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== Key Features ==
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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 iSCSI Block Storage Features'''
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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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== Expandable ==
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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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== Performance ==
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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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== Quick Configuration Steps ==
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<span style="font-size:80%; line-height: 1.0em;">
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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 Appliance IP &rarr; Click OK<br>
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'''Step Three:''' Storage Management Tab &rarr; Add Grid Node &rarr; Enter 3nd Appliance 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 appliance)<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:''' Storage Management Tab &rarr; Storage Pool &rarr; Create Storage Pool &rarr; Create one pool (XFS type) per device per appliance<br>
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'''Step Eight:''' Scale-out File Storage Tab &rarr; Gluster Volumes &rarr; Peer Setup &rarr; Select all appliances &rarr; Click OK<br>
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'''Step Nine:''' Scale-out File Storage Tab &rarr; Gluster Volumes &rarr; Create Volume &rarr; Enter name, select all Pools and Erasure Coding mode &rarr; Click OK<br>
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'''Step Ten:''' Storage Management Tab &rarr; Network Shares &rarr; right-click share for volume &rarr; Select Modify Share & SMB Access &rarr; Adjust access settings &rarr; Click OK
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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>
 
== Reference Configurations ==  
 
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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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