Configure QuantaStor SAN/NAS Server
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OSNEXUS QuantaStor SAN/NAS Storage Appliances
Key Features
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.
Use Cases
- File and/or Block storage for server virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, etc)
- Database Storage
- Data analytics
- NAS archive
- Disk-to-disk backup
Expandable
Add additional drives to expand capacity. Additional appliances may be added to a given storage grid for easy management of all appliances across IBM datacenters. It is recommended to provision 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.
Expected Performance
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.
Quick Configuration Steps
Storage Management Tab -> Controllers & Enclosures -> right-click Controller -> Configure Pass-thru devices -> Select all -> Click OK
Storage Management Tab -> Storage Pools -> Create Storage Pool -> Click OK
For iSCSI Block Storage Provisioning:
For NFS/SMB File Storage Provisioning:
Technical Specifications
QuantaStor SAN/NAS Storage Appliances | Hardware | Networking |
Bread | Pie | 500.00
QuantaStor SAN/NAS Storage Appliances
Configuration Options
2x E5-2620v4, 64GB RAM, 8x 2TB, QS Small Tier License
2x E5-2620v4, 128GB RAM, 8x 6TB, QS Medium Tier License
2x E5-2650v4, 128GB RAM, 16x 8TB, QS Large Tier License
2x E5-2650v4, 128GB RAM, 8x 1.9TB SSD, QS Small Tier License
2x E5-2650v4, 128GB RAM, 22x 1.9TB SSD, QS Medium Tier License
2x E5-2650v4, 256GB RAM, 32x 8TB, QS XL Tier License Hardware
Networking
Licenses and fees
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