Configure Scale-out Storage Cluster

QuantaStor’s scale-out object configurations provide S3 and SWIFT compatible REST API support. Configurations scale-out by adding additional drives and systems. Each system contains SSD to accelerate write performance and each cluster must contain a minimum of 3x systems and a maximum of 32s systems (10PB maximum). QuantaStor’s storage grid technology enables systems to be grouped together and managed as a storage grid that can span IBM datacenters. Within a storage grid one or more object storage clusters may be provisioned and managed from QuantaStor’s web based management interface as well as via QS REST APIs and the QS CLI.

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 960GB SATA SSD (RAID10/boot) 9 x 4TB SATA HDD (data) 1 x 960GB 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 960GB SATA SSD (RAID10/boot) 9 x 12TB SATA HDD (data) 1 x 960GB 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 960GB SATA SSD (RAID10/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 960GB SATA SSD (RAID10/boot) 10 x 3.8TB SATA SSD (data) 0 x 960GB SATA SSD (journal) 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