IBM Cloud Scale-out Object Storage Cluster (WIP)

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

SAN/NAS - HYBRID SOLUTIONS

Capacity	Media Type	Protocol Support	Workload	Bill of Materials	Design
48TB raw / 24TB usable QS 5 Image: MD (48TB)	HDD + SSD	iSCSI NFS / CIFS /SMB	Server Virtualization / VDI Database Storage	* Intel Xeon Dual E5-2650 / 36 x LFF bay server * 64GB ECC RAM * 2 x 960GB SATA SSDs (RAID1/boot) * 12 x 4TB Enterprise SATA HDD (data) * 2 x 960GB Enterprise SATA SSD (write log) * 2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks	View Design
120TB raw / 60TB usable QS 5 Image: LG (128TB)	HDD + SSD	iSCSI NFS / CIFS /SMB	Server Virtualization / VDI Database Storage	* Intel Xeon Dual E5-2650 / 36 x LFF bay server * 128GB ECC RAM * 2 x 960GB SATA SSDs (RAID1/boot) * 20 x 6TB Enterprise SATA HDD (data) * 2 x 960GB Enterprise SATA SSD (write log) * 2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks	View Design

HYBRID OBJECT STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Capacity	Media Type	Protocol Support	Workload	Bill of Materials	Design
48TB raw / 24TB usable QS 5 Image: MD (48TB)	HDD + SSD	iSCSI NFS / CIFS /SMB	Server Virtualization / VDI Database Storage	* Intel Xeon Dual E5-2650 / 36 x LFF bay server * 64GB ECC RAM * 2 x 960GB SATA SSDs (RAID1/boot) * 12 x 4TB Enterprise SATA HDD (data) * 2 x 960GB Enterprise SATA SSD (write log) * 2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks	View Design
120TB raw / 60TB usable QS 5 Image: LG (128TB)	HDD + SSD	iSCSI NFS / CIFS /SMB	Server Virtualization / VDI Database Storage	* Intel Xeon Dual E5-2650 / 36 x LFF bay server * 128GB ECC RAM * 2 x 960GB SATA SSDs (RAID1/boot) * 20 x 6TB Enterprise SATA HDD (data) * 2 x 960GB Enterprise SATA SSD (write log) * 2 x 10 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks	View Design

Medium Tier - Hybrid Object Storage – 48TB	Use Cases	System View
2x E5-2620v4 or 4110, 128GB RAM, 8x 6TB, QS Medium Tier License, 1x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot), 2x 10GbE Private Network ports	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	View Design Provisioning Guide Deploy

Large Tier - Hybrid Object Storage – 128TB	Use Cases	System View
2x E5-2650v4, 128GB RAM, 16x 8TB, QS Large Tier License 2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) 2x 10GbE Private Network ports	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	View Design Provisioning Guide Deploy

Extra Large Tier - Hybrid Object Storage – 256TB	Use Cases	System View
2x E5-2650v4, 256GB RAM, 32x 8TB, QS XL Tier License 2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) 2x 10GbE Private Network ports	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	View Design Provisioning Guide Deploy

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