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== Reference Configurations - Hybrid ==
 
== Reference Configurations - Hybrid ==
 
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| style="width: 40%"|'''Hybrid SAN/NAS – SM Tier (16TB)'''
 
| style="width: 30%"|'''Use Cases'''
 
| style="width: 30%"|'''System View'''
 
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|2x E5-2620v4<br> 64GB RAM<br> 8x 2TB HDD<br> QS SM License (16TB)<br> 2x 960GB SSDs (write log)<br> 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot)<br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
 
|File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, etc)<br>Database Storage<br>Data analytics<br>NAS archive<br>Disk-to-disk backup
 
|[[File:Svr_supermicro_2u12_6029p.png | center]]
 
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{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
 
{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
 
{{QsButton|https://ibm.co/2DE53AG|Deploy}}
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
 
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| style="width: 40%"|'''Hybrid SAN/NAS – MD Tier (48TB)'''
 
| style="width: 30%"|'''Use Cases'''
 
| style="width: 30%"|'''System View'''
 
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|2x E5-2620v4<br> 128GB RAM<br> 8x 6TB HDD<br> QS MD License (48TB)<br> 2x 960GB SSDs (write log)<br> 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) <br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
 
|File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, etc)<br>Database Storage<br>Data analytics<br>NAS archive<br>Disk-to-disk backup
 
|[[File:Svr_supermicro_2u12_6029p.png | center]]
 
<center>
 
{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
 
{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
 
{{QsButton|https://ibm.co/2DE53AG|Deploy}}
 
</center>
 
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|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
 
|-
 
| style="width: 40%"|'''Hybrid SAN/NAS – LG Tier (128TB)'''
 
| style="width: 30%"|'''Use Cases'''
 
| style="width: 30%"|'''System View'''
 
|-
 
|2x E5-2650v4<br> 128GB RAM<br> 16x 8TB HDD<br> QS LG License (128TB) <br> 2x 960GB SSDs (write log)<br> 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) <br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports
 
|Database Storage<br>Data analytics<br>NAS archive<br>Disk-to-disk backup
 
|[[File:Svr_supermicro_4u36.png | center]]
 
<center>
 
{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
 
{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
 
{{QsButton|https://ibm.co/2DE53AG|Deploy}}
 
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|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
 
|-
 
| style="width: 40%"|'''Hybrid SAN/NAS – XL Tier (256TB)'''
 
| style="width: 30%"|'''Use Cases'''
 
| style="width: 30%"|'''System View'''
 
|-
 
|2x E5-2650v4<br> 256GB RAM<br> 32x 8TB HDD<br> QS XL License (256TB) <br> 2x 960GB SSDs (write log)<br> 2x 1TB SATA (mirrored boot) <br> 2x 10GbE Private Network ports <br>
 
|Database Storage<br>Data analytics<br>NAS archive<br>Disk-to-disk backup
 
|[[File:Svr_supermicro_4u36.png | center]]
 
<center>
 
{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2PfXuVt|View Design}}
 
{{QsButton|https://bit.ly/2KXF6CC|Provisioning Guide}}
 
{{QsButton|https://ibm.co/2DE53AG|Deploy}}
 
</center>
 
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== Quick Configuration Steps ==
 
== Quick Configuration Steps ==

Revision as of 09:48, 23 May 2019

QuantaStor’s SAN/NAS Storage Servers provide file and block storage solutions suitable for a broad spectrum of workloads. IBM Cloud customers have the option of provisioning Hybrid SAN/NAS configurations that utilize SSD to accelerate write performance or All-Flash SAN/NAS configurations that offer the ultimate high-performance characteristics. IBM's Bare Metal servers give you full control over your dedicated appliance, while QuantaStor’s web-based management interface, REST APIs and QS CLI make storage provisioning and automation easy.

Key Features

IBM Cloud offers 36 bay mass storage servers which are ideal for QuantaStor SAN/NAS deployments.

Reference Configurations - All-Flash

Reference Configurations - Hybrid

Quick Configuration Steps

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:

For NFS/SMB File Storage Provisioning:

Multi-site Storage Management

Add additional drives to expand capacity. Additional systems may be added to a given QuantaStor Storage Grid for easy management of all systems across IBM data centers. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning 36 bay servers as expansion disk-enclosures are not available as an add-on after the initial server provisioning.