NexentaStor 5.x Reference Architecture

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NexentaStor5.xReferenceArchitecture

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NexentaStor5.xReferenceArchitecture-Supermicro

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TableofContents

TableofContents............................................................................................................................2

Preface............................................................................................................................................3IntendedAudience.................................................................................................................................................................................3Comments..................................................................................................................................................................................................3Copyright,Trademarks,andCompliance.....................................................................................................................................31 SupermicroX11ReferenceArchitectures...................................................................................41.1 SupermicroX11All-FlashConfigurations.......................................................................................................................41.1.1 SupermicroX11All-Flash–24BaySC216....................................................................................................................4

1.2 SupermicroX11HybridConfigurations...........................................................................................................................51.2.1 SupermicroX11Hybrid-24BaySC216.........................................................................................................................51.2.2 SupermicroX11Hybrid-44BaySC847.........................................................................................................................61.2.3 SupermicroX11Hybrid-60BaySC946SE2C...............................................................................................................71.2.4 SupermicroX11Hybrid–90BaySC946.........................................................................................................................8

1.3 SupermicroAll-DiskConfigurations...................................................................................................................................91.3.1 SupermicroX11All-Disk–44BaySC847.......................................................................................................................91.3.2 SupermicroX11All-Disk–60BaySC946SE2C..........................................................................................................101.3.3 SupermicroX11All-Disk–90BaySC946.....................................................................................................................11

1.4 SupermicroandHGSTStoragePlatformConfigurations........................................................................................121.4.1 SupermicroX11andHGST2U24All-Flash..................................................................................................................121.4.2 SupermicroX11&HGST4U60G2Hybrid/All-Disk................................................................................................13

2 SupermicroX10ReferenceArchitectures..................................................................................142.1 SupermicroAll-FlashConfigurations...............................................................................................................................142.1.1 SupermicroX10All-Flash–24BaySC216..................................................................................................................14

2.2 SupermicroHybridConfigurations..................................................................................................................................152.2.1 SupermicroX10Hybrid-24BaySC216.......................................................................................................................152.2.2 SupermicroX10Hybrid-44BaySC847.......................................................................................................................162.2.3 SupermicroX10Hybrid-60BaySC946SE2C.............................................................................................................172.2.4 SupermicroX10Hybrid–90BaySC946.......................................................................................................................18

2.3 SupermicroAll-DiskConfigurations.................................................................................................................................192.3.1 SupermicroX10All-Disk–44BaySC847.....................................................................................................................192.3.2 SupermicroX10All-Disk–60BaySC946SE2C..........................................................................................................202.3.3 SupermicroX10All-Disk–90BaySC946.....................................................................................................................21

2.4 SupermicroandHGSTStoragePlatformConfigurations........................................................................................222.4.1 SupermicroX10andHGST2U24All-Flash..................................................................................................................222.4.2 SupermicroX10&HGST4U60G2Hybrid/All-Disk................................................................................................23

3 SupermicroUnifiedStorageAppliances....................................................................................243.1.1 Supermicro(2U)All-FlashAppliances..........................................................................................................................243.1.2 Supermicro(4U)HybridandAll-DiskAppliances....................................................................................................25

4 AboutNexenta.........................................................................................................................26



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1 SupermicroX11ReferenceArchitectures

1.1 SupermicroX11All-FlashConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandsubmillisecondlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabasesandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper–V)environments.

1.1.1 SupermicroX11All-Flash–24BaySC216SupermicroX11All-FlashRA

NS-AF-24-X11 NS-AF-48-X11 NS-AF-96-X11 NS-AF-144-X11 NS-AF-192-X11

RawCapacity Upto92TB Upto184TB Upto368TB Upto552TB Upto737TBDeviceSlots 24 48 96 144 192FormFactor(total)

6U 8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

384GB 768GB

Built-inEthernet

4x10GbEpernode

Software NexentaStor5.x

SupermicroX11All-FlashRA

NS-AF-24-X11 NS-AF-48-X11 NS-AF-96-X11 NS-AF-144-X11 NS-AF-192-X11

Controller 2xSMC6029U-E1CR4Twith4x10GBaseT,X11DPU

CPU Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socketDRAM 192GB(12x16GB) 384GB(12x32GB)BootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”

SASHBA1xAOC-S3008L-L8E(forinternalbootdevices)

1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

2xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

3xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

4xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

NIC(optional)

2port10GbE:AOC-STGN-i2SorAOC-STG-i2T4port10GbE:AOC-STG-i4S2port25GbE:AOC-S25G-i2S2port40GbE:AOC-S40G-i2Q

FCHBA(optional) 2port16Gbps:AOC-QLE2672

StorageEnclosure

1x216BE2C-R741JBOD(24-bay)





FlashDevice Upto3.84TBSSD(SeeAppendixAforspecificoptions)

L2ARC n/a

ZIL/SLOG n/aNote1: MotherboardBIOSmustbe2.0corlater.Note2: WhendeployingAll-Flashconfigurations,ensurethattheenduranceoftheSSDsusedintheconfigurationisalignedwiththe

expectedwriteworkloadonthesystem.BestpracticeistouseSSDsratedfrom3DPWDto10DWPD.



1.2 SupermicroX11HybridConfigurationsNexentaStorHybridconfigurationsdeliverbalancedperformanceandaregreatforgeneralpurposeprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericenterprisefileservices,andlowTCObackupandarchiveusecases.

1.2.1 SupermicroX11Hybrid-24BaySC216SupermicroX1124BayRA NSM-H-2x24-X11

RawCapacity Upto110TBDeviceSlots 48FormFactor(total)

8U

Memory(total)

192GB

ReadCache 400GBBuilt-inEthernet 4x10GbEpernodeSoftware NexentaStor5.x

SupermicroX1124BayRA NSM-H-2x24-X11


CPU Intel4114,2.2GHz,10-core,2-socketDRAM 96GB(12x8GB)BootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”


2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

NIC(optional)


FCHBA(optional)

2port16Gbps:AOC-QLE2672

StorageEnclosure


DataHDD2.5”10KSASHDD–1.2TB2.5”10KSASHDD–1.8TB2.5”7.2KSASHDD–2TB2.5”10KSASHDD–2.4TB

DataDrive# 46L2ARC n/a

ZIL/SLOG 2x200GBSSD(25DWPD)

Note1: MotherboardBIOSmustbe2.0corlater.



1.2.2 SupermicroX11Hybrid-44BaySC847Supermicro44BayRA NSM-H-1x44-X11 NSM-H-2x44-X11 NSM-H-4x44-X11 NSM-H-6x44-X11RawCapacity Upto504TB Upto984TB Upto2,040TB Upto3,096TBDeviceSlots 44 88 176 264FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 20U 28U

Memory(total)

384GB768GB

ReadCache n/a 800GBBuilt-inEthernet

4x10GbEpernode


Supermicro44BayRA NSM-H-1x44-X11 NSM-H-2x44-X11 NSM-H-4x44-X11 NSM-H-6x44-X11


CPU Intel4114,2.2GHz,10-core,2-socket Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socket

DRAM 192GB(12x16GB)384GB(12x32GB)

BootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”


1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 2xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e 3xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

NIC(optional)


FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1x847E2C-R1K28JBOD(44-bay)




DataHDD

3.5”7.2kSASHDD–2TB3.5“7.2kSASHDD–4TB3.5”7.2kSASHDD–6TB3.5“7.2kSASHDD–8TB3.5“7.2kSASHDD–10TB3.5“7.2kSASHDD–12TB

DataDrive# 42 82 170 258L2ARC n/a 2x400GBSSD(3DWPD)


4x200GBSSD(25DWPD)




1.2.3 SupermicroX11Hybrid-60BaySC946SE2CSupermicro60BayRA NSM-H-1x60-X11 NSM-H-2x60-X11 NSM-H-3x60-X11 NSM-H-4x60-X11RawCapacity Upto696TB Upto1,368TB Upto2,088TB Upto2,808TBDeviceSlots 60 120 180 240FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

384GB768GB


4x10GbEpernode




CPU Intel4114,2.2GHz,10-core,2-socket Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socket




1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 2xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

NIC(optional)


FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1x946SE2C-R1K66JBOD(60-bay)




DataHDD



ZIL/SLOG 2x200GBSSD (25DWPD)

4x200GBSSD (25DWPD)




1.2.4 SupermicroX11Hybrid–90BaySC946Supermicro90BayRA NSM-H-1x90-X11 NSM-H-2x90-X11 NSM-H-3x90-X11 NSM-H-4x90-X11RawCapacity Upto1,044TB Upto2,088TB Upto3,096TB Upto4,176TBDeviceSlots 90 180 270 360FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

384GB768GB

ReadCache 400GB 800GB 1.6TBBuilt-inEthernet

4x10GbEpernode




CPU Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socket





NIC(optional)


FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1x946ED-R2KJBOD(90-bay)




DataHDD


DataDrive# 87 174 258 348L2ARC 1x400GBSSD(3DWPD) 2x400GBSSD(3DWPD) 4x400GBSSD(3DWPD)


4x200GBSSD(25DWPD)

8x200GBSSD(25DWPD)




1.3 SupermicroAll-DiskConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-Diskconfigurationsarebestsuitedforbackupandarchivetypeusecases,sequentialworkloadsandreadintensiveworkloads.

1.3.1 SupermicroX11All-Disk–44BaySC847Supermicro44BayRA NSM-D-1x44-X11 NSM-D-2x44-X11 NSM-D-4x44-X11 NSM-D-6x44-X11 NSM-D-8x44-X11RawCapacity Upto528TB Upto1,056TB Upto2,112TB Upto3,168TB Upto4,224TBDeviceSlots 44 88 176 264 352FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 20U 28U 36U

Memory(total)

384GB

ReadCache n/aBuilt-inEthernet

4x10GbEpernode


Supermicro44BayRA

NSM-D-1x44-X11 NSM-D-2x44-X11 NSM-D-4x44-X11 NSM-D-6x44-X11 NSM-D-8x44-X11


CPU Intel4114,2.2GHz,10-core,2-socket Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socketDRAM 192GB(12x16GB)BootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”


1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

2xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

3xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

4xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

NIC(optional)


FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

2x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

4x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

6x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

8x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

DataHDD


DataDrive# 44 88 176 264 352L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG Recommended:2x200GBSASSSD(25DWPD)perpoolNote1: MotherboardBIOSmustbe2.0corlater.



1.3.2 SupermicroX11All-Disk–60BaySC946SE2CSupermicro60BayRA NSM-D-1x60-X11 NSM-D-2x60-X11 NSM-D-3x60-X11 NSM-D-4x60-X11RawCapacity Upto720TB Upto1,440TB Upto2,160TB Upto2,880TBDeviceSlots 60 120 180 240FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

384GB


4x10GbEpernode


Supermicro60BayRA NSM-D-1x60-X11 NSM-D-2x60-X11 NSM-D-3x60-X11 NSM-D-4x60-X11





NIC(optional)


FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure





DataHDD


DataDrive# 60 120 180 240L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG Recommended:2x200GBSASSSD(25DWPD)perpool




1.3.3 SupermicroX11All-Disk–90BaySC946Supermicro90BayRA NSM-D-1x90-X11 NSM-D-2x90-X11 NSM-D-4x90-X11 NSM-D-6x90-X11 NSM-D-8x90-X11RawCapacity Upto1,080TB Upto2,160TB Upto4,320TB Upto6,480TB Upto8,640TBDeviceSlots 90 180 360 540 720FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 20U 28U 36U

Memory(total)

384GB

ReadCache n/aBuilt-inEthernet

4x10GbEpernode


Supermicro90BayRA NSM-D-1x90-X11 NSM-D-2x90-X11 NSM-D-4x90-X11 NSM-D-6x90-X11 NSM-D-8x90-X11


CPU Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socketDRAM 192GB(12x16GB)BootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”


1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

2xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

3xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

4xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

NIC(optional)


FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure






DataHDD


DataDrive# 90 180 360 540 720L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG Recommended:2x200GBSASSSD(25DWPD)perpoolNote1: MotherboardBIOSmustbe2.0corlater.



1.4 SupermicroandHGSTStoragePlatformConfigurations

1.4.1 SupermicroX11andHGST2U24All-FlashThefollowingreferencearchitecturesarebasedonthefollowingHGST2U24FlashStoragePlatforms:

HGSTModelNumber Configuration1ES0107 12x3.84TB1DWPDSASSSDs1ES0110 24x3.84TB1DWPDSASSSDs1ES0108 12x7.68TB1DWPDSASSSDs1ES0111 24x7.68TB1DWPDSASSSDs

SupermicroandHGSTRA NSH-AF-24-X11 NSH-AF-48-X11 NSH-AF-72-X11 NSH-AF-96-X11

RawCapacity Upto184TB Upto368TB Upto552TB Upto737TBDeviceSlots 24 48 72 96FormFactor(total)

6U 8U 10U 12U

Memory(total)

384GB768GB

Built-inEthernet 4x10GbEpernodeSoftware NexentaStor5.x

NSS-AF-512-IF150SupermicroandHGSTRA NSH-AF-24-X11 NSH-AF-48-X11 NSH-AF-72-X11 NSH-AF-96-X11


CPU Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socket



SASHBA 1xAOC-S3008L-L8E(forinternalbootdevices)1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 3xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 4xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

NIC(optional)


FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1xHGST2U24 2xHGST2U24 3xHGST2U24 4xHGST2U24

DataDevice# Upto24 Upto48 Upto72 Upto96

FlashDevice 3.84TBSASSSD(1DWPD)7.68TBSASSSD(1DWPD)

L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG n/a




1.4.2 SupermicroX11&HGST4U60G2Hybrid/All-DiskSupermicroHGSTRA NSH-1x60-X11 NSH-2x60-X11 NSH-3x60-X11 NSH-4x60-X11RawCapacity Upto696TB Upto1,416TB Upto2,136TB Upto2,856TBDeviceSlots 60 120 180 240FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

384GB

ReadCache 800GB Upto1.6TBBuilt-inEthernet

4x10GbEpernode


SupermicroHGSTRA NSH-1x60-X11 NSH-2x60-X11 NSH-3x60-X11 NSH-4x60-X11





NIC


FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1xHGST4U60G2 2xHGST4U60G2 3xHGST4U60G2 4xHGST4U60G2

DataDrive# Upto60 Upto120 Upto180 Upto240

DataHDDHGSTUltrastar6TBairHDDs

HGSTUltrastar8TBheliumHDDsHGSTUltrastar10TBheliumHDDsHGSTUltrastar12TBheliumHDDs

L2ARC(optional)

800GBSASSSD(3DWPD)perpool

ZIL/SLOG 2x400GBSASSSD(10DWPD)perpoolNote1: MotherboardBIOSmustbe2.0corlater.Note2: UsedualSASpathforconfigurationswithupto4enclosures.



2 SupermicroX10ReferenceArchitectures

2.1 SupermicroAll-FlashConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandsubmillisecondlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabasesandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper–V)environments.

2.1.1 SupermicroX10All-Flash–24BaySC216

SupermicroX10All-FlashRA NS-AF-24 NS-AF-48 NS-AF-72 NS-AF-96


6U 8U 10U 12U

Memory(total)

512GB

10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

SupermicroX10All-FlashRA

NS-AF-24 NS-AF-48 NS-AF-72 NS-AF-96

Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX4

CPU E5-2643v33.4GHz,6-core,2-socketE5-2643v43.4GHz,6-core,2-socket

DRAM 256GB(16x16GB)BootDrive 2TB(2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”)

SASHBA 1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 2xAOC-SAS3-9300-16e2xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e

NIC 2xAOC-STGN-i2SorAOC-STG-i2T

FCHBA(optional)

EmulexLPe12000,LPe12002,LPe12004,LPe16000B,LPe16002BQLogicQLE2560,2562,2672

StorageEnclosure





FlashDevice Upto3.84TBSSD(SeeAppendixAforspecificoptions)L2ARC n/a

ZIL/SLOG n/aNote1: ForIntelv3CPUs,motherboardBIOSfortheSMCX10RAmustbe1.01orlater.ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe

2.0orlater.Note2: WhendeployingAll-Flashconfigurations,ensurethattheenduranceoftheSSDsusedintheconfigurationisalignedwiththe

expectedwriteworkloadonthesystem.BestpracticeistouseSSDsratedfrom3DPWDto10DWPD.Note3: Supermicrohasidentifiedinteroperabilityissueswiththe4port9300-16eSASHBAandnolongersupportsthisHBAinthis

system.The9305-16eHBAshouldbeusedinstead.Note4: whiteongreyitemsaresupportedinexistingdeployments.Theyshouldnotbeusedfornewdeployments.



2.2 SupermicroHybridConfigurationsNexentaStorHybridconfigurationsdeliverbalancedperformanceandaregreatforgeneralpurposeprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericenterprisefileservices,andlowTCObackupandarchiveusecases.

2.2.1 SupermicroX10Hybrid-24BaySC216

Supermicro24BayRA NSM-H-2x24-X10

RawCapacity Upto92TBDeviceSlots 48FormFactor(total)

8U

Memory(total)

192GB

ReadCache 400GB10GbEPorts 4Software NexentaStor5.x

SupermicroRA24BayRA NSM-H-2x24-X10

Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX3



SASHBA 1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e


FCHBA(optional)

EmulexLPe12000,LPe12002,LPe12004,LPe16000B,LPe16002B

QLogicQLE2560,2562,2672StorageEnclosure


DataHDD2.5”10KSASHDD–1.2TB2.5”10KSASHDD–1.8TB2.5”7.2KSASHDD–2TB

DataDrive# 46L2ARC n/a


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

2.0orlater.Note2: whiteongreyitemsaresupportedinexistingdeployments.Theyshouldnotbeusedfornewdeployments.



2.2.2 SupermicroX10Hybrid-44BaySC847Supermicro44BayRA NSM-H-1x44-X10 NSM-H-2x44-X10 NSM-H-4x44-X10 NSM-H-6x44-X10RawCapacity Upto168TB Upto328TB Upto1,700TB Upto2,580TBDeviceSlots 44 88 176 264FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 20U 28U

Memory(total)

192GB 512GB

ReadCache n/a 800GB10GbEPorts 4 8Software NexentaStor5.x

Supermicro44BayRA NSM-H-1x44-X10 NSM-H-2x44-X10 NSM-H-4x44-X10 NSM-H-6x44-X10Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX3 2xSYS-6028U-NEX4


E5-2643v33.4GHz,6-core,2-socketE5-2643v43.4GHz,6-core,2-socket

DRAM 96GB(12x8GB) 256GB(16x16GB)BootDrive 2TB(2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”)


3xAOC-SAS3-9300-16e3xAOC-SAS3-9305-16e


2xAOC-STGN-i2SorAOC-STG-i2T

FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure





DataHDD 3.5”7.2kSASHDD–2TB3.5“7.2kSASHDD–4TB

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



4x200GBSSD(25DWPD)


2.0orlater.Note2: Supermicrohasidentifiedinteroperabilityissueswiththe4port9300-16eSASHBAandnolongersupportsthisHBAinthis




2.2.3 SupermicroX10Hybrid-60BaySC946SE2C

Supermicro60BayRA NSM-H-1x60-X10 NSM-H-2x60-X10 NSM-H-3x60-X10 NSM-H-4x60-X10RawCapacity Upto580TB Upto1,140TB Upto1,740TB Upto2,340TBDeviceSlots 60 120 180 240FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

512GB

ReadCache n/a 800GB10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

Supermicro60BayRA NSM-H-1x60-X10 NSM-H-2x60-X10 NSM-H-3x60-X10 NSM-H-4x60-X10Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX4CPU E5-2643v43.4GHz,6-core,2-socketDRAM 256GB(16x16GB)BootDrive 2TB(2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”)



FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure





DataHDD



ZIL/SLOG 2x200GBSSD (25DWPD)

4x200GBSSD (25DWPD)

Note1: ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe2.0orlater.Note2: Supermicrohasidentifiedinteroperabilityissueswiththe4port9300-16eSASHBAandnolongersupportsthisHBAinthis




2.2.4 SupermicroX10Hybrid–90BaySC946Supermicro90BayRA NSM-H-1x90-X10 NSM-H-2x90-X10 NSM-H-3x90-X10 NSM-H-4x90-X10RawCapacity Upto870TB Upto1,740TB Upto2,580TB Upto3,480TBDeviceSlots 90 180 270 360FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

512GB

ReadCache 400GB 800GB 1.6TB10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

Supermicro90BayRA NSM-H-1x90-X10 NSM-H-2x90-X10 NSM-H-3x90-X10 NSM-H-4x90-X10Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX4





FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure





DataHDD


DataDrive# 87 174 258 348L2ARC 1x400GBSSD(3DWPD) 2x400GBSSD(3DWPD) 4x400GBSSD(3DWPD)


4x200GBSSD(25DWPD)

8x200GBSSD(25DWPD)






2.3 SupermicroAll-DiskConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-Diskconfigurationsarebestsuitedforbackupandarchivetypeusecases,sequentialworkloadsandreadintensiveworkloads.

2.3.1 SupermicroX10All-Disk–44BaySC847Supermicro44BayRA NSM-D-1x44-X10 NSM-D-2x44-X10 NSM-D-4x44-X10 NSM-D-6x44-X10 NSM-D-8x44-X10RawCapacity Upto440TB Upto880TB Upto1,760TB Upto2,640TB Upto3,520TBDeviceSlots 44 88 176 264 352FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 20U 28U 36U

Memory(total)

512GB

ReadCache n/a10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

Supermicro44BayRA

NSM-D-1x44-X10 NSM-D-2x44-X10 NSM-D-4x44-X10 NSM-D-6x44-X10 NSM-D-8x44-X10Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX4




2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e

2xAOC-SAS3-9300-16eAOC-SAS3-9305-16e




FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

2x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

4x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

6x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

8x847E2C-R1K28JBOD

(44-bay)

DataHDD


DataDrive# 44 88 176 264 352L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG Recommended:2x200GBSASSSD(25DWPD)perpoolNote1: ForIntelv3CPUs,motherboardBIOSfortheSMCX10RAmustbe1.01orlater.ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe





2.3.2 SupermicroX10All-Disk–60BaySC946SE2CSupermicro60BayRA NSM-D-1x60-X10 NSM-D-2x60-X10 NSM-D-3x60-X10 NSM-D-4x60-X10RawCapacity Upto600TB Upto1,200TB Upto1,800TB Upto2,400TBDeviceSlots 60 120 180 240FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

512GB

ReadCache n/a 800GB10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

Supermicro60BayRA NSM-D-1x60-X10 NSM-D-2x60-X10 NSM-D-3x60-X10 NSM-D-4x60-X10Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX4CPU E5-2643v43.4GHz,6-core,2-socketDRAM 256GB(16x16GB)BootDrive 2TB(2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”)



FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure





DataHDD


DataDrive# 60 120 180 240L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG Recommended:2x200GBSASSSD(25DWPD)perpool

Note1: ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe2.0orlater.Note2: Supermicrohasidentifiedinteroperabilityissueswiththe4port9300-16eSASHBAandnolongersupportsthisHBAinthis

system.The9305-16eHBAshouldbeusedinstead.



2.3.3 SupermicroX10All-Disk–90BaySC946Supermicro90BayRA NSM-D-1x90-X10 NSM-D-2x90-X10 NSM-D-4x90-X10 NSM-D-6x90-X10 NSM-D-8x90-X10RawCapacity Upto900TB Upto1,800TB Upto3,600TB Upto5,400TB Upto7,200TBDeviceSlots 90 180 360 540 720FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 20U 28U 36U

Memory(total)

512GB

ReadCache n/a10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

Supermicro90BayRA NSM-D-1x90-X10 NSM-D-2x90-X10 NSM-D-4x90-X10 NSM-D-6x90-X10 NSM-D-8x90-X10Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX4




2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e





FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure






DataHDD


DataDrive# 90 180 360 540 720L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG Recommended:2x200GBSASSSD(25DWPD)perpoolNote1: ForIntelv3CPUs,motherboardBIOSfortheSMCX10RAmustbe1.01orlater.ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe





2.4 SupermicroandHGSTStoragePlatformConfigurations

2.4.1 SupermicroX10andHGST2U24All-FlashThefollowingreferencearchitecturesarebasedonthefollowingHGST2U24FlashStoragePlatforms:

HGSTModelNumber Configuration1ES0107 12x3.84TB1DWPDSASSSDs1ES0110 24x3.84TB1DWPDSASSSDs1ES0108 12x7.68TB1DWPDSASSSDs1ES0111 24x7.68TB1DWPDSASSSDs

SupermicroandHGSTRA NSH-AF-24 NSH-AF-48 NSH-AF-72 NSH-AF-96


6U 8U 10U 12U

Memory(total)

512GB

10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

NSS-AF-512-IF150SupermicroandHGSTRA NSH-AF-24 NSH-AF-48 NSH-AF-72 NSH-AF-96

Controller 1xor2xSYS-6028U-NEX4CPU E5-2643v4,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socketDRAM 256GBpercontrollerBootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”mirroredSASHBA 1xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 2xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 3xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e 4xAOC-SAS3-9300-8e


FCHBA(optional)

EmulexLPe12002,LPe12004,LPe16002BQLogicQLE2562,2672

StorageEnclosure

1xHGST2U24 2xHGST2U24 3xHGST2U24 4xHGST2U24

DataDevice# Upto24 Upto48 Upto72 Upto96

FlashDevice 3.84TBSASSSD(1DWPD)7.68TBSASSSD(1DWPD)

L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG n/a

Note1: ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe2.0orlater.



2.4.2 SupermicroX10&HGST4U60G2Hybrid/All-Disk

SupermicroHGSTRA NSH-1x60-X10 NSH-2x60-X10 NSH-3x60-X10 NSH-4x60-X10RawCapacity Upto696TB Upto1,416TB Upto2,136TB Upto2,856TBDeviceSlots 60 120 180 240FormFactor(total)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(total)

512GB

ReadCache 800GB Upto1.6TB10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

SupermicroHGSTRA NSH-1x60-X10 NSH-2x60-X10 NSH-3x60-X10 NSH-4x60-X10Controller 2xSYS-6028U-NEX4CPU E5-2643v43.4GHz,6-core,2-socketDRAM 256GB(16x16GB)BootDrive 2TB(2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”)



FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1xHGST4U60G2 2xHGST4U60G2 3xHGST4U60G2 4xHGST4U60G2

DataDrive# Upto60 Upto120 Upto180 Upto240

DataHDDHGSTUltrastar6TBairHDDs

HGSTUltrastar8TBheliumHDDsHGSTUltrastar10TBheliumHDDsHGSTUltrastar12TBheliumHDDs

L2ARC(optional)

800GBSASSSD(3DWPD)perpool

ZIL/SLOG 2x400GBSASSSD(10DWPD)perpoolNote1: ForIntelv4CPUs,motherboardBIOSmustbe2.0orlater.Note2: UsedualSASpathforconfigurationswithupto4enclosures.Note3: Supermicrohasidentifiedinteroperabilityissueswiththe4port9300-16eSASHBAandnolongersupportsthisHBAinthis

system.The9305-16eHBAshouldbeusedinstead.



3 SupermicroUnifiedStorageAppliancesSupermicroUnifiedStorageAppliancespoweredbyNexentashipfromSupermicropre-configuredwithNexentaStor5software,high-availabilitycontrollersandstoragepool.TheyprovidealltheperformanceandfunctionalityofNexentaStor5insimpletoacquire,simpletodeployandsimpletomanageappliancesbasedon100%industrystandardhardware.TheseappliancesareavailableinAll-Flash2U(2nodes&24x2.5”bays)chassisandHybrid/All-Disk4U(2nodes&24x3.5”bays)chassis.Theycanbeextendedwithupto2additionalSASconnectedstorageenclosurestomeetlargercapacityrequirements.Tofurthersimplifyordering,theyareofferedinalimitedsetofpre-definedusablecapacityconfigurations.Formoreinformation,pleasevisitwww.supermicro.com.

3.1.1 Supermicro(2U)All-FlashAppliancesThesesystemsdeliverhigh-availabilityinasingle2Uchassis,with2nodesand12or24SSDsintheinitialchassis,scalingupto72SSDsforachassiswith2additionalSASconnectedenclosures.

SupermicroAll-FlashSBBAppliance

NX2010-AF-15toNX2020-AF-61

NX2030-AF-30toNX2040-AF-184

TargetUseCase Lowlatency,highIOPSworkloadsDatabases,Analytics,VirtualMachines

StorageSoftware NexentaStor5.x

FormFactor Minof2U,24Bay,2Nodes,All-inOneChassisMaxof4U

(with1x2Ustorageenclosure)Maxof6U

(with2x2Ustorageenclosures)StorageControllers 2NodeHigh-AvailabilityClusterOnboard10GbEPorts 2perNode/4perApplianceOptional10GbEPorts Upto4perNode/8perApplianceOptional16GbpsFibreChannelPorts

Upto4perNode/8perAppliance

StorageExpansion UptooneadditionalSC2162U24Bayenclosure

UptotwoadditionalSC2162U24Bayenclosures

DeviceSlots 24to48 24to72SSDSize 1.92TB(3DWPD) 3.84TB(3DWPD)DataProtection Dual-ParityMin-MaxRawCapacity(TB) 23to92TB 46to276TBMin-MaxUsableCapacity(TB) 15to61TB 30to184TBMin-MaxUsableCapacity(TiB) 14to55TiB 27to167TiBMin-MaxEffectiveCapacity(TiB) 41to166TiB 82to502TiB

Note1: TBis(1000)4Bytes.TiBis(1024)4Bytes.Note2: Effectivecapacityreflectstypicalsavingsof3:1frominlinedatareductionfortheworkloadssupportedbythisappliance.

Actualcapacitysavingswillvarybasedoncustomerdatasetsstoredontheappliance.



3.1.2 Supermicro(4U)HybridandAll-DiskAppliancesThesesystemsdeliverhigh-availabilityinasingle4Uchassis,with2nodesandupto24devicesintheinitial4Uchassis,scalinguptolargecapacitysystemsin12Uwith2additionalSASconnectedenclosures.SupermicroHybridSBBAppliance

NX4010-HM-20toNX4010-HM-106

NX4020-HR-48toNX4020-HR-272

NX4030-HA-128toNX4030-HA-640

TargetUseCase GoodperformanceblockandfileservicesVirtualMachines,HomeDirectories

Lowcost,highcapacitydiskstorageBackupTarget&NearLineArchive

StorageSoftware NexentaStor5.x

FormFactor Minof4U(24Bay,2Nodes,All-inOneChassis)Maxof12U(Appliancewith2x4Ustorageenclosures)

StorageControllers 2NodeHigh-AvailabilityClusterOnboard10GbEPorts 2perNode/4perApplianceOptional10GbEPorts Upto4perNode/8perApplianceOptional16GbpsFibreChannelPorts

Upto4perNode/8perAppliance

StorageExpansion UptotwoadditionalSC847E2C-R1K28JBOD4U44Bayenclosures

DeviceSlots 24to112FlashCache Yes Yes NoHDDSize 2TB 4TB 8TBDataProtection Mirror Dual-Parity Triple-ParityMin-MaxRawCapacity(TB) 42to218TB 84to420TB 176to880TB

Min-MaxUsableCapacity(TB)

20to106TB 48to272TB 128to640TB

Min-MaxUsableCapacity(TiB)

18to96TiB 44to247TiB 116to582TiB

Min-MaxEffectiveCapacity(TiB)

27to145TiB 65to371TiB 140to698TiB

Note1: TBis(1000)4Bytes.TiBis(1024)4Bytes.Note2: Effectivecapacityreflectstypicalsavingsfrominlinedatareductionfortheworkloadssupportedbythisappliance(1.5:1for

thehybridand1.2:1forarchive).Actualcapacitysavingswillvarybasedoncustomerdatasetsstoredontheappliance.



4 AboutNexentaNexentaisthegloballeaderinOpenSource-drivenSoftware-DefinedStorage(OpenSDS).Foundedin2005with6,000+customersandmorethan1,500petabytesofstorageundermanagement,ourprivatelyheldcompanydelivers100%Software-basedstoragesolutions,providingorganizationswithTotalFreedomtochooseaneasy-to-use,secureandultra-lowcoststoragesolutiontofittheirneeds.Nexentaenableseverydayapps;fromtheInternetofThingstoBigData;fromOpenStacktoContainers–andalltypesofClouds–Private,Public,andHybrid.Foundedaroundanopensourceplatformandindustry-disruptingvision,Nexentadeliversitsaward-andpatent-winningsoftware-onlyunifiedstoragemanagementsolutions24x7-aroundtheglobe-serviceandsupport.NexentahasanAllLoveapproachwithitsglobalpartnernetwork,includingsolutionintegrationwithtophardwarepartnerstodelivervalidatedandcertifiedOpenSDSsolutionstofityourbusinessrequirements.Formoreinformation,visitwww.nexenta.com,Twitter,Facebook,LinkedInandYouTube.Nexenta,NexentaStor,NexentaFusion,NexentaEdgeandNexentaCloudaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofNexentaSystemsInc.,intheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Allothertrademarks,servicemarksandcompanynamesmentionedinthisdocumentarepropertiesoftheirrespectiveowners.∫≈

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