The appliance framework
The StorONE appliance is available in three basic architectures.
- Dual-node HA appliance: Two-node servers with shared drives, using one or more external storage enclosures.
- Single-node appliance: A node server that can use both internal drives and external storage enclosures.
- Dual-node HA replication: Two node servers that each have internal drives and external storage enclosures, and are configured with replication and automatic failover.
Hardware requirements
The basic hardware building blocks of the StorONE appliance includes:
- servers
- storage enclosure
- data connectivity
- disk connectivity.
Hardware Description server Intel- or AMD-based standard off-the-shelf server from leading manufacturers with no specially built components. Storage enclosure Standard serial-attached SCSI-based (SAS) storage enclosure that supports 12-GB SAS connectivity. Storage enclosure redundancy level: according to customer requirements.
In addition, the node servers required to have the following internal hardware components:
| NS internal hardware components | Description |
|---|---|
| Data connectivity | To meet the storage demands of different types of servers and operating systems clients, the StorONE appliance supports: |
| Ethernet protocol | Depending on your infrastructure, StorONE appliance servers require the installation of standard NICs (10Gb, 25Gb, 40Gb, 50Gb ,100Gb, 200Gb). |
| Fibre-Channel protocol | Standard FC HBAs are required to be installed inside the StorONE Appliance server - according to the customers infrastructure (8GB, 16GB, 32GB). |
| InfiniBand protocol | using standard InfiniBand NICs. |
| NVMe-oF protocol | using standard Ethernet NICs. NVMe-oF/TCP and NVMe-oF/RDMA. |
| Object S3 compatible protocol | Using standard Ethernet NICs. |
| SMB protocol | Support includes active directory connectivity (V1, V2, V3). |
| NFS protocol | Supported versions V3, V4, V4.1, V4.2. |
| Disk connectivity | Standard non-RAID SAS HBAs (Host Bus Adapters) for each external disk enclosure. |
It is recommended to have at least one SAS HBA (PCIe Controller with 2x SAS ports) for each enclosure. In high-availability systems, each disk enclosure should be connected to two SAS controllers. In cases where the SAS controller is not anticipated to be a performance bottleneck, such as in HDD-based systems, it is possible to connect each SAS disk enclosure in a daisy-chain configuration to other enclosures and server(s).
Single-node appliance
A configuration that consists of a single server is referred to as a single-node appliance. This configuration is suitable for small to medium-sized environments that have medium performance requirements and small to high-capacity storage needs. It can also be used as a backup target, in remote offices, or as a disaster recovery solution.
Dual-node HA appliance
A configuration that consists of two servers connected to each other via a high-availability (HA) interconnect is referred to as a Dual-node HA appliance (two-node HA appliance). In this configuration, each of the servers runs the S1 operating system. To start using the S1 storage engine, you must first install the S1 operating system on both servers. During the installation process, you are prompted to provide S1 configurations. The initial configuration (after the first reboot) is completed through the TUI (text-based user interface).