NexentaStor 5.0 Reference Architecture · Reference Architecture April 2017 ... The following SanDisk InfiniFlash based reference architectures deliver full featured, all flash configurations

NexentaStor5.0ReferenceArchitecture

April2017

NexentaStor5.0HardwareConfigurationList

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DellReferenceArchitectures............................................................................................................31.1 DellAll-FlashConfigurations.................................................................................................................................................31.1.1 DellR730andR730xdAll-Flash.........................................................................................................................................31.1.2 DellR730andSanDiskInfiniFlashAll-Flash.................................................................................................................4

1.2 DellHybridConfigurations.....................................................................................................................................................51.2.1 DellR730xdHybrid..................................................................................................................................................................51.2.2 DellR730Hybrid–MD14xx.................................................................................................................................................61.2.3 DellR730Hybrid–MD3060eandMD1280..................................................................................................................7

1.3 DellR730All-DiskConfigurations.......................................................................................................................................81.3.1 DellR730All-Disk–MD3060eandMD1280................................................................................................................8



DellReferenceArchitectures

1.1 DellAll-FlashConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliververyhighIOPSandsubmillisecondlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabases,enterpriseapplicationsandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)environments.

1.1.1 DellR730andR730xdAll-FlashDellAll-FlashRA

NDxd-AF-24-13G(Non-HA)


ND-AF-96-13G(HA)

RawCapacity Upto92TB Upto184TB Upto368TBDeviceSlots 24 48 Upto96FormFactor 2U 4U Upto12UMemory(total)

256GB 512GB

Built-inEthernet

2x1GbE+2x10GbE

10GbEPorts 2 4Software NexentaStor5.x

DellAll-FlashRA



ND-AF-96-13G(HA)

Controller 1xR730xdPN:210-AHXR

1xR730xdPN:210-AHXR

2xR730PN:210-AEZO

CPU E5-2643v4,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socket

DRAM 256GB

BootDrive 2TB(2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”)

SASHBAH730(ForSysPoolandR730xddatadrives,H730datadrives

mustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)DellSAS12GbHBAPN:405-AAEB4

2xDellSAS12GbHBAPN:405-AAEB

NIC

1xNetworkDaughterCard:Inteli350DP+IntelX520DP10GbESFP+orX540DP10GbERJ45Optional:

IntelX52010GbESFP+IntelX54010GbERJ45

FCHBA(optional)

EmulexLPe12002,LPe16002BQLogicQLE2562,QLE2662

StorageEnclosure

N/A 1xMD1420(24-bay)PN:210-AEWI

1xto4xMD1420(24-bay)PN:210-AEWI

TotalDrive# Upto24 Upto48 Upto96

FlashDevice 1.92TBSSDMU12Gb2.5”3.84TBSSDMU12Gb2.5”

L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG n/a

Note1: ForDelldeployments,pleaseuseNexenta-specificplatformSKUsinDellStarorGiiorderingsystem.Note2: BIOSforR730xdandR730systemswiththev4CPUis2.0.2orlater.Note3: All-SSDconfigurationsaresupportedontheR730xdplatform.ThereisnoneedforseparateZILorL2ARCdevicesinall-SSD

configurations.Note4: Thisisforexternalconnectivityonly.Thelowprofileoption(DellSAS12GbHBAPN:405-AAFB)canbeusedifthefullheight

slotsrunout.



1.1.2 DellR730andSanDiskInfiniFlashAll-FlashThefollowingSanDiskInfiniFlashbasedreferencearchitecturesdeliverfullfeatured,allflashconfigurationsthatcanpackupto2PBofrawcapacityinaslittleas16Uand3,000Wofpower.DellandInfiniFlashRA

NDIF-AF-512 NDIF-AF-1024 NDIF-AF-1536 NDIF-AF-2048

RawCapacity Upto512TB Upto1,024TB Upto1,536TB Upto2,048TBDeviceSlots 64 128 192 256FormFactor(HA)

7U 10U 13U 16U

Memory(HA) 512GB

10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

DellandInfiniFlashRA NDIF-AF-512 NDIF-AF-1024 NDIF-AF-1536 NDIF-AF-2048

Controller 1xor2xR730PN:210-AEZO

CPU E5-2643v3,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socketE5-2643v4,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socket

DRAM 256GBpercontrollerBootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”mirrored

SASHBA 1xDellSAS12GbHBA 2xDellSAS12GbHBA 3xDellSAS12GbHBA 4xDellSAS12GbHBAH730(forinternalSysPooldrivesonly)

NIC1xNetworkDaughterCard:Inteli350DP+IntelX520DPSFP+orX540DP10GbERJ45

and1xIntelX52010GbESFP+orX54010GbERJ45

FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1xInfiniFlashIF150 2xInfiniFlashIF150 3xInfiniFlashIF150 4xInfiniFlashIF150

TotalDevice# Upto64 Upto128 Upto192 Upto256FlashDevice 4TBor8TBFlashModuleL2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG n/a

Note1: BIOSR730systemwithIntelv3CPUshouldbe1.0.4andabove.BIOSforR730systemwithIntelv4CPUis2.0.2orlater.Note2: SanDiskInfiniFlashIF150SAScontrollerfirmwareversionisA01Eorlater.SeesupportedgeneralpurposeBSSDsinAppendixA.Note3:SAScablingbetweentheNexentaStornodeandtheInfiniFlashIF150enclosureshouldfollowIF150A.2cablingtopologywhere

eachNexentaStornodeisconnectedtoasingleSAScontrollerontheIF150.Note4: ThereisnoneedforseparateZILorL2ARCdevicesinall-SSDconfigurations.Nexentarequiresaminimumof128TBofrawflash

forNexentaStorandSanDiskIF150configurationsdeployedinproductionenvironments.



1.2 DellHybridConfigurationsNexentaStorHybridconfigurationsdelivergreatsyncwriteperformanceandarebestsuitedformixedread/writeworkloadswithsmallrandomIOthataretypicalofprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericfileservicesandhighperformancebackupandarchiveusecases.

1.2.1 DellR730xdHybridReferenceArchitectureswithDellR730xdserversandNexentaStor5.xprovidesinglenode(non-HA)configurationscombiningcontrollerandstorageinasingle2Uchassis,withoptionalcapacityexpansiontoanadditional2Uenclosure.DellR730xdHybridRA

NDxd-H-24-13G(with2.5”Drives)




RawCapacity

Upto44TB Upto40TB Upto92TB Upto88TB

DeviceSlots 24 12 48 24FormFactor 2U 4UMemory 128GB(8x16GB)ReadCache n/a10GbEPorts 2Software NexentaStor5.x DellR730xdHybridRA





Controller 1xR730xdPN:210-AHXR

CPU E5-2609v31.9GHz,6-core,2-socketE5-2609v41.7GHz,8-core,2-socket

DRAM 128GB(8x16GB)


SASHBAH730

(ForSysPoolanddatadrives;datadrivesmustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)

H730(ForSysPoolandR730xddatadrives,H730datadrivesmustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)

DellSAS12GbHBAPN:405-AAEB3

NIC



FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

InternalOnly24x2.5”+2xFlexBay

InternalOnly12x3.5”+2xFlexBay

1xMD1420PN:210-AEWI

1xMD1400PN:210-AFDZ

DataHDD2.5”7.2KSASHDD≤2TB2.5”10kSASHDD≤1.8TB2.5”15kSASHDD≤600GB

3.5”7.2kSASHDD-2TB3.5”7.2kSASHDD-4TB

2.5”7.2KSASHDD≤2TB2.5”10kSASHDD≤1.8TB2.5”15kSASHDD≤600GB


DataDrive# 22 10 46 22L2ARC n/a n/a

ZIL/SLOG 2xDell400GBWI12Gb2.5” 2xDell400GBWI12Gb2.5”Note1: ForDelldeployments,pleaseuseNexenta-specificplatformSKUsinDellStarorGiiorderingsystem. Note2:BIOSforR730xdsystemwithv3CPUis1.1.4orlater.Forsystemswiththev4CPU,BIOSversionis2.0.2orlater.Note3:Thisisforexternalconnectivityonly.Thelowprofileoption(DellSAS12GbHBAPN:405-AAFB)canbeusedifthereareno

morefullheightslotsavailable.



1.2.2 DellR730Hybrid–MD14xx

DellR730HybridRA ND-H-2x24-13G ND-H-4x12-13G ND-H-8x12-13G

RawCapacity Upto90TB Upto180TB Upto900TBDeviceSlots 48 48 96FormFactor(Max)

8U 12U 20U

Memory(total)

256GB

ReadCache Upto800GB Upto1.6TB10GbEports 4Software NexentaStor5.xDellR730HybridRA ND-H-2x24-13G ND-H-4x12-13G ND-H-8x12-13G

Controller

2xR730PN:210-AEZO


DRAM 128GB(8x16GB)


SASHBA2xDellSAS12GbHBAPN:

405-AAEB4xDellSAS12GbHBA

PN:405-AAEBH730(forinternalSysPooldrivesonly)

NIC



FCHBA(Optional)


StorageEnclosure

2xMD1420(24-bay)

PN:210-AEWI

4xMD1400(12-bay)

PN:210-AFDZ

8xMD1400(12-bay)

PN:210-AFDZ

DataHDD2.5”7.2KSASHDD≤2TB2.5”10kSASHDD≤1.8TB2.5”15kSASHDD≤600GB


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

DataDrive# Upto45 Upto45 Upto90

L2ARC 1xDell400GBMU12Gb2.5”SSD

2xDell400GBMU12Gb2.5”SSD

ZIL/SLOG 2xDell400GBWISSD 4xDell400GBWISSD Note1:ForDelldeployments,useNexenta-specificplatformSKUsinDellStarorGiiorderingsystem.Note2:BIOSforR730systemwiththev3CPUshouldbe1.0.4andabove.BIOSforR730withv4CPUis2.0.2orlater.Note3:10GbEportcounttakesintoaccountthe2portsontheserverNetworkDaughterCard.Note4:ContactDellfordetailedwiringdiagramsfortheseconfigurations.



1.2.3 DellR730Hybrid–MD3060eandMD1280

DellR730HybridRA ND-H-120-13G ND-H-240-13G ND-H-168-13G ND-H-336-13G

RawCapacity Upto1,140TB Upto2,340TB Upto1,620TB Upto3,240TBDeviceSlots 120 240 168 336FormFactor(total)

12U 20U 14U 24U

Memory(total)

512GB

ReadCache Upto800GB Upto1.6TB10GbEports 4Software NexentaStor5.xDellR730HybridRA ND-H-120-13G ND-H-240-13G ND-H-168-13G ND-H-336-13G

Controller 2xR730PN:210-AEZO


DRAM 256GB(16x16GB)


SASHBA

2xLSISAS6GbHBA

PN:406-BBDN

4xLSISAS6GbHBA

PN:406-BBDN

2xLSISAS6GbHBAPN:406-BBDN

4xLSISAS6GbHBAPN:406-BBDN

H730(forinternalSysPooldrivesonly)

NIC



FCHBA(Optional)


StorageEnclosure

2xMD3060e(60-bay)

PN:210-ACIS

4xMD3060e(60-bay)

PN:210-ACIS

2xMD1280(84-bay)

PN:210-AIDE

4xMD1280(84-bay)

PN:210-AIDE

DataHDD



DataDrive# Upto114 Upto234 Upto162 Upto324

L2ARC 2xDell400GBMU12Gb2.5”SSD 4xDell400GBMU12Gb2.5”SSD

ZIL/SLOG 4xDell400GBWI12Gb2.5”SSD 8xDell400GBWI12Gb2.5”SSD

Note1:ForDelldeployments,useNexenta-specificplatformSKUsinDellStarorGiiorderingsystem.Note2:BIOSforR730systemwiththev3CPUshouldbe1.0.4andabove.BIOSforR730withv4CPUis2.0.2orlater.Note3:10GbEportcounttakesintoaccountthe2portsontheserverNetworkDaughterCard.Note4:ContactDellfordetailedwiringdiagramsfortheseconfigurations.



1.3 DellR730All-DiskConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-Diskconfigurationsarebestsuitedforbackupandarchivetypeusecases,sequentialworkloadsandreadintensiveworkloads.

1.3.1 DellR730All-Disk–MD3060eandMD1280DellR730All–DiskRA ND-120-13G ND-240-13G ND-168-13G ND-336-13G ND-672-13GRawCapacity Upto1,200TB Upto2,400TB Upto1,680 Upto3,360TB Upto6,720TBDeviceSlots 120 240 168 336 672FormFactor(Max)

12U 20U 14U 24U 44U

Memory(total)

512GB

ReadCache n/a10GbEports 4Software NexentaStor5.x

DellR730All–DiskRA ND-120-13G ND-240-13G ND-168-13G ND-336-13G ND-672-13GController 2xR730PN:210-AEZO


DRAM 256GB(16x16GB)


SASHBA2xLSISAS6GbHBA

PN:406-BBDN4xLSISAS6GbHBA




PN:406-BBDNH730(forinternalSysPooldrivesonly)

NIC



FCHBA(Optional)


StorageEnclosure

2xMD3060e(60-bay)

PN:210-ACIS

4xMD3060e(60-bay)

PN:210-ACIS

2xMD1280(84-bay)

PN:210-AIDE

4xMD1280(84-bay)

PN:210-AIDE

8xMD1280(84-bay)

PN:210-AIDE

DataHDD



DataDrive# 120 240 168 336 672L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG n/a

Note1:ForDelldeployments,useNexenta-specificplatformSKUsinDellStarorGiiorderingsystem.Note2:BIOSforR730systemwiththev3CPUshouldbe1.0.4andabove.BIOSforR730withv4CPUis2.0.2orlater.Note3:10GbEportcounttakesintoaccountthe2portsontheserverNetworkDaughterCard.Note4:ContactDellfordetailedwiringdiagramsfortheseconfigurations.

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