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Revision as of 18:14, 23 January 2015

QuantaStor Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)

QuantaStor is Linux based with a v3.13 Linux kernel which provides broad support for the latest hardware. 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 please contact support@osnexus.com for assistance.

Servers / Head unit

QuantaStor supports all Dell, HP, IBM/Lenovo, SuperMicro, and Intel servers that use the Intel Nehalem, Romley, Ivy Bridge or Haswell-EP platforms.

External Expansion Storage / JBOD

QuantaStor supports SAS external Expansion Shelves / JBOD devices from Dell, HP, IBM/Lenovo and SuperMicro.

OSNEXUS recommends the use of expansions shelves / JBODs that have redundant SAS Expanders or ESM(Enclosure Service Module) with three or more SAS expansion ports per module to allow for SAS multipathing and chaining of expansion shelves.

RAID Controllers

OSNEXUS recommends that RAID controllers be equipped with a battery or capacitor backed up memory cache such as a BBU/CacheVault/MaxCache device.

Vendor Model Type Integrated HW Module
Adaptec 5xxx/6xxx/7xxx/8xxx SATA/SAS Yes
DELL PERC H7xx, H8xx SATA/SAS Yes
HP SmartArray P4xx/P8xx SATA/SAS Yes
LSI/Avago MegaRAID (all models) SATA/SAS Yes
LSI/Avago Nytro MegaRAID (all models) SATA/SAS Yes
LSI/Avago Nytro WarpDrive (all models) PCIe SSD Yes
HGST/STEC s1120 PCIe Accelerator (all variants) PCIe SSD N/A
IBM ServeRAID M5xxx SATA/SAS Yes
FusionIO ioDrive / ioDrive Duo / ioDrive Octal PCIe N/A

Disk Devices

OSNEXUS recommends the use of Enterprise Disks that have MTBF ratings suited for storage of critical data. For specific Hardware Compatibility, please refer to the specific compatibility list from the vendor who makes your RAID Controller or SAS HBA.

Vendor Model
Seagate All SAS / Near-Line SAS and Enterprise SATA in the Enterprise Capacity, Enterprise Performance, Constellation ES, Cheetah and Saviio Families
Western Digital RE(RAID Edition) series Enterprise SATA drives
HGST UltraStar Enterprise SATA, SAS and Near-Line SAS Drives
Toshiba Enterprise SATA and SAS Drives

SSD Disk Devices

OSNEXUS recommends the use of Enterprise SSDs that have MTBFratings and wear leveing technology suited for storage of critical data. For specific Hardware Compatibility, please refer to the specific compatibility list from the vendor who makes your RAID Controller or SAS HBA.

Vendor Model
Intel DC S3500, DC S3700, X25-E, X25-M
Micron M500, M500DC, P400m, P410m, P420m
HGST / STEC s846, s842, s840, ZeusRAM, s840Z
Seagate 600 Pro

Fibre Channel HBAs (Target)

The below list is for Fibre Channel HBA's supported for use on the FC SCSI Target feature in QuantaStor SDS.

Vendor Model Type
QLogic QLE25xx 8Gb
QLogic QLE24xx 4Gb

Network Interface Cards

QuantaStor supports most 1GB and 10/100 network cards on the market today. Below is the list of high speed 10Gb+ Network Interface Cards that have been tested by OSNEXUS Engineering for compatibility, stability and performance with QuantaStor.

Vendor Model Type Connector
Chelsio N3xx, T4 10GbE SFP+/10GBase-T
Intel All 1GbE and 10GbE models 1GbE/10GbE SFP+, 10GbE/1GbE Base-T
Interface Masters NIAGARA 32714L Quad-port 10GbE SFP+
Myricom 10G-PCIE2-8C2-2T/10G-PCIE2-8C-T 10GbE 10GBase-T

Infiniband Adapters

Vendor Model Type
Mellanox ConnectX Series 20Gb (DDR)
Mellanox ConnectX-2 VPI Series 40Gb (QDR)

Initiator NICs & HBAs

There are no known limitations with hardware on the initiator side. The following list outlines the network adapters that engineers at OSNEXUS have tested for stability, performance and compatibility.

Use Vendor Models Notes
iSCSI/NFS Atto Tech. FastFrame FF-NS12 10GbE
iSCSI/NFS Chelsio N3xx, T4 10GbE
iSCSI/NFS Intel X520/X540 (all Intel 10GbE variants) 10GbE
iSCSI/NFS Interface Masters NIAGARA 32714L Quad-port 10GbE
Fibre Channel ATTO Tech. Celerity FC-82EN 8Gb FC
Fibre Channel QLogic QLE25xx 8Gb FC
Fibre Channel QLogic QLE24xx 4Gb FC
Infiniband Mellanox ConnectX & ConnectX-2 VPI Series 20Gb (DDR) & 40Gb (QDR)

ISCSI Software Initiator Clients

Vendor Operating System iSCSI Initiator
Microsoft Windows XP, 7, 8, 2003 Server, 2008 Server, 2008 Server R2, 2012 Server Windows iSCSI
Apple Mac OS X v10.5 'Leopard', v10.6 'Snow Leopard', v10.7 'Lion' ATTO Xtend SAN initiator(globalSAN is not supported)
Citrix XenServer 5.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), XenServer 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), Citrix Ready Certified iSCSI SR, NFS SR, StorageLink SR
VMware VMware ESXi 4.x, 5.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS) VMware initiator
Linux RHEL, SUSE, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, OEL, etc. (all major distros) open-iscsi