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== System Architecture Guide & Performance Considerations ==
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[[Category:design_guide]]
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QuantaStor is Linux based and has kernel driver updates released multiple times per year to ensure broad support for the latest hardware from the major vendors including HPE, Dell/EMC, Cisco, Intel, Western Digital, Supermicro and Lenovo.  The hardware listed below has been tested for specific compatibility with QuantaStor to ensure system stability, performance and compatibility. If you have questions about specific hardware compatibility for components not listed below please contact support@osnexus.com for assistance.
  
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=== Server Virtualization ===
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== Servers for QuantaStor SDS Systems ==
  
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Server Virtualization / VM workloads are fairly sequential when you have just a few virtual machines but don't be fooled.  As you add more VMs the IO patterns to the storage appliance will become more and more random in nature.  As such, you must design a configuration that is tuned to maximize IOPS so we always recommend that you configure your storage pool to use the RAID10 layout for virtualization.  We also recommend that you use a hardware RAID controller like the LSI MegaRAID so that it is easy to detect and replace bad hard drives even if you are using ZFS.  Also, with ZFS we recommend that you use the hardware RAID controller to make multiple RAID1 units then combine them when you create the pool using ZFS RAID0. This provides you with a RAID10 storage pool which leverages the hardware RAID controller for hot-spare management and leverages the capabilities of ZFS for easy expansion of the pool.  When you expand the pool later you can create an additional RAID1 mirror pair using the hardware RAID controller then grow the pool using that new fault-tolerant logical device from the RAID controller.
 
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It is also important to build your systems with extra RAM which will work as a read cache to further boost performance.  A good rule of thumb is 24GB for the base system plus 1GB-2GB for each additional VM.  Use 10GbE or 8Gb FC for systems with many VMs or with VMs with high load services like Microsoft Exchange.
 
  
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=== Desktop Virtualization (VDI) ===
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Boot Controller
 +
! CPU
 +
! Memory (32GB min)
 +
|-
 +
| Cisco
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| [https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-s3260-storage-server/index.html UCS S3260 Storage Server], C220, C240 (M7/M6/M5/M4 Series)
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| UCS RAID and HBAs or software RAID1 M.2 NVMe
 +
| AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4
 +
| 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
 +
|-
 +
| DellEMC
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| [https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/povw/poweredge-r750 PowerEdge R650/R750], [https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/povw/poweredge-r740 PowerEdge R640/R740/R740xd], R730/R730xd/R720/R630/R620
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| Dell BOSS or software RAID1 M.2 NVMe
 +
| AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4
 +
| 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
 +
|-
 +
| HPE
 +
| [https://www.hpe.com/us/en/product-catalog/servers/proliant-servers/pip.hpe-proliant-dl380-gen10-server.1010026818.html ProLiant DL360/DL380 Gen10], Gen9, Gen8, Gen7
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| HPE P4xx w/ FBWC
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| AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4
 +
| 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
 +
|-
 +
| HPE
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| [https://www.hpe.com/us/en/product-catalog/servers/apollo-systems/pip.hpe-apollo-4200-gen10-server.1011147097.html Apollo 4200], 4510 Gen9 and Gen10 Series
 +
| HPE P4xx w/ FBWC
 +
| AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4
 +
| 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
 +
|-
 +
| Intel
 +
| Intel Server Systems (M50FCP/M50CYP)
 +
| Software RAID1 M.2 NVMe
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| Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4
 +
| 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
 +
|-
 +
| Lenovo
 +
| [https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/servers/racks/c/racks ThinkSystem SR650/SR550/SR590 Series], x3650 M5/M4/M4 BD, x3250 M5
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| Software RAID1 M.2 NVMe or Hardware Boot RAID1
 +
| AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4
 +
| 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
 +
|-
 +
| Seagate
 +
| [https://www.seagate.com/products/storage/data-storage-systems/application-platforms/exos-ap-2u24/ Seagate 2U24 AP Storage Server], 5U84 AP, 2U12 AP (AMD / Bonneville)
 +
| Internal M.2 NVMe
 +
| AMD EPYC 16 core
 +
| 128GB RAM (Gold) 256GB RAM (Platinum), 512GB RAM (Titanium)
 +
|-
 +
| Supermicro
 +
| X13, X12, X11, X10 & X9 based Intel and H12 based AMD servers
 +
| Software RAID1 M.2 NVMe
 +
| AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4
 +
| 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
 +
|}
  
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Everything from the Server Virtualization section applies and additionally you'll want to move to SSD drives due to the high IOPS demands of desktops.  It is also a good idea to use a ZFS based storage pool so that you can create template desktop configurations then clone or snapshot these templates to produce virtual desktops for end-users.  More RAM is also recommended; 128GB is generally good for 50-100 desktops.
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== Disk Expansion Chassis / JBOD ==
  
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=== Disk Archive / Backup ===
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* QuantaStor supports SAS/SATA & NVMe external Expansion Shelves / JBOD devices from Dell, HP, IBM/Lenovo and SuperMicro.
 +
* All JBODs must have two or more SAS expansion ports per module to allow for SAS multipathing.  For chaining of expansion shelves three or more SAS ports are required per expander.
  
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Disk archive and backup applications generally write large amounts of data in a very sequential fashion. As such it works most efficiently with RAID6.  You can use RAID5 but we don't recommend you ever use it.  The performance of RAID6 is almost the same and allows the RAID unit to continue working after two simultaneous disk failures. Make sure you leave room in the chassis for one or two hot-spares as well, and note, these do not count towards your licensed capacity so get two if you have room.
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{| class="wikitable"
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The performance with an LSI 9271/9286 is about 1.6GB/sec sequential with the XFS storage pool type and about 1GB/sec sequential with the ZFS storage pool type. It takes about 16-20 drives to max out the throughput of a single LSI RAID controller so we recommend that you get a second controller if you have 40+ disk drives in your QuantaStor archive appliance.  We also don't recommend going over 20 drives in a RAID6 configuration due to the increase in rebuild times and generally speaking 16 drives or less is best. If you have a 45 drive chassis then making 3x RAID6 units of 14 drives each or 4x RAID6 units of 11 drives each is best. Larger capacity drives like 3TB, 4TB, and 5TB drives will deliver better performance due to larger density platters. That said, 16x 2TB drives will be much faster than 8x 4TB drives due to the larger number of spindles and stripe size. You can combine multiple RAID6 units with the ZFS storage pool type using ZFS RAID0. This will produce a RAID60 storage pool but it must be expanded using a full RAID6 unit.  So if you combine 4x RAID6 units with 8 drives each, note that you'll need to add a 8 drives RAID6 unit when you expand the pool later. RAID60 is good to use if you have multiple simultaneous backup streams. It is also good to just create separate pools for each backup stream if you can so that you have no spindle contention. Use 10GbE and/or 8Gb FC if you have more than 5x disks in your archive system or your network will be the bottleneck.
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! Vendor
 +
! JBOD Model
 +
|-
 +
| Cisco
 +
| All Models
 +
|-
 +
| Dell
 +
| [https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/storage-md1420 All Models]
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|-
 +
| HPE
 +
| All Models ([https://www.hpe.com/us/en/product-catalog/storage/disk-enclosures/pip.hpe-d3000-disk-enclosures.6923837.html D3000 Series], D2000 Series, [https://www.hpe.com/us/en/product-catalog/storage/disk-enclosures/pip.hpe-d6020-enclosure-with-dual-io-modules.1009000694.html D6020])
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|-
 +
| IBM/Lenovo
 +
| All Models
 +
|-
 +
| Seagate Exos E
 +
| [https://www.seagate.com/enterprise-storage/systems/exos/?utm_source=eol&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=modular-enclosures All Models]
 +
|-
 +
| Seagate Corvault
 +
| All Models
 +
|-
 +
| Seagate Exos X
 +
| All Models
 +
|-
 +
| SuperMicro
 +
| All Models (HA requires dual expander JBODs)
 +
|-
 +
| Western Digtial
 +
| [https://www.westerndigital.com/products/storage-platforms/ultrastar-data60-hybrid-platform?multilink=switch Ultrastar Data60] / Data102 / 4U60-G2 / 2U24 SSD Models
 +
|}
  
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=== Media Post-Production Editing & Playback  ===
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== SAS HBA Controllers ==
  
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For Media applications 10GbE is critical, 1GbE NICs are just not fast enough for most modern playback and editing environments.  You will also want to have large stripe sets that can keep up with ingest and playback.  Choose a chassis with room for 20+ disks. Performance will increase linearly as you add more disks so you want as many disks as possible up to ~20 per RAID unit in RAID6.  Add a good amount of RAM as this will all be used as a read cache and will help boost performance.  This is assuming you have largely sequential IO patterns.  If you have multiple workstations all writing to the storage pool at the same time then you'll want to consider using RAID10.
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To make Storage Pools highly-available (ZFS based pools) media must be connected to two or more servers via SAS (or FC) connectivity.  We recommend Broadcom HBAs and their OEM equivalents.  HPE is the exception where HPE disk expansion units must be used with HPE HBAs which are now Microsemi based.  Make sure the HBA is flashed with the latest firmware to ensure compatibility with the latest storage media.  For OEM branded HBAs always use the OEM's supplied firmware even if a newer firmware is available from Broadcom. SAS HBAs with only external ports (8e, 16e models) should be configured to ignore Boot ROM from Disk Devices. For Broadcom/LSI Controllers, this option is called 'Boot Support' and should be set to 'OS only' in the MPTSAS BIOS.
  
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=== Research and Life Sciences ===
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Type
 +
! QS HW Mgmt Module
 +
|-
 +
| Broadcom/LSI/Avago
 +
| 9500 12Gb tri-mode series
 +
| SAS HBA
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| Broadcom/LSI/Avago
 +
| 9400 12Gb tri-mode series
 +
| SAS HBA
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| Broadcom/LSI/Avago
 +
| 9300 12Gb series
 +
| SAS HBA
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| Broadcom/LSI/Avago
 +
| 9200 6Gb series
 +
| SAS HBA
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| Cisco
 +
| UCS 6Gb & 12Gb HBAs
 +
| SAS HBA
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| DELL/EMC
 +
| SAS HBA 6Gb & 12Gb
 +
| SAS HBA
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| HPE
 +
| SmartArray H241 12Gb
 +
| SAS HBA
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| Lenovo/IBM
 +
| ServeRAID M5xxx 12Gb
 +
| SAS HBA
 +
| Yes
 +
|}
  
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The RAID layout to use is really dependent on the access patterns and file size.  For millions of small files and systems with many active workstations concurrently writing data to a given storage pool it is best to use RAID10.  Alternatively RAID6 or RAID60 with an SSD write cache (ZIL) may work well if the number of concurrent writers is low.  The best approach is to configure two pools, one using RAID10, one in RAID60 and see what works best.  Each LSI RAID controller will max out at 1.6 to 1.8GB/sec so an optimal configuration will have 1-2 10GbE ports per RAID controller and one RAID controller per 20x-40x 7200 RPM disks.  With ZFS the throughput to the RAID controller will be less at about 1GB to 1.3GB/sec with dual 8Gb FC.
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== Boot RAID Controllers ==
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Large systems with 100+ disks should use 4x RAID controllers and should consider breaking up the load among 2x or more QuantaStor appliances.  QuantaStor's grid management technology allows you to combine multiple appliances together so that you can manage them as one.  That said, the storage pools are tied to a specific appliance so it's not a single namespace by default.  This is an advantage as heavy IO load on Pool A will not impact the performance of an application running on Pool B by another research team even if both pools are in the same appliance as long as there is adequate network bandwidth and back-end RAID controller bandwidth. Note also that you can create scale-out single namespace Gluster volumes with QuantaStor's integrated Gluster management.  You can also use storage pools simultaneously for Gluster, NFS/CIFS, FC/iSCSI, and Hadoop.
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== Hardware Recommendations ==
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QuantaStor supports both software RAID1 for boot and hardware RAID1 for boot using high quality datacenter grade media.  We recommend SSDs in the 240GB to 480GB size range for boot.  If SATADOM SSD devices are used use the 128GB devices and use software RAID1 to mirror them.  Do not use Intel VROC.
  
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QuantaStor is based on Linux, specifically Ubuntu Linux 12.04 with QuantaStor v3 so the driver support is very broad.  That said, the following equipment is generally recommended as it has been tested and used reliably in many QuantaStor customer deployments.
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Type
 +
! QS HW Mgmt Module
 +
|-
 +
| Broadcom/LSI/Avago
 +
| MegaRAID (all models)
 +
| SATA/SAS RAID
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| Cisco
 +
| UCS RAID
 +
| SATA/SAS RAID
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| DellEMC
 +
| PERC H7xx, H8xx 6Gb & 12Gb models
 +
| SATA/SAS RAID
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| DellEMC
 +
| BOSS
 +
| SATA SSD RAID1
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| HPE
 +
| SmartArray P4xx/P8xx
 +
| SATA/SAS RAID
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| Lenovo/IBM
 +
| ServeRAID M5xxx
 +
| SATA/SAS RAID
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| Microsemi/Adaptec
 +
| 5xxx/6xxx/7xxx/8xxx
 +
| SATA/SAS RAID
 +
| Yes
 +
|}
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== NVMe RAID Controllers ==
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 +
QuantaStor supports the use of NVMe RAID controllers for scale-out configurations and single node configurations.
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 +
=== Single Node Use Cases ===
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* High performance SAN/NAS using software single parity (RAIDZ1) over NVMe hardware RAID5.
 +
* High performance NVMeoF/FC/iSCSI target passthru of logical drives from NVMe hardware RAID5
 +
 
 +
=== Scale-out Use Cases ===
 +
* High performance storage for WAL/MDB
 +
* High performance OSDs with local rebuild capability, variable OSD count for higher performance
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Type
 +
! QS HW Mgmt Module
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.graidtech.com/how-it-works/ Graid Technology Inc.]
 +
| [https://www.graidtech.com/product/sr-1000/ SupremeRAID™ SR-1000]
 +
| NVMe RAID
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.graidtech.com/how-it-works/ Graid Technology Inc.]
 +
| [https://www.graidtech.com/product/sr-1010/ SupremeRAID™ SR-1010]
 +
| NVMe RAID
 +
| Yes
 +
|-
 +
| [https://pliops.com/ Pliops]
 +
| [https://pliops.com/raidplus/ XDP-RAIDplus]
 +
| NVMe RAID
 +
| No
 +
|}
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 +
== Storage Devices/Media ==
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 +
=== Scale-up Cluster Media (ZFS Storage Pools) ===
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 +
Scale-up clusters require dual-ported media so that QuantaStor's IO fencing system can reserve device access to specific nodes for specific pools. These clusters generally consist of two QuantaStor servers with shared access to the storage media in a separate enclosure (JBOD or JBOF).  Scale-up clusters using dual-ported NVMe media require the use of special Storage-Bridge-Bay servers from Supermicro.
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 +
==== Data Media ====
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Media Type
 +
! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| Western Digital
 +
| Ultrastar
 +
| Dual-port 6/12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
 +
|-
 +
| Seagate
 +
| Exos, Nytro & Enterprise Performance
 +
| Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
 +
|-
 +
| Samsung
 +
| Enterprise SSDs (PM1643, PM1643a)
 +
| Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
 +
|-
 +
| Micron
 +
| Enterprise SSDs (S6xxDC)
 +
| Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
 +
|-
 +
| KIOXIA
 +
| PM6 Enterprise Capacity/Enterprise Performance
 +
| Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
 +
|-
 +
| Cisco, HPE, DellEMC, Lenovo
 +
| OEM
 +
| Dual-port 6/12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
 +
|-
 +
| Western Digital
 +
| NVMe SN200 SN840
 +
| Dual-port NVMe
 +
| Supermicro SBB Server Req
 +
|-
 +
| KIOXIA
 +
| CM5-V, CM6, CM7
 +
| Dual-port NVMe
 +
| '''[ON HOLD - CONTACT SUPPORT]'''
 +
|-
 +
| Micron
 +
| 7300 PRO
 +
| Dual-port NVMe
 +
| Supermicro SBB Server Req
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==== Journal Media (ZIL & L2ARC) ====
 +
 
 +
A mirrored pair of SSDs are required for each storage pool to enable SSD write acceleration.  SSDs can be added or removed from a given storage at any time with zero downtime.  Be sure to select a storage chassis / JBOD with adequate drive slots for both the data drives and the SSD journal devices. Select 400GB models when purchasing write-intensive SSDs and 800GB models when purchasing mixed-used SSDs.
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 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Type
 +
! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| Western Digital
 +
| Ultrastar SAS Write-Intensive & Mixed-use Models
 +
| Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
 +
|-
 +
| Seagate
 +
| Nytro SAS Write-Intensive & Mixed-use Models
 +
| Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
 +
|-
 +
| Samsung
 +
| Enterprise SSDs (PM1643, PM1643a)
 +
| Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
 +
|-
 +
| Western Digital
 +
| SN200 SN840
 +
| Dual-port NVMe
 +
| Supermicro SBB Server Req
 +
|-
 +
| KIOXIA
 +
| PM6 Enterprise Capacity/Enterprise Performance
 +
| Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
 +
|-
 +
| KIOXIA
 +
| CM5-V, CM6, CM7
 +
| Dual-port NVMe
 +
| '''[ON HOLD - CONTACT SUPPORT]'''
 +
|-
 +
| Micron
 +
| 7300 PRO
 +
| Dual-port NVMe
 +
| Supermicro SBB Server Req
 +
|}
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 +
=== Scale-out Cluster Media (Ceph Storage Pools) ===
 +
 
 +
We highly recommend the use of NVMe devices vs SATA/SAS SSDs due to the higher throughput performance per device which reduces overall costs.
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Type
 +
! Use case
 +
|-
 +
| Intel
 +
| DC series (all models)
 +
| NVMe
 +
| all use cases
 +
|-
 +
| Micron
 +
| 7xxx, 9xxx (all models)
 +
| NVMe
 +
| all use cases
 +
|-
 +
| Seagate
 +
| Nytro Series (all models)
 +
| NVMe / SAS
 +
| all use cases
 +
|-
 +
| ScaleFlux
 +
| CSD 2000/CSD 3000 (all models)
 +
| NVMe
 +
| all use cases
 +
|-
 +
| KIOXIA / Toshiba
 +
| CM6/CM7 Series (all models)
 +
| NVMe
 +
| all use cases
 +
|-
 +
| Western Digital
 +
| Ultrastar DC series (all models)
 +
| NVMe
 +
| all use cases
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
== Fibre Channel HBAs ==
 +
 
 +
* QuantaStor SDS only supports Qlogic Fibre Channel HBAs for use with the FC SCSI target feature.
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Type
 +
! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
 +
| QLE2742
 +
| 32Gb
 +
| Requires QuantaStor 6
 +
|-
 +
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
 +
| QLE2692
 +
| 16Gb
 +
| Requires QuantaStor 6
 +
|-
 +
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
 +
| QLE267x
 +
| 16Gb
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| QLogic (including all OEM models)
 +
| QLE25xx
 +
| 8Gb
 +
|
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
== Network Interface Cards ==
 +
 
 +
* QuantaStor supports almost all 1GbE and 10/100 network cards on the market
 +
* High speed 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE/50GbE/100GbE NICs that have been tested for compatibility, stability and performance with QuantaStor are as listed.
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Type
 +
! Connector
 +
|-
 +
| Intel
 +
| X520, X550, X710, XL710,XXV710 (all 1/10/25/40GbE models), E810
 +
| 1/10/25/40GbE, 100GbE
 +
| 10GBaseT, SFP28, QSFP, SFP+, QSFP28
 +
|-
 +
| Emulex
 +
| OneConnect OCe14xxx Series
 +
| 10/40GbE
 +
| QSFP
 +
|-
 +
| Mellanox
 +
| ConnectX-6 EN Series
 +
| 25/50/100/200GbE
 +
| SFP28/QSFP28
 +
|-
 +
| Mellanox
 +
| ConnectX-5 EN Series
 +
| 25/50/100GbE
 +
| SFP28/QSFP28
 +
|-
 +
| Mellanox
 +
| ConnectX-4 EN Series
 +
| 10/25/40/50/100GbE
 +
| SFP28/QSFP28
 +
|-
 +
| Mellanox
 +
| ConnectX-3 EN/VPI Series
 +
| 10/40/56GbE
 +
| SFP+/QSFP+
 +
|-
 +
| Mellanox
 +
| ConnectX-3 Pro EN/VPI Series
 +
| 10GbE/40GbE/56GbE
 +
| SFP+/QSFP+
 +
|-
 +
| Interface Masters
 +
| NIAGARA 32714L (OEM Intel)
 +
| Quad-port 10GbE
 +
| SFP+
 +
|-
 +
| Broadcom
 +
| BCM57508
 +
| 100GbE
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| QSFP28
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|}
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== Infiniband Adapters ==
 +
 
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QuantaStor has deprecated support for the SRP protocol in favor of the iSCSI Extensions for RDMA protocol (iSER).  Mellanox Infiniband controllers may be used in IPoIB mode.
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Model
 +
! Type
 +
|-
 +
| Mellanox
 +
| ConnectX-3 VPI Series
 +
| 40/56GbE (QDR)
 +
|-
 +
| Mellanox
 +
| ConnectX-4 VPI Series
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| 25/40/50/100GbE
 +
|-
 +
| Mellanox
 +
| ConnectX-5 VPI Series
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| 25/50/100GbE
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|-
 +
| Mellanox
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| ConnectX-6 VPI Series
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| 100/200GbE
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|}
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== iSCSI Initiators / Client-side ==
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Vendor
 +
! Operating System
 +
! iSCSI Initiator
 +
|-
 +
| Microsoft
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| Windows (all versions, 7 and newer)
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| Windows iSCSI Initiator
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|-
 +
| Microsoft
 +
| Windows Server (all versions, 2003 and newer)
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| Windows iSCSI Initiator
 +
|-
 +
| Apple
 +
| macOS 13, macOS 12, macOS 11, macOS 10.15, OS X 10.x, Mac OS X 10.x
 +
| ATTO Xtend SAN initiator (globalSAN is not supported)
 +
|-
 +
| Citrix
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| XenServer 5.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), XenServer 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), XenServer 7.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), Citrix Ready Certified
 +
| iSCSI SR, NFS SR, StorageLink SR
 +
|-
 +
| VMware
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| VMware ESXi 4.x, 5.x, 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), 7.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS)
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| VMware initiator
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|-
 +
| Linux
 +
| RHEL, AlmaLinux, RockyLinux, SUSE, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Oracle Linux (OEL), etc. (all major distros)
 +
| open-iscsi
 +
|}

Latest revision as of 22:24, 12 March 2024

QuantaStor is Linux based and has kernel driver updates released multiple times per year to ensure broad support for the latest hardware from the major vendors including HPE, Dell/EMC, Cisco, Intel, Western Digital, Supermicro and Lenovo. The hardware listed below has been tested for specific compatibility with QuantaStor to ensure system stability, performance and compatibility. If you have questions about specific hardware compatibility for components not listed below please contact support@osnexus.com for assistance.

Servers for QuantaStor SDS Systems

Vendor Model Boot Controller CPU Memory (32GB min)
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server, C220, C240 (M7/M6/M5/M4 Series) UCS RAID and HBAs or software RAID1 M.2 NVMe AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
DellEMC PowerEdge R650/R750, PowerEdge R640/R740/R740xd, R730/R730xd/R720/R630/R620 Dell BOSS or software RAID1 M.2 NVMe AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
HPE ProLiant DL360/DL380 Gen10, Gen9, Gen8, Gen7 HPE P4xx w/ FBWC AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
HPE Apollo 4200, 4510 Gen9 and Gen10 Series HPE P4xx w/ FBWC AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
Intel Intel Server Systems (M50FCP/M50CYP) Software RAID1 M.2 NVMe Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650/SR550/SR590 Series, x3650 M5/M4/M4 BD, x3250 M5 Software RAID1 M.2 NVMe or Hardware Boot RAID1 AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)
Seagate Seagate 2U24 AP Storage Server, 5U84 AP, 2U12 AP (AMD / Bonneville) Internal M.2 NVMe AMD EPYC 16 core 128GB RAM (Gold) 256GB RAM (Platinum), 512GB RAM (Titanium)
Supermicro X13, X12, X11, X10 & X9 based Intel and H12 based AMD servers Software RAID1 M.2 NVMe AMD EPYC, Intel Scalable Processors Gen 1/2/3/4 0.3GB RAM (Archive) to 1GB RAM per usable TB (OLTP/Virtualization)

Disk Expansion Chassis / JBOD

  • QuantaStor supports SAS/SATA & NVMe external Expansion Shelves / JBOD devices from Dell, HP, IBM/Lenovo and SuperMicro.
  • All JBODs must have two or more SAS expansion ports per module to allow for SAS multipathing. For chaining of expansion shelves three or more SAS ports are required per expander.
Vendor JBOD Model
Cisco All Models
Dell All Models
HPE All Models (D3000 Series, D2000 Series, D6020)
IBM/Lenovo All Models
Seagate Exos E All Models
Seagate Corvault All Models
Seagate Exos X All Models
SuperMicro All Models (HA requires dual expander JBODs)
Western Digtial Ultrastar Data60 / Data102 / 4U60-G2 / 2U24 SSD Models

SAS HBA Controllers

To make Storage Pools highly-available (ZFS based pools) media must be connected to two or more servers via SAS (or FC) connectivity. We recommend Broadcom HBAs and their OEM equivalents. HPE is the exception where HPE disk expansion units must be used with HPE HBAs which are now Microsemi based. Make sure the HBA is flashed with the latest firmware to ensure compatibility with the latest storage media. For OEM branded HBAs always use the OEM's supplied firmware even if a newer firmware is available from Broadcom. SAS HBAs with only external ports (8e, 16e models) should be configured to ignore Boot ROM from Disk Devices. For Broadcom/LSI Controllers, this option is called 'Boot Support' and should be set to 'OS only' in the MPTSAS BIOS.

Vendor Model Type QS HW Mgmt Module
Broadcom/LSI/Avago 9500 12Gb tri-mode series SAS HBA Yes
Broadcom/LSI/Avago 9400 12Gb tri-mode series SAS HBA Yes
Broadcom/LSI/Avago 9300 12Gb series SAS HBA Yes
Broadcom/LSI/Avago 9200 6Gb series SAS HBA Yes
Cisco UCS 6Gb & 12Gb HBAs SAS HBA Yes
DELL/EMC SAS HBA 6Gb & 12Gb SAS HBA Yes
HPE SmartArray H241 12Gb SAS HBA Yes
Lenovo/IBM ServeRAID M5xxx 12Gb SAS HBA Yes

Boot RAID Controllers

QuantaStor supports both software RAID1 for boot and hardware RAID1 for boot using high quality datacenter grade media. We recommend SSDs in the 240GB to 480GB size range for boot. If SATADOM SSD devices are used use the 128GB devices and use software RAID1 to mirror them. Do not use Intel VROC.

Vendor Model Type QS HW Mgmt Module
Broadcom/LSI/Avago MegaRAID (all models) SATA/SAS RAID Yes
Cisco UCS RAID SATA/SAS RAID Yes
DellEMC PERC H7xx, H8xx 6Gb & 12Gb models SATA/SAS RAID Yes
DellEMC BOSS SATA SSD RAID1 Yes
HPE SmartArray P4xx/P8xx SATA/SAS RAID Yes
Lenovo/IBM ServeRAID M5xxx SATA/SAS RAID Yes
Microsemi/Adaptec 5xxx/6xxx/7xxx/8xxx SATA/SAS RAID Yes

NVMe RAID Controllers

QuantaStor supports the use of NVMe RAID controllers for scale-out configurations and single node configurations.

Single Node Use Cases

  • High performance SAN/NAS using software single parity (RAIDZ1) over NVMe hardware RAID5.
  • High performance NVMeoF/FC/iSCSI target passthru of logical drives from NVMe hardware RAID5

Scale-out Use Cases

  • High performance storage for WAL/MDB
  • High performance OSDs with local rebuild capability, variable OSD count for higher performance
Vendor Model Type QS HW Mgmt Module
Graid Technology Inc. SupremeRAID™ SR-1000 NVMe RAID Yes
Graid Technology Inc. SupremeRAID™ SR-1010 NVMe RAID Yes
Pliops XDP-RAIDplus NVMe RAID No

Storage Devices/Media

Scale-up Cluster Media (ZFS Storage Pools)

Scale-up clusters require dual-ported media so that QuantaStor's IO fencing system can reserve device access to specific nodes for specific pools. These clusters generally consist of two QuantaStor servers with shared access to the storage media in a separate enclosure (JBOD or JBOF). Scale-up clusters using dual-ported NVMe media require the use of special Storage-Bridge-Bay servers from Supermicro.

Data Media

Vendor Model Media Type Notes
Western Digital Ultrastar Dual-port 6/12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
Seagate Exos, Nytro & Enterprise Performance Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
Samsung Enterprise SSDs (PM1643, PM1643a) Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
Micron Enterprise SSDs (S6xxDC) Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
KIOXIA PM6 Enterprise Capacity/Enterprise Performance Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
Cisco, HPE, DellEMC, Lenovo OEM Dual-port 6/12/24Gb SAS SSD & NL-SAS HDD
Western Digital NVMe SN200 SN840 Dual-port NVMe Supermicro SBB Server Req
KIOXIA CM5-V, CM6, CM7 Dual-port NVMe [ON HOLD - CONTACT SUPPORT]
Micron 7300 PRO Dual-port NVMe Supermicro SBB Server Req

Journal Media (ZIL & L2ARC)

A mirrored pair of SSDs are required for each storage pool to enable SSD write acceleration. SSDs can be added or removed from a given storage at any time with zero downtime. Be sure to select a storage chassis / JBOD with adequate drive slots for both the data drives and the SSD journal devices. Select 400GB models when purchasing write-intensive SSDs and 800GB models when purchasing mixed-used SSDs.

Vendor Model Type Notes
Western Digital Ultrastar SAS Write-Intensive & Mixed-use Models Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
Seagate Nytro SAS Write-Intensive & Mixed-use Models Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
Samsung Enterprise SSDs (PM1643, PM1643a) Dual-port 12Gb SAS SSD
Western Digital SN200 SN840 Dual-port NVMe Supermicro SBB Server Req
KIOXIA PM6 Enterprise Capacity/Enterprise Performance Dual-port 12/24Gb SAS SSD
KIOXIA CM5-V, CM6, CM7 Dual-port NVMe [ON HOLD - CONTACT SUPPORT]
Micron 7300 PRO Dual-port NVMe Supermicro SBB Server Req

Scale-out Cluster Media (Ceph Storage Pools)

We highly recommend the use of NVMe devices vs SATA/SAS SSDs due to the higher throughput performance per device which reduces overall costs.

Vendor Model Type Use case
Intel DC series (all models) NVMe all use cases
Micron 7xxx, 9xxx (all models) NVMe all use cases
Seagate Nytro Series (all models) NVMe / SAS all use cases
ScaleFlux CSD 2000/CSD 3000 (all models) NVMe all use cases
KIOXIA / Toshiba CM6/CM7 Series (all models) NVMe all use cases
Western Digital Ultrastar DC series (all models) NVMe all use cases

Fibre Channel HBAs

  • QuantaStor SDS only supports Qlogic Fibre Channel HBAs for use with the FC SCSI target feature.
Vendor Model Type Notes
QLogic (including all OEM models) QLE2742 32Gb Requires QuantaStor 6
QLogic (including all OEM models) QLE2692 16Gb Requires QuantaStor 6
QLogic (including all OEM models) QLE267x 16Gb
QLogic (including all OEM models) QLE25xx 8Gb

Network Interface Cards

  • QuantaStor supports almost all 1GbE and 10/100 network cards on the market
  • High speed 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE/50GbE/100GbE NICs that have been tested for compatibility, stability and performance with QuantaStor are as listed.
Vendor Model Type Connector
Intel X520, X550, X710, XL710,XXV710 (all 1/10/25/40GbE models), E810 1/10/25/40GbE, 100GbE 10GBaseT, SFP28, QSFP, SFP+, QSFP28
Emulex OneConnect OCe14xxx Series 10/40GbE QSFP
Mellanox ConnectX-6 EN Series 25/50/100/200GbE SFP28/QSFP28
Mellanox ConnectX-5 EN Series 25/50/100GbE SFP28/QSFP28
Mellanox ConnectX-4 EN Series 10/25/40/50/100GbE SFP28/QSFP28
Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN/VPI Series 10/40/56GbE SFP+/QSFP+
Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro EN/VPI Series 10GbE/40GbE/56GbE SFP+/QSFP+
Interface Masters NIAGARA 32714L (OEM Intel) Quad-port 10GbE SFP+
Broadcom BCM57508 100GbE QSFP28

Infiniband Adapters

QuantaStor has deprecated support for the SRP protocol in favor of the iSCSI Extensions for RDMA protocol (iSER). Mellanox Infiniband controllers may be used in IPoIB mode.

Vendor Model Type
Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI Series 40/56GbE (QDR)
Mellanox ConnectX-4 VPI Series 25/40/50/100GbE
Mellanox ConnectX-5 VPI Series 25/50/100GbE
Mellanox ConnectX-6 VPI Series 100/200GbE

iSCSI Initiators / Client-side

Vendor Operating System iSCSI Initiator
Microsoft Windows (all versions, 7 and newer) Windows iSCSI Initiator
Microsoft Windows Server (all versions, 2003 and newer) Windows iSCSI Initiator
Apple macOS 13, macOS 12, macOS 11, macOS 10.15, OS X 10.x, Mac OS X 10.x ATTO Xtend SAN initiator (globalSAN is not supported)
Citrix XenServer 5.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), XenServer 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), XenServer 7.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), Citrix Ready Certified iSCSI SR, NFS SR, StorageLink SR
VMware VMware ESXi 4.x, 5.x, 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), 7.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS) VMware initiator
Linux RHEL, AlmaLinux, RockyLinux, SUSE, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Oracle Linux (OEL), etc. (all major distros) open-iscsi
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