64GB RAM<br>2 x 800GB SATA SSD (RAID1/boot)<br>9 x 4TB SATA HDD (data)<br>1 x 800GB SATA SSD (journal)<br>2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks
-<center>
+|<center>{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2QVqH95|View Design}}</center>
-{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
-{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
-{{QsButton|https://ibm.co/2DE53AG|Deploy}}
-</center>
 |-
-|}
+|<center>432 raw / 288raw<br><br>QS 5 Image: 4 x LG (128TB)</center>
+|<center>HDD + SSD</center>
-{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
+|<center>S3 / SWIFT</center>
+|Highly-available Large Scale Object Storage Archive<br>Data Analytics<br>Private Cloud Content Delivery Network<br>Disk-to-Disk Backup via S3<br>Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end
+|Per Server (4x):<br>Intel Xeon Dual E5-2620 / 12x LFF bay server<br>128GB RAM<br>2 x 800GB SATA SSD (RAID1/boot)<br>9 x 12TB SATA HDD (data)<br>1 x 800GB SATA SSD (journal)<br>2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks
+|<center>{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2Ir2V0N|View Design}}</center>
 |-
-| style="width: 40%"|'''Large Tier - Hybrid Object Storage – 128TB'''
+|<center>3072TB raw / 2026TB usable<br><br>QS 5 Image: 8 x 2XL (384TB)</center>
-| style="width: 30%"|'''Use Cases'''
+|<center>HDD + SSD</center>
-| style="width: 30%"|'''System View'''
+|<center>S3 / SWIFT</center>
-|-
-|2x E5-2650v4, 128GB RAM, 16x 8TB, QS Large Tier License <br> 2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) <br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
 |Highly-available Large Scale Object Storage Archive<br>Data Analytics<br>Private Cloud Content Delivery Network<br>Disk-to-Disk Backup via S3<br>Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end
-|[[File:Svr_supermicro_2u12_6029p.png | center]]
+|Per Server (8x):<br>Intel Xeon Dual E5-2620 / 36x LFF bay server<br>256GB RAM<br>2 x 800GB SATA SSD (RAID1/boot)<br>32 x 12TB SATA HDD (data)<br>2 x 960GB SATA SSD (journal)<br>2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks
-<center>
+|<center>{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2WYhpil|View Design}}</center>
-{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
-{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
-{{QsButton|https://ibm.co/2DE53AG|Deploy}}
-</center>
 |-
 |}
+'''ALL-FLASH OBJECT STORAGE SOLUTIONS'''
 {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
 |-
-| style="width: 40%"|'''Extra Large Tier - Hybrid Object Storage – 256TB'''
+| style="width: 15%"|<center>'''Capacity'''</center>
-| style="width: 30%"|'''Use Cases'''
+| style="width: 10%"|<center>'''Media Type'''</center>
-| style="width: 30%"|'''System View'''
+| style="width: 10%"|<center>'''Protocol Support'''</center>
+| style="width: 25%"|<center>'''Workload'''</center>
+| style="width: 25%"|<center>'''Bill of Materials'''</center>
+| style="width: 15%"|<center>'''Design'''</center>
 |-
-|2x E5-2650v4, 256GB RAM, 32x 8TB, QS XL Tier License <br> 2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) <br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports <br>
+|<center>152TB raw / 76TB usable<br><br>QS 5 Image: 4 x MD (48TB)</center>
-|Highly-available Large Scale Object Storage Archive<br>Data Analytics<br>Private Cloud Content Delivery Network<br>Disk-to-Disk Backup via S3<br>Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end
+|<center>SSD</center>
-|[[File:Svr_supermicro_2u12_6029p.png | center]]
+|<center>S3 / SWIFT</center>
-<center>
+|OpenStack<br>Virtualization<br>Data Analytics<br>Private Cloud Content Delivery Network<br>Next Generation Applications using S3 back-end
-{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
+|Per Server (4x):<br>Intel Xeon Dual E5-2620 / 12x LFF bay server<br>64GB RAM<br>2 x 800GB SATA SSD (RAID1/boot)<br>10 x 3.8TB SATA SSD (data)<br>2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks
-{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
+|<center>{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2K4c5Ur|View Design}}</center>
-{{QsButton|https://ibm.co/2DE53AG|Deploy}}
-</center>
 |-
 |}
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