QoreStor 7.2.1 - Interoperability Guide

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Hardware requirements

Installation Requirements > Hardware requirements

The hardware requirements for QoreStor installation differ depending on whether you are installing QoreStor in Object Direct mode or regular mode.

Hardware requirements for standard installations

Installation Requirements > Hardware requirements > Hardware requirements for standard installations

QoreStor can be installed in one of four modes: Large, Standard, and Cloud Optimized. Each installation mode has different minimum installation requirements, as described below. Refer to QoreStor installation modes for more information on the installation modes.

NOTE: The table below lists the minimum hardware requirements for installation. Refer to "QoreStor Sizing Guidelines" in the QoreStor Interoperability Guide for information on sizing your QoreStor server.

Table 5: Hardware requirements for installation
	Large Mode	Standard Mode	Cloud Optimized Mode
CPU cores	32	4	4
RAM	64 GB	32 GB	32 GB
Storage capacity	Minimum of 500 GB free space on repository volume. Minimum of 1 TB free space on metadata volume 3.2 TB is recommended	Minimum of 500 GB free space on repository volume. Minimum of 600 GB free space on metadata volume. 1.5 TB is recommended	Minimum of 500 GB free space on repository volume.
Additional storage requirements	Storage back-end should support: 20,000 IOPS for sequential writes 20,000 IOPS for Metadata with random writes 450 IOPS for data volume with random writes. Recommended back-end configuration is: RAID 6 with 48 to 60 disks for repository RAID1 or RAID10 with 2 to 4 drives for metadata. Maximum supported physical capacity is 360TB	Storage back-end should support: 450 IOPS for sequential writes 450 IOPS with random writes Recommended back-end configuration is RAID 6 with 12 disks. Maximum supported physical capacity is 150TB	Storage back-end should support: 450 IOPS for sequential writes 450 IOPS with random writes Recommended back-end configuration is RAID 6 with 6 disks. Maximum supported physical capacity is 43TB

Hardware requirements for installation in Object Direct mode

Installation Requirements > Hardware requirements > Hardware requirements for installation in Object Direct mode

When installed in an object direct configuration, QoreStor can be installed in one of three modes: Large, Standard, and Cloud Optimized. Each installation mode has different minimum installation requirements, as described below. Refer to QoreStor installation modes for more information on the installation modes.

Table 6: Hardware requirements for installation
	Large Mode	Standard Mode	Cloud Optimized Mode
CPU cores	32	8	4
RAM	64 GB	32 GB	32 GB
Dictionary Size	256 GB	256 GB	256 GB
Storage capacity	Minimum of 18 TB free space on metadata volume	Minimum of 8 TB free space on metadata volume	Minimum of 2 TB free space on metadata volume
Additional storage requirements	Storage back-end should support: 450 IOPS for metadata volume sequential writes 450 IOPS for metadata volume random writes	Storage back-end should support: 450 IOPS for metadata volume sequential writes 450 IOPS for metadata volume random writes	Storage back-end should support: 450 IOPS for metadata volume sequential writes 450 IOPS for metadata volume random writes

Networking requirements

Installation Requirements > Hardware requirements > Networking requirements

The following network configurations need to be made in order to successfully install and run QoreStor.

NOTE: If you install QoreStor with the -f option, or answer yes to the prompt regarding firewall changes, the QoreStor installer will ensure these ports are open.

Port configuration

The ports below need to be available for the QoreStor service:

Component/Function	Ports required
UI	5233
OST / RDA1	9920 10011 11000
NFS¹	111 2049
Replication	9904 9911 9915 9916
CIFS¹	138 139 445
Object (S3)	9000 to 9005
NDMP	10000 43000-43040
RDA-NDMP	12000-12127
iSCSI	3260
Secure Connect2	9443

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