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NexentaEdge2.0ConfigurationGuidelinesNexentaCertificationTeamMarch,2017

NexentaEdge2.0ConfigurationGuidelines

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TableofContentsTableofContents...............................................................................................................2

Preface...............................................................................................................................4IntendedAudience.............................................................................................................................................................4Comments..............................................................................................................................................................................4Copyright,Trademarks,andCompliance.................................................................................................................4DocumentHistory...............................................................................................................................................................4

1 Overview......................................................................................................................51.1 Introduction...............................................................................................................................................................51.2 NexentaEdgeArchitecture..................................................................................................................................51.2.1 DataNodes...............................................................................................................................................................51.2.2 GatewayServices...................................................................................................................................................61.2.3 MixedModeConfiguration................................................................................................................................61.2.4 NetworkEquipment.............................................................................................................................................6

1.3 DeploymentScenarios..........................................................................................................................................71.3.1 AnexampleProofofConceptEnvironment...............................................................................................81.3.2 Anexamplemulti-rackProductiondeployment......................................................................................9

1.4 NexentaEdgeSolutions.......................................................................................................................................101.4.1 ConfigurationGuidelines.................................................................................................................................101.4.2 RecommendedHardware................................................................................................................................10

2 NetworkEquipment...................................................................................................112.1 NetworkRequirements......................................................................................................................................112.1.1 NetworkSwitchestestedwithNexentaEdge..........................................................................................11

3 CiscoConfigurations...................................................................................................123.1 CiscoAll-FlashConfigurations.........................................................................................................................123.1.1 CiscoC240All-Flash...........................................................................................................................................12

3.2 CiscoHybridConfigurations.............................................................................................................................133.2.1 CiscoC240/C3260Hybrid.............................................................................................................................13

3.3 CiscoAll-DiskConfigurations...........................................................................................................................143.3.1 CiscoC240/C3260All-Disk...........................................................................................................................14

4 DellReferenceArchitectures.......................................................................................154.1 DellAll-FlashConfigurations...........................................................................................................................154.1.1 DellR730andR730xdAll-Flash...................................................................................................................15

4.2 DellHybridConfigurations...............................................................................................................................164.2.1 DellR730xdHybrid............................................................................................................................................16

4.3 DellAll-DiskConfigurations.............................................................................................................................174.3.1 DellR730xdAll-Disk..........................................................................................................................................17

5 HPEReferenceArchitectures......................................................................................185.1 HPEAll-FlashConfigurations...........................................................................................................................185.1.1 HPEDL380All-Flash.........................................................................................................................................18

5.2 HPEHybridConfigurations...............................................................................................................................195.2.1 HPEDL380Hybrid.............................................................................................................................................195.2.2 HPEApollo4500Hybrid..................................................................................................................................19

5.3 HPEAll-DiskConfigurations.............................................................................................................................205.3.1 HPEDL380All-Disk............................................................................................................................................20



5.3.2 HPEApollo4500All-Disk................................................................................................................................20

6 LenovoReferenceArchitectures.................................................................................216.1 LenovoAll-FlashConfigurations....................................................................................................................216.1.1 LenovoX3650-M5All-Flash............................................................................................................................21

6.2 LenovoHybridConfigurations........................................................................................................................226.2.1 LenovoX3650-M5Hybrid................................................................................................................................22

6.3 LenovoAll-DiskConfigurations......................................................................................................................236.3.1 LenovoX3650-M5All-Disk..............................................................................................................................23

7 SupermicroReferenceArchitectures...........................................................................247.1 SupermicroAll-FlashConfigurations...........................................................................................................247.1.1 SuperMicroX10All-Flash................................................................................................................................24

7.2 SupermicroHybridConfigurations...............................................................................................................257.2.1 SuperMicroX10Hybrid....................................................................................................................................25

7.3 SupermicroAll-DiskConfigurations.............................................................................................................267.3.1 SuperMicroX10All-Disk..................................................................................................................................26

8 AboutNexenta...........................................................................................................27



PrefaceIntendedAudienceThisdocumentisintendedforNexentapartnersandNexentacustomer-facingorganizations.ThelatestversionofthisdocumentisavailablethroughtheNexentaPartnerPortal.

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Copyright,Trademarks,andComplianceCopyright©2017NexentaSystems™,ALLRIGHTSRESERVEDNotice:Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystemforanypurposewithouttheexpresswrittenpermissionofNexentaSystems(hereinafterreferredtoas“Nexenta”).Nexentareservestherighttomakechangestothisdocumentatanytimewithoutnoticeandassumesnoresponsibilityforitsuse.NexentaproductsandservicesonlycanbeorderedunderthetermsandconditionsofNexentaSystems’applicableagreements.Allofthefeaturesdescribedinthisdocumentmaynotbeavailablecurrently.RefertothelatestproductannouncementorcontactyourlocalNexentaSystemssalesofficeforinformationonfeatureandproductavailability.Thisdocumentincludesthelatestinformationavailableatthetimeofpublication.Nexenta,NexentaStor,NexentaEdge,andNexentaConnectareregisteredtrademarksofNexentaSystemsintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Allothertrademarks,servicemarks,andcompanynamesinthisdocumentarepropertiesoftheirrespectiveowners.

DocumentHistoryDate Description4/25/2017 InitialversionforNexentaEdge2.0



1 Overview1.1 IntroductionNexentaEdgeisamulti-servicescale-outstoragesystemforObject,BlockandFilestorageservices,thatrunsonindustrystandardx86servers,scalesfromhundredsofterabytestopetabyteconfigurations,andincludesadvanceddatamanagementfunctionalitysuchascluster-wideinlinededuplicationandcompression.Itisideallysuitedfornextgenerationprivatecloudinfrastructure,container-convergedinfrastructureandpetabytescalecoldandactivearchivesrepositories.ThisdocumentisintendedforNexentaPartnersandNexentacustomer-facingorganizationslookingtodeployNexentaEdge2.0.ThelatestversionoftheNexentaEdge2.0ConfigurationGuidelinesispostedonPartnerPortal.

1.2 NexentaEdgeArchitectureNexentaEdgeisatrulydistributed,scale-outarchitecture,consistingoffourormorephysicalserversinterconnectedusingadedicated10GigabitEthernet(10GbE)networkforclustercommunication.Theconnectedserversformaclusterthatmaintainsredundancyandresilienceofdatathroughoutthesystemusingstrongcryptographicchecksumsfordataintegrity,andreplicationorerasurecodingtechnologytoensurehardware-levelredundancy.NexentaEdgeclusterscanbedeployedaseitherall-flash,hybrid,orall-diskconfigurations.All-diskclusterconfigurationsmayonlyprovideobjectservices.All-flashandhybridconfigurationscandeliverblock,fileandobjectservices.ANexentaEdgeclusterconsistsofthefollowingcomponents:• DatanodesthatprovideKey/Valuedatastorefordeduplicated,compresseduserdata• Networkinginfrastructure–NexentaEdgerequiresaminimumof10GbEandIPv6capablenetworking• Gatewayservicesdeployedascontainersontheunderlyinghardwareinfrastructure.Gatewayservices

connectthestoragesystemtothefront-endclientsandapplicationsthroughanyofthesupportedaccessprotocols:Block(iSCSIorNativeBlockDevices)orobject(S3andSwift)

PartnerslookingtoofferNexentaEdgestoragesolutionshavetheflexibilitytoutilizeawidevarietyofindustry-standardx86serverconfigurationsasserverplatforms.ThemainrequirementisforthehardwaretobefullysupportedbytheversionsoftheLinuxOperatingSystemsthatNexentaEdge2.0support,generallylaterversionsofRedHatLinux,CentOSorUbuntu.PleaseseetheReleaseNotesforNexentaEdge2.0foradditionaldetails.

1.2.1 DataNodesDatanodesareutilizedbyNexentaEdgetostoredataandmetadata.Theseserversarerequiredtobedirectlyconnectedtotheback-endNexentaEdgeReplicaststoragenetwork,butdonothavetobeconnectedtothefront-end(client)network.NexentaEdgerequireseachDatanodetohaveatleastfourdrives(harddrivesorsolidstatedrives),butanodecanhavemanymore.Note:ForanyNexentaEdgeconfigurationsthatpresentBlockorFilestoragetoclients,theDatanodesmusthaveatleastoneSSDthatcanbeusedforjournaling,cachingandmetadatastorage.Forobject-onlyconfigurationstheSSDisrecommendedforhighperformanceenvironment,butnotnecessaryforcoldstorageenvironment.



1.2.2 GatewayServicesTheGatewayservicesaretheconnectionpointbetweentheclientapplicationsandtheNexentaEdgecluster.TheseservicesruntheiSCSIblockservices,NFSservicesorobjectstorageAPIgateways,andareresponsiblefortranslatingto/fromthesestandardaccessprotocolsandstoringorretrievingthedatafromtheDatanodesinsidethecluster.GatewayservicesaregenerallydeployedasDockercontainerizedservicesonasubsetofthephysicalserversinthecluster.ThephysicalserversthatrunGatewayservicesaretheonlyserversthatneedtobeconnectedtoboththefront-end(client)networkaswellastheback-endNexentaEdgeReplicaststoragenetwork.TheseserversmayeitherbededicatedtorunningaparticularsetofGatewayservices,ortheycanalsoactasDatanodesintheNexentaEdgeclusterinwhatarecalledMixedModeorContainer-Convergeddeployments.

1.2.3 MixedModeConfigurationNexentaEdgecanfunctioninsocalled,mixed-mode,wherebothGatewayandDataNodeservicesrunonthesamephysicalhardware.IntheseconfigurationsitisimportantthatthesystemisadequatelysizedforbothservicesForamixed-modeserver2x10GbEnetworkinterfacesareneededforReplicast(StorageBackend)andatleast1x10GbEnetworkinterfaceforpublic/clienttraffic,eachservermustthereforhaveatleast3physical10GbEinterfaces.InadditiontotheadditionalnetworkrequirementthememoryrequirementsoftheseserversalsoincreaseanditshouldbeconsideredtobethatofaindividuallysizedGatewayNode+thatofaDataNode.

1.2.4 NetworkEquipmentNexentaEdgerequiresadedicatednetworkforstoragecommunicationwithinthecluster.ThisnetworkcanbeeitherphysicaloradedicateduntaggedVLANanditmustfulfilltheserequirements:• 10GigabitEthernet• IPv6capable• Multicastsupport• ThenetworkmustsupportLayer2trafficbetweenallnodes• FlowControl(PauseFrames)turnedonforbothRx/Tx• JumboFramesupportToensurethatthenetworkingequipmentiscapableofsupportingahigh-performance,low-latencynetwork,Nexentaprovidesalistoftestednetworkingequipmentinsection2.1.1.



1.3 DeploymentScenariosNexentaEdgeisascale-outstoragesystemthathasbeendesignedtoscalefromserversinasingleracktomanyracksofserversprovidingaredundantstoragesystem.BestpracticesforproductiondeploymentistodistributetheNexentaEdgeserversacrossmultiplerackstoensurethatthereisredundancyandresiliencetofailuresacrosscomponents,servers,andracks.NexentaEdgenodescanbedeployedinthreemaindeploymentscenarios:• DedicatednodeswhereGatewayservicesandStorageservicesrunonbaremetalservers• MixednodesallowtheGatewayandStorageservicestoco-existonabaremetalserverwithbothpublic

andprivatenetworks• TheContainerConvergedmodelallowsdeploymentutilizingDockercontainertechnologiestorunboth

NexentaEdgeservicesaswellasApplicationcontainersdirectlyonthesamebaremetalservers



1.3.1 AnexampleProofofConceptEnvironmentAtaminimum,aproofofconceptenvironmentmustconsistofatleastfourphysicalserversrunningNexentaEdge,andone10GigabitEthernetswitchutilizedforstoragenetworking.AtleastoneoftheserversmustbecapableofrunningbothGatewayandDataservicesinmixed-mode,orcontainerconvergedasdescribedinNexentaEdgeArchitecturesection.ThistypeofconfigurationshouldbeconsideredastheminimalbuildingblockforNexentaEdge,butanycomponentcanbescaledindependently.TheperformancecharacteristicoftheproofofconceptenvironmentisdirectlyrelatedtothenumberofharddrivesandSSD’sperserver.ToimprovetheperformancethenumberofharddrivesandSSD’sshouldbeincreasedtoatleast10+2perserverbeforeincreasingthenumberofdatanodes.

10GigabitEthernetSwitch1xCombinedGatewayandDatanodes• 256GBRAM• IntelXeonE5v2/v3CPU• Dual10GbE• 5HDD+1SSD

3xDatanodes• 128GBRAM• IntelXeonE5v2/v3CPU• 1x10GbE• 5HDD+1SSD



1.3.2 Anexamplemulti-rackProductiondeploymentWhenNexentaEdgeisdeployedinproduction,itisrecommendedtodistributetheserversacrossmultiplefailuredomains,acrossmultipleracks,toensurethatfailureofanygivencomponentcannotaffectavailabilityofdataorservices.Properlyconfigured,thistypeofconfigurationallowservicestosurvivemultiplecomponent,server,rack,andnetworkfailuresupuntilonlyasinglecopyofthedataremainsonline.Toconfigureafullyredundantsystem,eachserverrackshouldcontainasmanyDatanodeasrequiredtostoreonecopyofthedataandatleastoneGatewaynode,bothconnectedtoa10GigabitEthernettopofrackswitch.Forlargeenvironmentswhereacompletecopyofthedatacannotfitonthedatanodesinasinglerackadditionalconfigurationmayberequired,pleasecontactyourNexentaSalesEngineerforfurtherguidance.

10GbEToRswitch1ormoreGatewaynodesDatanodestomatchcapacityandperformancedemands



1.4 NexentaEdgeSolutions

1.4.1 ConfigurationGuidelinesAconfigurationfromtheNexentaEdgeConfigurationGuidelinescomprisesofspecificserversandstorageenclosureconfigurationsfromaspecificservervendor.Thereissomeflexibilityintailoringyourcomponentswithinreasonablelimitstomeetcapacityandperformancerequirements.TheconfigurationsinthisdocumentaretheminimumrecommendedconfigurationsbyNexentaanddesignedtooptimizecapacity,performanceandcost.Nexentaandhardwaretechnologypartners(suchasCisco,Dell,HPE,Lenovo,Micron,Supermicroandothers)collaboratetocertifyNexentaEdgesoftwareineachconfiguration.Insomecases,hardwaretechnologypartnersofferconsolidatedSKUsfortheseconfigurationstosimplifyorderingandsupportofNexentaEdgesolutions.LeveragingthesetestedconfigurationsprovidethefastestpathtomarketforNexentaPartners.

1.4.2 RecommendedHardwareNexentaEdgeprovidesalargeamountofflexibilityforbuildingthephysicalserverstomeetspecificneeds.Assuch,NexentaEdgecanbedeployedwithawidevarietyofmemory,disk,andcachingconfigurations,butcareshouldbetakentobalancethevariouscomponentsofthesystemforbestperformanceandcapacity.ThevariousconfigurationsbelowincludeflexibilitytochoosedifferentCPUs,memory,diskandsolid-statedevicesizesandratiosbasedonthespecificneed.EvenwiththisbuiltinflexibilityoftheNexentaEdgeplatform,notethesegeneralguidelines:• IftheGatewayandDatanodeservicesrunonthesamenode

• TheCPUmustbereplacedwithamorepowerfulversionandtheamountofRAMmustbeincreased• Additional10GbEnetworkportsmustbemadeavailable,atleast1xfrontend(publicnetwork)and2xbackend

(storagenetwork)• IftheclusterisutilizedforsmallerrandomI/O(typicalofblockservices)alldatanodesmusthaveatleastoneSSD

deviceassignedforjournalingandcache• AruleofthumbforsizingSSDs

• Maintainatleast5%ofthedatacapacityforjournalingandcaches• Maintainaratioof1xSSDperevery5HDDinthesystem

• Forcapacity-basedObjectstoragesolutions,usingSSDdevicesisgenerallynotnecessaryforacceleration• SSDsshouldbeintendedformixed-useorwrite-intensiveworkloadsandratedforatleast3-10DWPD.Smaller

SSD’smustbecapableofsustainingahighernumberofdailyoverwritestomaintainthesameperformanceovertime.



2 NetworkEquipment2.1 NetworkRequirementsNexentaEdgemakesextensiveuseofmodernnetworkingtechnologiessuchasIPv6andmulticasting.Asaresult,thenetworkingequipmentmustfulfilltherequirementslistedbelowforsuccessfuldeployments.Asageneralguideline,mostnamebrandenterpriseclass10GbEswitchesmeettherequirementsbelow,butcareshouldbetakentoconfiguretheswitchportsappropriately.• Bothswitchesandnetworkinterfacecardsmustsupport10GigabitEthernet(10GbE)orabove• ThenetworkinfrastructuremustsupportIPv6andIPv6multicasting• AllnetworkswitchesassignedtotheNexentaEdgestoragenetworkmustbenon-blockingenterpriseclassswitches• Eachnetworkport(switchandhost)configuredforNexentaEdgemusthave:

o Jumboframesupport(MaximumTransferUnitsizelargerthan9000)o FlowControl(PauseFrames)forbothReceiveandTransmitmustbeturnedon

IfthenetworkswitchsupportsadvancedcapabilitiessuchasMulticastListenerDiscovery(MLD)snooping,DataCenterBridging(DCB),PriorityFlowControl(PFC)andEnhancedTransmissionSelection(ETS),thesecapabilitiescanbeleveragedbyNexentaEdgetoimprovethenetworkingperformanceandreliability.PleasecontactNexentaSalesEngineeringforadditionalinformation.

2.1.1 NetworkSwitchestestedwithNexentaEdgeThefollowingnetworkswitcheshavebeentestedandcertifiedtoworkwithNexentaEdge.Mostenterpriseclassnon-blocking10GbEswitchesshouldpassthecriteriaforsupportingNexentaEdgeandcanbecertified.

Vendor Model

Arista DCS-7124DCS-7150

Cisco Nexus5548UPNexus5596TNexus5672UPNexus56128P

DellNetworking S4810S4048-ONwithPluribusONVL

Mellanox SX1024SX1012SX1410SN2xxx

PluribusNetworking FreedomE68-MSupermicro SSE-X24S

Note:ItisnotrecommendedtorunNexentaEdgewithlow-end/low-costnetworkingequipmentaslowendequipmentgenerallydoesnotworkwellwithIPv6andmulticasting,anddoesnotguaranteenon-blockingtransfers.



3 CiscoConfigurations

3.1 CiscoAll-FlashConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandlowlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabases,enterpriseapplicationsandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandContainer)environments.

3.1.1 CiscoC240All-Flash NexentaEdgeCiscoC240All-FlashController 1xCiscoC240M4SXCPU E5-2690v42.6GHz,14cores,2socketDRAM Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x480GBinternalSSDSASHBA Cisco12GbpsSASModularPass-throughController

NICMinimumof4x10GbeportsrequiredforNexentaEdge

Recommended:2xIntelX52010GbEDualPortSFP+or2xIntelX54010GbEDualPortBaseT

MaxCapacity Upto38TBDataDevice# 24FlashDevice Upto1.6TB2.5”SASSSD

Note1: BIOSversionforCiscoC240M4SXisC240M4.2.0.6a.0.051220151501orlater.Note2: SSDbootdevicescanbereplacedby2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”drivesifdesired.Note3: WhendeployingAll-Flashconfigurations,ensurethattheenduranceoftheSSDsusedintheconfigurationisalignedwiththe

expectedwriteworkloadonthesystem.BestpracticeistouseSSDsratedbetween3DPWDto10DWPD.



3.2 CiscoHybridConfigurationsNexentaEdgeHybridconfigurationsdelivergreatperformanceandcapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedformixedread/writeworkloadswithsmallrandomIOthataretypicalofprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericfileservicesandhighperformancebackupandarchiveusecases.

3.2.1 CiscoC240/C3260Hybrid NexentaEdgeCiscoC240Hybrid NexentaEdgeCiscoC3260HybridController 1xCiscoC240M4SX 1xCiscoC3260Single-NodeCPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GB Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA Cisco12GbpsSASModularPass-throughController



Minimumof4x10GbeportsrequiredforNexentaEdgeRecommended:

1x40GbEQSFPportwitha4x10GbEsplittercable

MaxCapacity Upto100TB Upto500TB

DataHDD

3.5”7.2kSASHDD–2TB3.5“7.2kSASHDD–4TB3.5”7.2kSASHDD–6TB3.5“7.2kSASHDD–8TB3.5“7.2kSASHDD–10TB

DataDevice# 10 50FlashDevice 2x2.5”SASSSD 10x2.5”SASSSD

Note1: BIOSversionforCiscoC240M4SXisC240M4.2.0.6a.0.051220151501orlater.Note2:Toensureoptimallong-termperformanceandreliabilitytheflashdevicesmustberatedatleast10DWPD.Note3:Totalflashcapacityshouldbeataminimum5%ofthetotaldatadevicecapacity.



3.3 CiscoAll-DiskConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-DiskconfigurationsprovidecapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedforObjectStorageworkloads,fromread-mostlytocolddatastoragewitherasurecoding.All-DiskconfigurationsofNexentaEdgedonotsupportsharingdatathroughBlockinterfacessuchasiSCSIorNativeBlockDevices.

3.3.1 CiscoC240/C3260All-Disk NexentaEdgeCiscoC240All-Disk NexentaEdgeCiscoC3260All-DiskController 1xCiscoC240M4SX 1xCiscoC3260Single-NodeCPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GB Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA Cisco12GbpsSASModularPass-throughController




1x40GbEQSFPportwitha4x10GbEsplittercable


DataHDD


DataDevice# 10 60Note1: BIOSversionforCiscoC240M4SXisC240M4.2.0.6a.0.051220151501orlater.



4 DellReferenceArchitectures

4.1 DellAll-FlashConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandlowlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabases,enterpriseapplicationsandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandContainer)environments.

4.1.1 DellR730andR730xdAll-Flash NexentaEdgeDellR730All-Flash NexentaEdgeDellR730xdAll-FlashController 1xDellR730 1xDellR730xdCPU E5-2690v42.6GHz,14cores,2socketDRAM Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x480GBSSDSASHBA H730(Forbootanddatadrives,H730datadrivesmustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)


Recommended:2xIntelX52010GbESFP+or2xIntelX54010GbERJ45


DataDevice# 14 24

FlashDevice

1.92TBSSDMU12Gb2.5”3.84TBSSDMU12Gb2.5”

Note1: BIOSforR730xdandR730systemswiththev4CPUis2.0.2orlater.Note2: SSDbootdevicescanbereplacedby2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”drivesifdesired.Note3:WhendeployingAll-Flashconfigurations,ensurethattheenduranceoftheSSDsusedintheconfigurationisalignedwiththe




4.2 DellHybridConfigurationsNexentaEdgeHybridconfigurationsdelivergreatperformanceandcapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedformixedread/writeworkloadswithsmallrandomIOthataretypicalofprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericfileservicesandhighperformancebackupandarchiveusecases.

4.2.1 DellR730xdHybrid NexentaEdgeDellR730xdHybridController 1xDellR730xdCPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA H730(Forbootanddatadrives,H730datadrivesmustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)



MaxCapacity Upto140TB

DataHDD


DataDevice# 14FlashDevice 2x2.5”SASSSD

Note1: BIOSforR730xdandR730systemswiththev4CPUis2.0.2orlater.Note2:Toensureoptimallong-termperformanceandreliabilitytheflashdevicesmustberatedatleast10DWPD.Note3:Totalflashcapacityshouldbeataminimum5%ofthetotaldatadevicecapacity.



4.3 DellAll-DiskConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-DiskconfigurationsprovidecapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedforObjectStorageworkloads,fromread-mostlytocolddatastoragewitherasurecoding.All-DiskconfigurationsofNexentaEdgedonotsupportsharingdatathroughBlockinterfacessuchasiSCSIorNativeBlockDevices.

4.3.1 DellR730xdAll-Disk NexentaEdgeDellR730xdAll-DiskController 1xDellR730xdCPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA H730(Forbootanddatadrives,H730datadrivesmustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)




DataHDD


DataDevice# 16Note1: BIOSforR730xdandR730systemswiththev4CPUis2.0.2orlater.



5 HPEReferenceArchitectures5.1 HPEAll-FlashConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandlowlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabases,enterpriseapplicationsandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandContainer)environments.

5.1.1 HPEDL380All-Flash NexentaEdgeHPEDL380All-FlashController 1xHPEDL380G9CPU E5-2690v42.6GHz,14cores,2socketDRAM Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x480GBrearmountedSSDSASHBA HPEFlexibleSmartArrayP440ar


Recommended:2xHPE10GbEDualPort530SFPor

2xHPE10GbEDualPort530TMaxCapacity Upto92TBDataDevice# 24FlashDevice Upto3.84TB2.5”SASSSD

Note1: SSDbootdevicescanbereplacedby2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”drivesifdesired.Note2:WhendeployingAll-Flashconfigurations,ensurethattheenduranceoftheSSDsusedintheconfigurationisalignedwiththe




5.2 HPEHybridConfigurationsNexentaEdgeHybridconfigurationsdelivergreatperformanceandcapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedformixedread/writeworkloadswithsmallrandomIOthataretypicalofprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericfileservicesandhighperformancebackupandarchiveusecases.

5.2.1 HPEDL380Hybrid NexentaEdgeHPEDL380HybridController 1xHPEDL380G9CPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA HPEFlexibleSmartArrayP440ar



1xHPE10GbEDualPort530TMaxCapacity Upto130TB

DataHDD



Note1:Toensureoptimallong-termperformanceandreliabilitytheflashdevicesmustberatedatleast10DWPD.Note2:Totalflashcapacityshouldbeataminimum5%ofthetotaldatadevicecapacity.

5.2.2 HPEApollo4500Hybrid NexentaEdgeHPEApollo4530Hybrid NexentaEdgeHPEApollo4510HybridController 1xHPEApollo4530 1xHPEApollo4510Single-NodeCPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socket(pernode)DRAM Minimum128GBpernode Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA Internal

NIC

Minimumof2x10GbeportsrequiredforNexentaEdgepernode



2xIntelX52010GbEDualPortSFP+or2xIntelX54010GbEDualPortBaseT

MaxCapacity Upto130TBpernode Upto600TB

DataHDD


DataDevice# 13pernode 60FlashDevice 2x2.5”SASSSD 8x2.5”SASSSD




5.3 HPEAll-DiskConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-DiskconfigurationsprovidecapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedforObjectStorageworkloads,fromread-mostlytocolddatastoragewitherasurecoding.All-DiskconfigurationsofNexentaEdgedonotsupportsharingdatathroughBlockinterfacessuchasiSCSIorNativeBlockDevices.

5.3.1 HPEDL380All-Disk NexentaEdgeHPEDL380All-DiskController 1xHPEDL380G9CPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA HPEFlexibleSmartArrayP440ar



1xHPE10GbEDualPort530TMaxCapacity Upto150TB

DataHDD


DataDevice# 15

5.3.2 HPEApollo4500All-Disk NexentaEdgeHPEApollo4530All-Disk NexentaEdgeHPEApollo4510All-DiskController 1xHPEApollo4530 1xHPEApollo4510Single-NodeCPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socket(pernode)DRAM Minimum128GBpernode Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA Internal

NIC

Minimumof2x10GbeportsrequiredforNexentaEdgepernode



2xIntelX52010GbEDualPortSFP+or2xIntelX54010GbEDualPortBaseT

MaxCapacity Upto150TBpernode Upto680TB

DataHDD


DataDevice# 15pernode 68



6 LenovoReferenceArchitectures

6.1 LenovoAll-FlashConfigurations

6.1.1 LenovoX3650-M5All-FlashNexentaEdgeAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandlowlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabases,enterpriseapplicationsandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandContainer)environments. NexentaEdgeLenovoX3650-M5All-FlashController 1xLenovoX3650-M5CPU E5-2690v42.6GHz,14cores,2socketDRAM Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x480GBrearmountedSSDSASHBA 1xN2215



MaxCapacity Upto99TBDataDevice# 26FlashDevice Upto3.84TB2.5”SASSSD

Note1: SSDbootdevicescanbereplacedby2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”drivesifdesired.Note2:WhendeployingAll-Flashconfigurations,ensurethattheenduranceoftheSSDsusedintheconfigurationisalignedwiththe




6.2 LenovoHybridConfigurationsNexentaEdgeHybridconfigurationsdelivergreatperformanceandcapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedformixedread/writeworkloadswithsmallrandomIOthataretypicalofprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericfileservicesandhighperformancebackupandarchiveusecases.

6.2.1 LenovoX3650-M5Hybrid NexentaEdgeLenovoX3650-M5HybridController 1xLenovoX3650-M5CPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA 1xN2215




DataHDD






6.3 LenovoAll-DiskConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-DiskconfigurationsprovidecapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedforObjectStorageworkloads,fromread-mostlytocolddatastoragewitherasurecoding.All-DiskconfigurationsofNexentaEdgedonotsupportsharingdatathroughBlockinterfacessuchasiSCSIorNativeBlockDevices.

6.3.1 LenovoX3650-M5All-Disk NexentaEdgeLenovoX3650-M5All-DiskController 1xLenovoX3650-M5CPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA 1xN2215




DataHDD


DataDevice# 14



7 SupermicroReferenceArchitectures

7.1 SupermicroAll-FlashConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandlowlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabases,enterpriseapplicationsandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandContainer)environments.

7.1.1 SuperMicroX10All-Flash NexentaEdgeSuperMicroAll-Flash1RU NexentaEdgeSuperMicroAll-Flash2RUController 1xSYS-1028U-TNRT+ 1xSSG-2028R-E1CR24LCPU E5-2690v42.6GHz,14cores,2socket

DRAM Minimum256GB Minimum256GB384GBrecommended

BootDrive 1x480GBSSD 2x480GBrearmountedSSDSASHBA 2xAOC-S3008L-L8e OnboardLSI3008

NICMinimumof4x10GbEportsrequiredforNexentaEdge

Recommended:2xAOC-STG-I2T(RJ45)or

2xAOC-STGN-I2S(SFP+)and2xAOC-E10GSFPR(transceiver)MaxCapacity Upto34TB Upto92TB

DataDevice# 9 24

FlashDevice

Upto3.84TB2.5”SASSSD Upto3.84TB2.5”SASSSD

Note1: ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe2.0orlater.Note2: SSDbootdevicescanbereplacedby1TB7.2kHDD2.5”drivesifdesired.Note3: WhendeployingAll-Flashconfigurations,ensurethattheenduranceoftheSSDsusedintheconfigurationisalignedwiththe




7.2 SupermicroHybridConfigurationsNexentaEdgeHybridconfigurationsdelivergreatperformanceandcapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedformixedread/writeworkloadswithsmallrandomIOthataretypicalofprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericfileservicesandhighperformancebackupandarchiveusecases.

7.2.1 SuperMicroX10Hybrid NexentaEdgeSuperMicroHybridController 1xSSG-6028R-E1CR12L 1xSSG-6048R-E1CR36L 1xSSG-6048R-E1CR72LCPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum128GB Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA OnboardLSI3008 3xAOC-S3008L-L8E-P


Minimumof2x10GbEportsrequiredforNexentaEdge4x10GbErecommendedforhigh-throughput/largecapacityenvironments

MaxCapacity Upto100TB Upto300TB Upto600TB

DataHDD


DataDevice# 10 30 60FlashDevice 2x2.5”SASSSD 6x2.5”SASSSD 12x2x2.5”SASSSD

Note1: ForIntelv3CPUs,motherboardBIOSfortheSMCX10RAmustbe1.01orlater.ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe

2.0orlater.Note2: Toensureoptimallong-termperformanceandreliabilitytheflashdevicesmustberatedatleast10DWPD.Note3: Totalflashcapacityshouldbeataminimum5%ofthetotaldatadevicecapacity.



7.3 SupermicroAll-DiskConfigurationsNexentaEdgeAll-DiskconfigurationsprovidecapacityoptimizedsolutionsthatarebestsuitedforObjectStorageworkloads,fromread-mostlytocolddatastoragewitherasurecoding.All-DiskconfigurationsofNexentaEdgedonotsupportsharingdatathroughBlockinterfacessuchasiSCSIorNativeBlockDevices.

7.3.1 SuperMicroX10All-Disk NexentaEdgeSuperMicroAll-DiskController 1xSSG-6028R-E1CR12L 1xSSG-6048R-E1CR36L 1xSSG-6048R-E1CR72LCPU E5-2630v42.2GHz10-core,2socketDRAM Minimum64GB Minimum128GB Minimum256GBBootDrive 2x1TB7.2kHDD2.5”SASHBA OnboardLSI3008 3xAOC-S3008L-L8E-P


Minimumof2x10GbEportsrequiredforNexentaEdge4x10GbErecommendedforhigh-throughput/largecapacityenvironments

MaxCapacity Upto120TB Upto360TB Upto720TB

DataHDD


DataDevice# 12 26 72Note1: ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe2.0orlater.



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