NAS Gateway - WIP

QuantaStor’s NAS Gateway Storage System can be configured to have local NAS storage which is periodically backed-up to IBM Cloud Storage as objects or alternatively can be configured to cache a quantity of metadata but otherwise can serve as a NAS pass-thru gateway to IBM Cloud Storage.

Key Features

• Provides NFS and SMB access to IBM S3 Object Storage
• Objects map one-to-one as Files and vice-versa
• Backup policies enable backups of NFS/SMB shares to IBM S3 Object Storage
• Snapshot Schedules with long term snapshot retention options make file recovery from system local Network Shares easy.
• Automatize operations via QS CLI and REST API

Reference Configurations

NAS Gateway Appliances

Capacity	Media Type	Protocol Support	Workload	Bill of Materials	Design
4TB raw / 2TB usable QS 5 Image: XS (4TB)	HDD	NFS / CIFS / SMB	Accessing IBM Cloud Object Storage as NAS Backups of file shares to IBM Cloud Object Storage General-purpose NAS file storage that can be backed up to IBM Cloud Object Storage	2x E5-2620v4 32GB RAM 2 x 2TB SATA HDD 2 x 960GB SATA SSD (mirrored boot) 2 x 1GbE or 10GbE Private Network ports	View Design
16TB raw / 8TB usable QS5 Image: SM (16TB)	HDD	NFS / SMB	Accessing IBM Cloud Object Storage as NAS Backups of file shares to IBM Cloud Object Storage General-purpose NAS file storage that can be backed up to IBM Cloud Object Storage	2x E5-2620v4 64GB RAM 8 x 2TB SATA HDD 2 x 960GB SATA SSD (mirrored boot) 2 x 1GbE or 10GbE Private Network ports	View Design

Quick Configuration Steps

Step One: Cloud Containers Tab → Cloud Storage Providers → Add Credentials → select Softlayer S3, enter keys → Click OK
Step Two: Cloud Containers Tab → Cloud Storage Containers → Cloud Container Create → enter share name → Click OK
Step Three: Storage Management Tab → Network Shares → Modify Network Share & SMB Access → adjust settings → Click OK

Performance

NAS Gateway based Network Shares are not for high-performance use cases and will typically see 50MB/sec with 1GbE uplinks. If higher performance is required then an system local Network Share should be provisioned which is then backed up to a cloud-based Network Share using a Backup Policy. The performance of an system local Network Share is limited to the number of disks in the storage pool and can deliver over 1.2GB/sec of read/write throughput for large files on systems configured with dual 10GbE.