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QuantaStor’s scale-out block storage configurations provide highly-available iSCSI block storage suitable for a variety of use cases. Each appliance contains SSD to accelerate write performance and each cluster must contain a minimum of 3x appliances. QuantaStor’s web-based management interface, REST APIs and QS CLI make storage provisioning and automation easy. 
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QuantaStor Scale-out NAS Archive configurations provide highly-available file storage suitable archive applications with lower performance requirements. SSD is added to each appliance to accelerate write performance and each NAS Archive cluster must contain a minimum of 3x appliances.<br>
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== Reference Configurations ==
  
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'''QuantaStor Scale-out iSCSI Block Storage Features'''
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'''Scale-out NAS Archive Storage'''
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*S3 & SWIFT Compatible REST API support
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*Hybrid HDD + SSD configuration to boost write performance
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*Easy web-based management of all appliances with built-in QuantaStor storage grid technology.
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*Easy expansion by adding appliances and/or drives.
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*Highly-available block storage for virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer)
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*Scale-out block storage with Cinder integration for KVM based OpenStack deployments
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*Highly-available block storage for databases
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Add additional drives and/or additional appliances to expand capacity.  Drives can be different sizes, appliances can have different numbers of drives but for optimal performance uniform drive count and capacities per QS server/appliance are recommended.
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Adding appliances will boost performance as the configuration scales-out. Small 3x appliance configurations will deliver between 400MB/sec and 1.2GB/sec sequential throughput depending on block size and number of concurrent client connections.  Erasure-coding is recommended for best write performance and replica mode is recommended for best read performance. 
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{{Titlebar|QUICK CONFIGURATION STEPS}}
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'''Step One:''' Storage Management Tab &rarr; Create Grid -> Click OK<br>
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'''Step Two:''' Storage Management Tab -> Add Grid Node -> Enter 2nd Appliance IP -> Click OK<br>
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'''Step Three:''' Storage Management Tab -> Add Grid Node -> Enter 3nd Appliance IP -> Click OK<br>
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'''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)<br>
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'''Step Five:''' Cluster Resource Management -> Create Site Cluster -> Select All -> Click OK<br>
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'''Step Six:''' Cluster Resource Management -> Add Site Interface -> Enter IP address for SMB/NFS Access -> Click OK<br>
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'''Step Seven:''' Storage Management Tab -> Storage Pool -> Create Storage Pool -> Create one pool (XFS type) per device per appliance<br>
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'''Step Eight:''' Scale-out File Storage Tab -> Gluster Volumes -> Peer Setup -> Select all appliances -> Click OK<br>
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'''Step Nine:''' Scale-out File Storage Tab -> Gluster Volumes -> Create Volume -> Enter name, select all Pools and Erasure Coding mode -> Click OK<br>
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'''Step Ten:''' Storage Management Tab -> Network Shares -> right-click share for volume -> Select Modify Share & SMB Access.. -> Adjust access settings -> Click OK
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|'''Hardware'''
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| style="width: 40%"|'''Medium Tier - NAS Archive Storage – 48TB'''
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| style="width: 30%"|'''Use Cases'''
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|Small and Medium Tier configurations use 2RU server with 12x drive bays. <br>Large Tier configurations use 4RU server with 24x or 36x drive bays. <br>All configurations include mirrored boot, redundant power. <br>All configurations include 2x 800GB SSD for write acceleration.
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|2x E5-2620v4<br> 128GB RAM<br> 8x 6TB<br> QS Medium Tier License <br> 2x 960GB SSDs (write log)<br> 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) <br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
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|2x 10GbE Private Network ports recommended for all configurations. <br>Use LACP bonding for network redundancy and improved throughput.
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|Highly-available block storage for virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer)<br>Scale-out block storage with Cinder integration for KVM based OpenStack deployments<br>Highly-available block storage for databases
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|Select the OSNEXUS operating system QuantaStor license tier based on the amount of raw storage capacity. <br>License, maintenance, upgrades and support included.
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{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
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{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
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{{QsButton|https://ibm.co/2DE53AG|Deploy}}
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'''Scale-out iSCSI Block Storage Configuration Options'''
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|'''Small Tier - Hybrid Block Storage – 16TB'''
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|2x E5-2650v4<br> 128GB RAM<br> 16x 8TB<br> QS Large Tier License <br> 2x 960GB SSDs (write log)<br> 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) <br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
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|'''Medium Tier - Hybrid Object Storage – 48TB'''
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|Highly-available block storage for virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer)<br>Scale-out block storage with Cinder integration for KVM based OpenStack deployments<br>Highly-available block storage for databases
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{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
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{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
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|2x E5-2650v4 or 4110, 64GB RAM, 8x 2TB SATA, <br>QS Small Tier License, 1x 800GB SSDs (write log), <br>2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot), <br>2x 10GbE Private Network ports
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| style="width: 40%"|'''Extra-large Tier - NAS Archive Storage – 256TB'''
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|2x E5-2620v4 or 4110, 128GB RAM, <br>8x 6TB, QS Medium Tier License, <br>1x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot), <br>2x 10GbE Private Network ports
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|2x E5-2620v4 or 4110, 128GB RAM, <br>16x 8TB SATA, QS Large Tier License, <br>2x 800GB SSDs (write log), 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot), <br>2x 10GbE Private Network ports
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|2x E5-2650v4<br> 256GB RAM<br> 32x 8TB<br> QS XL Tier License <br> 2x 960GB SSDs (write log)<br> 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) <br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports <br>
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|Highly-available block storage for virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer)<br>Scale-out block storage with Cinder integration for KVM based OpenStack deployments<br>Highly-available block storage for databases
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{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
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== Quick Configuration Steps ==
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'''Step One:''' Storage Management Tab &rarr; Create Grid &rarr; Click OK<br>
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'''Step Two:''' Storage Management Tab &rarr; Add Grid Node &rarr; Enter 2nd System IP &rarr; Click OK<br>
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'''Step Three:''' Storage Management Tab &rarr; Add Grid Node &rarr; Enter 3nd System IP &rarr; Click OK<br>
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'''Step Four:''' Storage Management Tab &rarr; Controllers & Enclosures &rarr; right-click Controller &rarr; Configure Pass-thru devices &rarr; Select all &rarr; Click OK (do this for each controller on each system)<br>
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'''Step Five:''' Cluster Resource Management &rarr; Create Site Cluster &rarr; Select All &rarr; Click OK<br>
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'''Step Six:''' Cluster Resource Management &rarr; Add Site Interface &rarr; Enter IP address for SMB/NFS Access &rarr; Click OK<br>
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'''Step Seven:''' Scale-out Storage Configuration &rarr; Create Cluster &rarr; Create a Ceph Cluster using all the systems that will be used for the new scale-out NAS Storage Pool<br>
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'''Step Eight:''' Scale-out Storage Configuration &rarr; Add OSDs & Journals &rarr; Add Data Devices & Journals by selecting the "Auto-Config" button and then press OK.<br>
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'''Step Nine:''' Scale-out Storage Configuration &rarr; Scale-out Storage Pools &rarr; Create Scale-out File/NAS Storage Pool &rarr; Choose and Erasure Coding level &rarr; Click OK<br>

Latest revision as of 14:45, 19 August 2020

PENDING Release 5.4

QuantaStor Scale-out NAS Archive configurations provide highly-available file storage suitable archive applications with lower performance requirements. SSD is added to each appliance to accelerate write performance and each NAS Archive cluster must contain a minimum of 3x appliances.

Reference Configurations

Scale-out NAS Archive Storage

Medium Tier - NAS Archive Storage – 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 		Highly-available block storage for virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer)
Scale-out block storage with Cinder integration for KVM based OpenStack deployments
Highly-available block storage for databases
Svr supermicro 2u12 6029p.png

View Design Provisioning Guide Deploy

Large Tier - NAS Archive Storage – 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 		Highly-available block storage for virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer)
Scale-out block storage with Cinder integration for KVM based OpenStack deployments
Highly-available block storage for databases
Svr supermicro 4u36.png

View Design Provisioning Guide Deploy

Extra-large Tier - NAS Archive Storage – 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
Highly-available block storage for virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer)
Scale-out block storage with Cinder integration for KVM based OpenStack deployments
Highly-available block storage for databases
Svr supermicro 4u36.png

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 System IP → Click OK
Step Three: Storage Management Tab → Add Grid Node → Enter 3nd System 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 system)
Step Five: Cluster Resource Management → Create Site Cluster → Select All → Click OK
Step Six: Cluster Resource Management → Add Site Interface → Enter IP address for SMB/NFS Access → Click OK
Step Seven: Scale-out Storage Configuration → Create Cluster → Create a Ceph Cluster using all the systems that will be used for the new scale-out NAS Storage Pool
Step Eight: Scale-out Storage Configuration → Add OSDs & Journals → Add Data Devices & Journals by selecting the "Auto-Config" button and then press OK.
Step Nine: Scale-out Storage Configuration → Scale-out Storage Pools → Create Scale-out File/NAS Storage Pool → Choose and Erasure Coding level → Click OK

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