KB 292001 - Software Defined Storage Solution with OSNEXUS
Software Defined Storage Solution with OSNEXUS
Software-defined unified storage represents a
powerful evolution in storage technology, offering flexibility, scalability,
and centralized management. This article briefly explores the concept of
software-defined unified storage and its deployment options.
Software-defined unified storage combines storage virtualization, management, and data services into a single platform. It abstracts storage resources from physical hardware, allowing administrators to manage diverse storage types (block, file, and object) through a unified interface. This approach simplifies storage provisioning, improves resource utilization, and enhances data accessibility across different applications and workloads.
OSNEXUS’s QuantaStor delivers both scale-up and scale-out in a single platform and offers unified file, block, and object storage. Its Storage Grid Technology greatly reduces the complexity of cluster management by combining storage appliances together across public and private clouds to manage all of the components as one.Scale
out Solution
Scale-out storage clusters aggregate storage from multiple storage appliances to form a single namespace. These configurations simplify scaling capacity and performance using erasure coding technology.
Scale
up solution
Scale-up storage clusters provide highly available SAN/NAS storage designed around a two-server cluster model
using SAS & NL-SAS shared storage from JBODs/JBOFs. Below Diagram shows
connectivity of a typical Sclae up storage cluster.
Components Used
Sl.no | Item | Qty |
1 | Supermicro Rack Server as Head nodes (SYS-121C-TN10R – 2X Intel Xeon 6442Y, 256GB RAM, Storage for OSNEXUS, Network Card, SAS HBA Card) | 2 |
2 | Supermicro JBOD (947HE2C-R2K05JBOD Enclosure, Data Drives) | 1 |
3 | Cables | 1 |
Supermicro offers a turnkey solution in
integration with OSNEXUS through their variety of hardware portfolio. Software
comes with factory loaded and customers can get direct support from OSNEXUS.
Any hardware issues will be taken care by supermicro’s RMA support.
OSNEXUS Licensing
QuantaStor platform
licenses are available for subscription durations of one year, three years, and
five years. These subscription licenses encompass comprehensive support,
maintenance, upgrades, and the flexibility to transfer to new hardware.
Subscriptions lasting three years or more include perpetual license keys for
the original license holder. Pricing for QuantaStor licenses is based on the
raw storage capacity of each storage appliance. QuantaStor High Availability (HA) technology is
provided at no additional charge. All features are encompassed within
Enterprise Edition licenses across all support tiers (Silver, Gold, and
Platinum).
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