NexentaStor 5.x Reference Architecture

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NexentaStor5.xReferenceArchitecture

May2019

NexentaStor5.xReferenceArchitecture-DellEMC

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TableofContents

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

Preface............................................................................................................................................3IntendedAudience.................................................................................................................................................................................3Comments..................................................................................................................................................................................................3Copyright,Trademarks,andCompliance.....................................................................................................................................31 Dell14GReferenceArchitectures..............................................................................................41.1 Dell14GAll-FlashConfigurations.......................................................................................................................................41.1.1 DellR740andR740xdAll-Flash.........................................................................................................................................4

1.2 Dell14GHybridConfigurations...........................................................................................................................................51.2.1 DellR740xdHybrid..................................................................................................................................................................51.2.2 DellR740Hybrid–MD14xx.................................................................................................................................................61.2.3 DellR740Hybrid–ME484...................................................................................................................................................7

1.3 DellandHGSTStoragePlatformConfigurations..........................................................................................................91.3.1 DellR740andHGST2U24All-Flash.................................................................................................................................91.3.2 DellR740andHGSTUltrastarData60Hybrid/All-Disk.....................................................................................10

2 Dell13GReferenceArchitectures.............................................................................................112.1 Dell13GAll-FlashConfigurations.....................................................................................................................................112.1.1 DellR730andR730xdAll-Flash.......................................................................................................................................11

2.2 Dell13GHybridConfigurations.........................................................................................................................................122.2.1 DellR730xdHybrid................................................................................................................................................................122.2.2 DellR730Hybrid–MD14xx...............................................................................................................................................132.2.3 DellR730Hybrid–MD3060eandMD1280................................................................................................................14

2.3 Dell13GAll-DiskConfigurations.......................................................................................................................................152.3.1 DellR730All-Disk–MD3060eandMD1280..............................................................................................................15

2.4 DellandHGSTStoragePlatformConfigurations........................................................................................................162.4.1 DellR730andHGST2U24All-Flash...............................................................................................................................162.4.2 DellR730andHGST4U60G2Hybrid/All-Disk.........................................................................................................17

3 AboutNexenta.........................................................................................................................18



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1 Dell14GReferenceArchitectures1.1 Dell14GAll-FlashConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandsubmillisecondlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabasesandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)environments.

1.1.1 DellR740andR740xdAll-FlashDellAll-FlashRA

NDxd-AF-22-14G(Non-HA)


ND-AF-96-14G(HA)

RawCapacity Upto85TB Upto176TB Upto368TBDeviceSlots 22 46 Upto96FormFactor 2U 4U Upto12UMemory(total)

192GB 384GB768GB

Software NexentaStor5.x

DellAll-FlashRA



ND-AF-96-14G(HA)

Controller 1xR740xd 1xR740xd 2xR740

Chassis 24x2.5”slotsfor2CPUs 8x2.5”slotsfor2CPUs

RAIDConfig C1,NoRAID,MixedDriveTypesAllowed

PCIeRiser RiserConfig5

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

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

BootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k2.5”mirrored

SASHBAH730P+forbootandinternaldatadrives

(datadrivesmustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)Optional:DellSAS12GbHBA3

H730P+forboot1xto4xDellSAS12GbHBA

NetworkDaughterCard

Inteli350DP+IntelX520DP10GbESFP+Inteli350DP+IntelX550DP10GbEBase-T

Inteli350DP+IntelX710DP10GbEIntelX710QuadPort10GbESFP+

NIC(optional)

IntelX52010GbESFP+IntelX55010GbEBase-TIntelX71010GbESFP+

IntelXXV71025GbESFP28IntelXL71040GbEQSFP+

FCHBA(optional)

QLogicQLE269216GbFC

DellAll-FlashRA



ND-AF-96-14G(HA)

StorageEnclosure

N/A 1xMD1420(24-bay)

1xto4xMD1420(24-bay)

TotalDrive# Upto22 Upto46 Upto96



FlashDevice1.6TBSSDSASWI12Gb2.5”1.6TBSSDSASMU12Gb2.5”1.92TBSSDSASMU12Gb2.5”3.84TBSSDSASMU12Gb2.5”

L2ARC n/aZIL/SLOG n/a

Note1: R740xdandR740shouldrunlegacyBIOS,withfirmwareversion1.3.7orlater.Note2: RequiredforexternalJBODconnectivityonly.

1.2 Dell14GHybridConfigurationsNexentaStorHybridconfigurationsdeliverbalancedperformanceandaregreatforgeneralpurposeprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericenterprisefileservices,andlowTCObackupandarchiveusecases.

1.2.1 DellR740xdHybridReferenceArchitectureswithDellR740xdserversandNexentaStor5.xprovidesinglenode(non-HA)configurationscombiningcontrollerandstorageinasingle2Uchassis,withoptionalcapacityexpansionwithadditional2Uenclosures.DellR740xdHybridRA

NDxd-H-22-14G(with2.5”Drives)


RawCapacity

Upto48TB Upto278TB

DeviceSlots 22 Upto118FormFactor 2U Upto10UMemory 192GBReadCache n/aSoftware NexentaStor5.x DellR740xdHybridRA



Controller 1xR740xd

Chassis 24x2.5”for2CPUs

RAIDConfig C1,NoRAID,MixedDriveTypesAllowed

PCIeRiser RiserConfig5

CPU Intel4114,2.2GHz,10-core,2-socket

DRAM 192GB(12x16GB)


SASHBA H730P+forbootandinternaldatadrives(datadrivesmustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)

H730P+forbootanddatadrives(datadrivesmustbeinpassthroughmodeonly)

1xto2xDellSAS12GbHBA2

NetworkDaughterCard





NIC(optional)



FCHBA(optional)

QLogicQLE269216GbFC

DellR740xdHybridRA



StorageEnclosure InternalOnly 1xto4xMD1420

(24bay)

DataHDD2.5”7.2KSASHDD≤2TB2.5”10kSASHDD≤2.4TB2.5”15kSASHDD≤900GB

2.5”7.2KSASHDD≤2TB2.5”10kSASHDD≤2.4TB2.5”15kSASHDD≤900GB

DataDrive# Upto20 Upto116

L2ARC n/a n/a

ZIL/SLOG 2xDell400GBWI12Gb2.5” 2xDell400GBWI12Gb2.5”Note1: R740xdshouldrunlegacyBIOS,withfirmwareversion1.3.7orlater.Note2:RequiredforexternalJBODconnectivityonly.Theconfigurationassumesthatupto2storageenclosurescanbedualpath

daisychainedoffasingleSASHBA.Note3:EnclosuremanagementisnotavailableforR740xdinternaldevices.

1.2.2 DellR740Hybrid–MD14xx

DellR740HybridRA ND-H-2x24-14G ND-H-4x12-14G ND-H-8x12-14G

RawCapacity Upto90TB Upto360TB Upto1080TBDeviceSlots 48 48 96FormFactor(Max)

8U 12U 20U

Memory(total)

192GB 384GB

ReadCache Upto400GB Upto800GBSoftware NexentaStor5.xDellR740HybridRA ND-H-2x24-14G ND-H-4x12-14G ND-H-8x12-14G

Controller 2xR740Chassis 8x2.5”slotsfor2CPUsRAIDConfig C1,NoRAID,MixedDriveTypesAllowedPCIeRiser RiserConfig5CPU Intel4114,2.2GHz,10-core,2-socket

DRAM 96GB(12x8GB) 192GB(12x16GB)


SASHBA1xDellSAS12GbHBA 2xDellSAS12GbHBA 4xDellSAS12GbHBA

H730P+(forbootdevicesonly)

NetworkDaughterCard





NIC(optional)



FCHBA(optional) QLogicQLE269216GbFC

StorageEnclosure

2xMD1420(24-bay)

4xMD1400(12-bay)

8xMD1400(12-bay)


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

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# Upto45 Upto45 Upto90

L2ARC 1xDell400GBMU12Gb2.5”SSD

2xDell400GBMU12Gb2.5”SSD

ZIL/SLOG 2xDell400GBWISSD 4xDell400GBWISSD Note1: R740shouldrunlegacyBIOS,withfirmwareversion1.3.7orlater.Note2:ContactDellfordetailedwiringdiagramsfortheseconfigurations.Theconfigurationassumesthatupto2storageenclosurescanbedualpathdaisychainedoffasingleSASHBA.

1.2.3 DellR740Hybrid–ME484

DellR740HybridRA

ND-1x84-14G ND-2x84-14G ND-H-3x84-14G ND-H-4x84-14G

RawCapacity Upto972TB Upto1.98PB Upto2.95PB Upto3.96PBDeviceSlots 84 168 252 336FormFactor(total)

9U 14U 19U 24U

Memory(total)

384GBto768GB

ReadCache Upto800GB Upto1.6TBSoftware NexentaStor5.xDellR740HybridRA

ND-1x84-14G ND-2x84-14G ND-H-3x84-14G ND-H-4x84-14G

Controller 2xR740Chassis 8x2.5”slotsfor2CPUsRAIDConfig C1,NoRAID,MixedDriveTypesAllowedPCIeRiser RiserConfig5CPU Intel4114,2.2GHz,10-core,2-socket

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


SASHBA1x

DellSAS12GbHBA2x

DellSAS12GbHBA3x

DellSAS12GbHBA4x

DellSAS12GbHBAH730P+(forbootdevicesonly)

NetworkDaughterCard





NIC(optional)




StorageEnclosure

1xME484(84-bay)

2xME484(84-bay)

3xME484(84-bay)

4xME484(84-bay)

DataHDD

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

DataDrive# Upto81 Upto165 Upto246 Upto330

L2ARC 1x960GBRISSDperpool 1x960GBRISSDperpool(2poolsrecommended)

ZIL/SLOG 2x480GBMUSSDperpool 2x480GBMUSSDperpool(2poolsrecommended)

Note1: R740shouldrunlegacyBIOS,withfirmwareversion1.3.7orlater.Note2:ContactDellfordetailedwiringdiagramsfortheseconfigurations



1.3 DellandHGSTStoragePlatformConfigurations1.3.1 DellR740andHGST2U24All-FlashThefollowingreferencearchitecturesarebasedonthefollowingHGST2U24FlashStoragePlatforms:

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

DellandHGSTRA NDH-AF-24-14G NDH-AF-48-14G NDH-AF-72-14G NDH-AF-96-14G

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

6U 8U 10U 12U

Memory(HA)

384GB768GB

Software NexentaStor5.x DellandHGSTRA NDH-AF-24-14G NDH-AF-48-14G NDH-AF-72-14G NDH-AF-96-14G

Controller 1xor2xR740Chassis 8x2.5”slotsfor2CPUsRAIDConfig C1,NoRAID,MixedDriveTypesAllowedPCIeRiser RiserConfig5CPU Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socket

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


SASHBA 1xDellSAS12GbHBA 2xDellSAS12GbHBA 3xDellSAS12GbHBA 4xDellSAS12GbHBAH730P+(forbootdevicesonly)

NetworkDaughterCard



NIC(optional)



FCHBA(optional)

QLogicQLE269216GbFC

StorageEnclosure

1xHGST2U24 2xHGST2U24 3xHGST2U24 4xHGST2U24

TotalDevice# Upto24 Upto48 Upto72 Upto96

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


Note1: R740shouldrunlegacyBIOS,withfirmwareversion1.3.7orlater.



1.3.2 DellR740andHGSTUltrastarData60Hybrid/All-Disk

DellR740HGSTRA NDHG-1x60-14G NDHG-2x60-14G NDHG-3x60-14G NDHG-4x60-14G

RawCapacity Upto696TB Upto1,416TB Upto2,136TB Upto2,856TBDeviceSlots 60 120 180 240FormFactor(HA)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(HA)

384GB

ReadCache 800GB Upto1.6TBSoftware NexentaStor5.xDellR740HGSTRA NDHG-1x60-14G NDHG-2x60-14G NDHG-3x60-14G NDHG-4x60-14G

Controller 2xR740Chassis 8x2.5”slotsfor2CPUsRAIDConfig C1,NoRAID,MixedDriveTypesAllowedPCIeRiser RiserConfig5CPU Intel4114,2.2GHz,10-core,2-socket Intel6128,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socket

DRAM 192GB(12x16GB)


SASHBA 1xDellSAS12GbHBA 2xDellSAS12GbHBA 3xDellSAS12GbHBA 4xDellSAS12GbHBAH730P+(forbootdevicesonly)

NetworkDaughterCard



NIC(optional)




StorageEnclosure

1xHGSTData60 2xHGSTData60 3xHGSTData60 4xHGSTData60


DataHDD

HGSTUltrastar6TBairHDDsHGSTUltrastar8TBheliumHDDsHGSTUltrastar10TBheliumHDDsHGSTUltrastar12TBheliumHDDs

L2ARC(optional)

800GBSASSSD(3DWPD)perpool

ZIL/SLOG 2x400GBSASSSD(10DWPD)perpoolNote1: R740shouldrunlegacyBIOS,withfirmwareversion1.3.7orlater.Note2: 10GbEportcounttakesintoaccountthe2portsontheserverNetworkDaughterCard.Note3: UsedualSASpathforconfigurationswithupto4enclosures.



2 Dell13GReferenceArchitectures

2.1 Dell13GAll-FlashConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-FlashconfigurationsdeliverhighIOPSandsubmillisecondlatencyforsmallrandomIOworkloadsthataretypicalofdatabasesandhighperformanceprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)environments.

2.1.1 DellR730andR730xdAll-FlashDellAll-FlashRA



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”


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

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

slotsrunout.



2.2 Dell13GHybridConfigurationsNexentaStorHybridconfigurationsdeliverbalancedperformanceandaregreatforgeneralpurposeprivatecloud(VMware,OpenStackandHyper-V)storagebackend,genericenterprisefileservices,andlowTCObackupandarchiveusecases.

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





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


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.



2.2.2 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



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.



2.2.3 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




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.



2.3 Dell13GAll-DiskConfigurationsNexentaStorAll-Diskconfigurationsarebestsuitedforbackupandarchivetypeusecases,sequentialworkloadsandreadintensiveworkloads.

2.3.1 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 Recommended:2xDell400GBWI12Gb2.5”SSDperpool

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



2.4 DellandHGSTStoragePlatformConfigurations

2.4.1 DellR730andHGST2U24All-FlashThefollowingreferencearchitecturesarebasedonthefollowingHGST2U24FlashStoragePlatforms:

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

DellandHGSTRA NDH-AF-24 NDH-AF-48 NDH-AF-72 NDH-AF-96

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

6U 8U 10U 12U

Memory(HA) 512GB

10GbEPorts 8Software NexentaStor5.x

DellandHGSTRA NDH-AF-24 NDH-AF-48 NDH-AF-72 NDH-AF-96

Controller 1xor2xR730PN:210-AEZO

CPU E5-2643v4,3.4GHz,6-core,2-socketDRAM 256GBpercontrollerBootDrive 2x1TBSAS7.2k3.5”mirrored

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

NIC1xNetworkDaughterCard:Inteli350DP+IntelX520DPSFP+orX540DP10GbERJ45

and1xIntelX52010GbESFP+orX54010GbERJ45

FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1xHGST2U24 2xHGST2U24 3xHGST2U24 4xHGST2U24

TotalDevice# Upto24 Upto48 Upto72 Upto96

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


Note1: BIOSforR730systemwithIntelv4CPUis2.0.2orlater.



2.4.2 DellR730andHGST4U60G2Hybrid/All-Disk

DellR730HGSTRA NDHG-1x60-13G NDHG-2x60-13G NDHG-3x60-13G NDHG-4x60-13G

RawCapacity Upto696TB Upto1,416TB Upto2,136TB Upto2,856TBDeviceSlots 60 120 180 240FormFactor(HA)

8U 12U 16U 20U

Memory(HA)

512GB

ReadCache 800GB Upto1.6TB10GbEports 4Software NexentaStor5.xDellR730HGSTRA NDHG-1x60-13G NDHG-2x60-13G NDHG-3x60-13G NDHG-4x60-13G

Controller 2xR730PN:210-AEZO

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

DRAM 256GB(16x16GB)


SASHBA1xDellSAS12GbHBA

PN:405-AAEB2xDellSAS12GbHBA



PN:405-AAEBH730(forinternalSysPooldrivesonly)

NIC



FCHBA(optional)


StorageEnclosure

1xHGST4U60G2 2xHGST4U60G2 3xHGST4U60G2 4xHGST4U60G2


DataHDD

HGSTUltrastar6TBairHDDsHGSTUltrastar8TBheliumHDDsHGSTUltrastar10TBheliumHDDsHGSTUltrastar12TBheliumHDDs

L2ARC(optional)

800GBSASSSD(3DWPD)perpool

ZIL/SLOG 2x400GBSASSSD(10DWPD)perpool Note1: ForDelldeployments,useNexenta-specificplatformSKUsinDellStarorGiiorderingsystem.Note2: BIOSforR730withv4CPUis2.0.2orlater.Note3: 10GbEportcounttakesintoaccountthe2portsontheserverNetworkDaughterCard.Note4: UsedualSASpathforconfigurationswithupto4enclosures.



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