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OSNEXUS QuantaStor SAN/NAS Storage Appliances

QuantaStor’s SAN/NAS storage appliances provide a combination of file and block storage suitable for a broad spectrum 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.

• File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, etc)
• Database Storage
• Data analytics
• NAS archive
• Disk-to-disk backup

Add additional drives to expand capacity. Additional appliances may be added to a given storage grid for easy management of all appliances across IBM data centers. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning a 24 bay or 36 bay server with
free drive bays available for expandability as expansion disk-enclosures are not available as an add-on
except at the time of initial server/appliance deployment.

Each appliance is configured with at least one storage pool and each pool will deliver 400MB to 1.6GB/sec sequential throughput depending on block size and number of disks. IOPS are increased through the use of mirrored SSD storage
configured as a write log which in turn will increase IOPS to 10K to 20K depending on block size and access patterns. All-Flash configurations will deliver over 100K sustained R/W IOPS.

Step one: Storage Management Tab -> Controllers & Enclosures -> right-click Controller -> Configure Pass-thru devices -> Select all -> Click OK
Step two: Storage Management Tab -> Storage Pools -> Create Storage Pool -> Click OK

For iSCSI Block Storage Provisioning:

Storage Management Tab -> Hosts -> Add Host -> Enter host IQN -> Click OK (do this for each host)

Storage Management Tab -> Storage Volumes -> Create Storage Volume -> Enter volume name, select a size, -> Click OK

Storage Management Tab -> Hosts -> Right-click Host -> Assign Volumes -> Select volumes -> Click OK

For NFS/SMB File Storage Provisioning:

Storage Management Tab -> Network Shares -> Create Network Share -> Click OK (do this for each share)

Storage Management Tab -> Network Shares -> Modify Network Share & SMB Access -> Adjust Settings - > Click OK (do this for each share)

QuantaStor SAN/NAS Storage Appliances

• Provides NFS, SMB and iSCSI storage
• Compression, AES 256 bit Encryption
• Remote-replication between QuantaStor appliances across IBM data centers and on-premises locations for hybrid cloud.
• Snapshot Schedules with long term snapshot retention options.
• Hybrid SSD+HDD configuration provide economical capacity with performance
• All-Flash configurations deliver maximum IOPS
• Easy web-based management with Storage Grid technology
• NIST 800-53, HIPAA, CJIS compliant
• FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliant options available Q4/18
• Advanced Role Based Access Controls
• Automatable via QS CLI and REST API
• VMware certified and VMware VAAI integrated

Hybrid SAN/NAS Configuration Options

All Flash Configuration Options

Hardware

• Small and Medium Tier configurations use 2RU server with 12x drive bays.
• Large Tier configurations use 4RU server with 24x or 36x drive bays.
• All configurations include mirrored boot.
• All Hybrid configurations include 2x 800GB SSD for write acceleration.

Networking

• 2x 10GbE Private Network ports recommended for all configurations.
  
• Use LACP bonded network ports when NFS based Datastores are to be configured.
  

Licenses and Fees

• Select the OSNEXUS operating system QuantaStor license tier based on the amount of raw storage capacity.
  
• License, maintenance, upgrades, and support included.