| GRAID
|
SR-1000
|
NVMe RAID
|
Yes
Storage Devices/Media
Scale-up Cluster Media (ZFS Storage Pools)
Scale-up clusters require dual-ported media so that QuantaStor's IO fencing system can reserve device access to specific nodes for specific pools. These clusters generally consist of two QuantaStor servers with shared access to the storage media in a separate enclosure (JBOD or JBOF). Scale-up clusters using dual-ported NVMe media require the use of special Storage-Bridge-Bay servers from Supermicro.
Data Media
| Vendor
|
Model
|
Media Type
|
Notes
|
| Western Digital
|
Ultrastar
|
Dual-port 6/12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
|
| Seagate
|
Exos, Nytro & Enterprise Performance
|
Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
|
| Samsung
|
Enterprise SSDs (PM1643, PM1643a)
|
Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
|
| Micron
|
Enterprise SSDs (S6xxDC)
|
Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
|
| KIOXIA
|
PM6 Enterprise Capacity/Enterprise Performance
|
Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
|
| Cisco, HPE, DellEMC, Lenovo
|
OEM
|
Dual-port 6/12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
|
| Western Digital
|
NVMe SN200 SN840
|
Dual-port NVMe
|
Supermicro SBB Server Req
|
| KIOXIA
|
CM5-V, CM6
|
Dual-port NVMe
|
Supermicro SBB Server Req
|
| Micron
|
7300 PRO
|
Dual-port NVMe
|
Supermicro SBB Server Req
|
Journal Media (ZIL & L2ARC)
A mirrored pair of SSDs are required for each storage pool to enable SSD write acceleration. SSDs can be added or removed from a given storage at any time with zero downtime. Be sure to select a storage chassis / JBOD with adequate drive slots for both the data drives and the SSD journal devices. Select 400GB models when purchasing write-intensive SSDs and 800GB models when purchasing mixed-used SSDs.
| Vendor
|
Model
|
Type
|
Notes
|
| Western Digital
|
Ultrastar SAS Write-Intensive & Mixed-use Models
|
Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
|
| Seagate
|
Nytro SAS Write-Intensive & Mixed-use Models
|
Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
|
| Samsung
|
Enterprise SSDs (PM1643, PM1643a)
|
Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
|
| Western Digital
|
SN200 SN840
|
Dual-port NVMe
|
Supermicro SBB Server Req
|
| KIOXIA
|
PM6 Enterprise Capacity/Enterprise Performance
|
Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
|
| KIOXIA
|
CM5-V, CM6
|
Dual-port NVMe
|
Supermicro SBB Server Req
|
| Micron
|
7300 PRO
|
Dual-port NVMe
|
Supermicro SBB Server Req
|
Scale-out Cluster Media (Ceph Storage Pools)
We highly recommend the use of NVMe devices vs SATA/SAS SSDs due to the higher throughput performance per device which reduces overall costs.
| Vendor
|
Model
|
Type
|
Use case
|
| Intel
|
DC series (all models)
|
NVMe
|
Ceph MDB / WAL / Metadata Pools
|
| Micron
|
7xxx Pro, 9xxx PRO & MAX Series (all models)
|
NVMe
|
Ceph MDB / WAL / Metadata Pools
|
| Seagate
|
Nytro Series (all models)
|
NVMe / SAS
|
Ceph MDB / WAL / Metadata Pools
|
| KIOXIA / Toshiba
|
CM6 Series (all models)
|
NVMe
|
Ceph MDB / WAL / Metadata Pools
|
| Western Digital
|
Ultrastar DC series (all models)
|
NVMe
|
Ceph MDB / WAL / Metadata Pools
|
Fibre Channel HBAs
- QuantaStor SDS only supports Qlogic Fibre Channel HBAs for use with the FC SCSI target feature.
| Vendor
|
Model
|
Type
|
Notes
|
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
|
QLE2742
|
32Gb
|
Requires QuantaStor 6
|
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
|
QLE2692
|
16Gb
|
Requires QuantaStor 6
|
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
|
QLE267x
|
16Gb
|
|
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
|
QLE25xx
|
8Gb
|
|
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
|
QLE24xx
|
4Gb
|
|
Network Interface Cards
- QuantaStor supports almost all 1GbE and 10/100 network cards on the market
- High speed 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE/50GbE/100GbE NICs that have been tested for compatibility, stability and performance with QuantaStor are as listed.
| Vendor
|
Model
|
Type
|
Connector
|
| Intel
|
X520, X550, X710, XL710,XXV710 (all 1/10/25/40GbE models), E810
|
1/10/25/40GbE, 100GbE
|
10GBaseT, SFP28, QSFP, SFP+, QSFP28
|
| Emulex
|
OneConnect OCe14xxx Series
|
10/40GbE
|
QSFP
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-6 EN Series
|
25/50/100/200GbE
|
SFP28/QSFP28
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-5 EN Series
|
25/50/100GbE
|
SFP28/QSFP28
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-4 EN Series
|
10/25/40/50/100GbE
|
SFP28/QSFP28
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-3 EN/VPI Series
|
10/40/56GbE
|
SFP+/QSFP+
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-3 Pro EN/VPI Series
|
10GbE/40GbE/56GbE
|
SFP+/QSFP+
|
| Interface Masters
|
NIAGARA 32714L (OEM Intel)
|
Quad-port 10GbE
|
SFP+
|
| Broadcom
|
BCM57508
|
100GbE
|
QSFP28
|
Infiniband Adapters
QuantaStor has deprecated support for the SRP protocol in favor of the iSCSI Extensions for RDMA protocol (iSER). Mellanox Infiniband controllers may be used in IPoIB mode.
| Vendor
|
Model
|
Type
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-3 VPI Series
|
40/56GbE (QDR)
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-4 VPI Series
|
25/40/50/100GbE
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-5 VPI Series
|
25/50/100GbE
|
| Mellanox
|
ConnectX-6 VPI Series
|
100/200GbE
|
iSCSI Initiators / Client-side
| Vendor
|
Operating System
|
iSCSI Initiator
|
| Microsoft
|
Windows (all versions, 7 and newer)
|
Windows iSCSI Initiator
|
| Microsoft
|
Windows Server (all versions, 2003 and newer)
|
Windows iSCSI Initiator
|
| Apple
|
macOS 13, macOS 12, macOS 11, macOS 10.15, OS X 10.x, Mac OS X 10.x
|
ATTO Xtend SAN initiator (globalSAN is not supported)
|
| Citrix
|
XenServer 5.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), XenServer 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), XenServer 7.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), Citrix Ready Certified
|
iSCSI SR, NFS SR, StorageLink SR
|
| VMware
|
VMware ESXi 4.x, 5.x, 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), 7.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS)
|
VMware initiator
|
| Linux
|
RHEL, AlmaLinux, RockyLinux, SUSE, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Oracle Linux (OEL), etc. (all major distros)
|
open-iscsi
|
|