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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>
 
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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'''Step Five:''' Cluster Resource Management &rarr; Create Site Cluster &rarr; Select All &rarr; Click OK<br>
 
'''Step Five:''' Cluster Resource Management &rarr; Create Site Cluster &rarr; Select All &rarr; Click OK<br>
 
'''Step Six:''' Cluster Resource Management &rarr; Add Site Interface &rarr; Enter IP address for SMB/NFS Access &rarr; Click OK<br>
 
'''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 system<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 File Storage Tab &rarr; Gluster Volumes &rarr; Peer Setup &rarr; Select all systems &rarr; Click OK<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 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 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>
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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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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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