Configure QuantaStor SAN/NAS Server
QuantaStor’s SAN/NAS storage appliances provide a combination of file and block storage suitable for a broad spectrum of use cases. Each appliance contains SSD to accelerate write performance. QuantaStor’s web-based management interface, REST APIs and QS CLI make storage provisioning and automation easy.
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Key Features
- Provides NFS, SMB and iSCSI storage
- Compression, AES 256 bit Encryption
- Remote-replication between QuantaStor appliances across IBM data centers and on-premises locations for hybrid cloud.
- Snapshot Schedules with long term snapshot retention options.
- Hybrid SSD+HDD configuration provides economical capacity with performance
- All-Flash configurations deliver maximum IOPS
- Easy web-based management with Storage Grid technology
- NIST 800-53, HIPAA, CJIS compliant
- FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliant options available Q4/18
- Advanced Role Based Access Controls
- Automatable via QS CLI and REST API
- VMware certified and VMware VAAI integrated
Multi-site Storage Management
Add additional drives to expand capacity. Additional appliances may be added to a given QuantaStor Storage Grid for easy management of all appliances across IBM data centers. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning 36 bay servers as expansion disk-enclosures are not available as an add-on after the initial server provisioning.
Performance
Each appliance is configured with at least one storage pool and each pool will deliver 400MB to 1.6GB/sec sequential throughput depending on block size and number of disks. IOPS are increased through the use of mirrored SSD storage
configured as a write log which in turn will increase IOPS to 10K to 20K depending on block size and access patterns. All-Flash configurations will deliver over 100K sustained R/W IOPS.
Quick Configuration Steps
Step One: Storage Management Tab → Controllers & Enclosures → Right-click Controller → Configure Pass-thru devices → Select all → Click OK
Step Two: Storage Management Tab → Storage Pools → Create Storage Pool → Click OK
For iSCSI Block Storage Provisioning:
- Storage Management Tab → Hosts → Add Host → Enter host IQN → Click OK (do this for each host)
- Storage Management Tab → Storage Volumes → Create Storage Volume → Enter volume name, select a size, → Click OK
- Storage Management Tab → Hosts → Right-click Host → Assign Volumes → Select volumes → Click OK
For NFS/SMB File Storage Provisioning:
- Storage Management Tab → Network Shares → Create Network Share → Click OK (do this for each share)
- Storage Management Tab → Network Shares → Modify Network Share & SMB Access → Adjust Settings → Click OK (do this for each share)
Reference Configurations
Hybrid Configuration Options
Small Tier - Hybrid SAN/NAS – 16TB | Use Cases | System View |
2x E5-2620v4 64GB RAM 8x 2TB QS Small Tier (16TB) License 2x 960GB SSDs (write log) 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) 2x 10GbE Private Network ports |
File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V) XenServer, etc) Database Storage Data analytics NAS archive Disk-to-disk backup |
Medium Tier - Hybrid SAN/NAS – 48TB | Use Cases | System View |
2x E5-2620v4 128GB RAM 8x 6TB QS Medium Tier License 2x 960GB SSDs (write log) 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) 2x 10GbE Private Network ports |
File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V) XenServer, etc) Database Storage Data analytics NAS archive Disk-to-disk backup |
Large Tier - Hybrid SAN/NAS – 128TB | Use Cases | System View |
2x E5-2650v4 128GB RAM 16x 8TB QS Large Tier License 2x 960GB SSDs (write log) 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) 2x 10GbE Private Network ports |
Database Storage Data analytics NAS archive Disk-to-disk backup |
Extra-large Tier - Hybrid SAN/NAS – 256TB | Use Cases | System View |
2x E5-2650v4 256GB RAM 32x 8TB QS XL Tier License 2x 960GB SSDs (write log) 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) 2x 10GbE Private Network ports |
Database Storage Data analytics NAS archive Disk-to-disk backup |
All Flash Configuration Options
QuantaStor 5 All-Flash SAN/NAS – 44.4TB | Use Cases | System View |
2x Intel Xeon E5-2650v4 128GB RAM 12x 3.7TB SSD QS Small Tier (16TB) License 2x 1TB SATA SSD (mirrored boot) 2x 10GbE Private Network ports |
File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V) XenServer, etc) Database Storage Data analytics |
QuantaStor 5 All-Flash SAN/NAS – 118.4TB | Use Cases | System View |
2x E5-2650v4 128GB RAM 32x 3.7TB SSD QS Medium Tier License 2x 1TB SATA SSD (mirrored boot) 2x 10GbE Private Network ports |
File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V) XenServer, etc) Database Storage Data analytics |