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The table below provides reference architectures for different levels of performance. Two of the examples below use SSD storage to host the QoreStor metadata, which will improve QoreStor performance.

Table 19: Hardware references
Hardware references	Extreme	Enterprise	Standard	Starter
Hardware references	R740-05 – HDD/SSD MetaData	R740-05 – ALL HDD	R730-10 – HDD/SSD MetaData	R730-10 – ALL HDD
Model	Dell EMC OEMR XL R740xd	Dell EMC OEMR XL R740xd	Dell EMC PowerEdge R730xd	Dell EMC PowerEdge R730xd
Drives	2x 2TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512n 12x 8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e	2x 2TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512n 12x 8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e	2x 500GB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 2.5i n Flex Bay Hard Drive,13G 12x 8TB 7.2K RPM Self-Encrypting N LSAS 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive, FIPS140-2,13G	2x 500GB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 2.5i n Flex Bay Hard Drive,13G 12x 8TB 7.2K RPM Self-Encrypting N LSAS 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive, FIPS140-2,13G
Drive Qty	2 x 2TB INT 12 x 8TB EXT 2 x 400GB SSD INT	2 x 2TB INT 12 x 8TB EXT 2 x 400GB SSD INT	2 x 500GB 24x 8TB / 36x 6TB	2 x 500GB 24x 8TB / 36x 6TB
Internal SSD (optional)	4x 400GB SSD SAS Mix Use 12Gbps 5 12e	4x 400GB SSD SAS Mix Use 12Gbps 5 12e	4x 400GB SSD SAS Mix Use 12Gbps 5 12e	4x 400GB SSD SAS Mix Use 12Gbps 5 12e
CPU	2x Intel Xeon Gold 5118 2.3G, 1 2C/24T, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 16M Cac he, Turbo, HT (105W) DDR4-2400 , OEM XL	2x Intel Xeon Gold 5118 2.3G, 1 2C/24T, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 16M Cac he, Turbo, HT (105W) DDR4-2400 , OEM XL	2x Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz,2 5M Cache,9.60GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT ,10C/20T (105W) Max Mem 2133MH z	2x Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz,2 5M Cache,9.60GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT ,10C/20T (105W) Max Mem 2133MH z
Memory	208GB 13 x DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 16GB, 2666, 2RX8, 8G, DDR4, R	208GB 13 x DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 16GB, 2666, 2RX8, 8G, DDR4, R	8x 16GB RDIMM, 2400MT/s, Dual Ran k, x8 Data Width	8x 16GB RDIMM, 2400MT/s, Dual Ran k, x8 Data Width
PERC RAID	1x PERC H740P RAID Controller, 8G B NV Cache, Mini card 1x PERC H840 RAID Adapter for External MD14XX Only, 8GB NV Cache, Full Height	1x PERC H740P RAID Controller, 8G B NV Cache, Mini card 1x PERC H840 RAID Adapter for External MD14XX Only, 8GB NV Cache, Full Height	1x PERC H730P RAID Controller, 2G B NV Cache, Mini card 1x 1x PERC H830 RAID Adapter for External MD14XX Only, 2GB NV Cache, Full Height	1x PERC H730P RAID Controller, 2G B NV Cache, Mini card 1x 1x PERC H830 RAID Adapter for External MD14XX Only, 2GB NV Cache, Full Height
Network	1x QLogic 57800 2x10Gb DA/SFP+ + 2x1Gb BT Network Daughter Card	1x QLogic 57800 2x10Gb DA/SFP+ + 2x1Gb BT Network Daughter Card	1x QLogic 57840S Quad Port 10Gb S FP+ Direct Attach Rack Network Daughter Card	1x QLogic 57840S Quad Port 10Gb S FP+ Direct Attach Rack Network Daughter Card
External Storage	3x1400	3x1400	4x1400	4x1400
HW RAID CONFIG <Level (0-5-6-10)> :: <# Groups (GRP)> :: <# Spindles per GRP> :: <#Channels> ::	RAID 10 :: 1 :: 4 :: 1 RAID 6 :: 4 :: 12 :: 2	RAID 6 :: 4 :: 12 :: 2	RAID 10 :: 1 :: 4 :: 1 RAID 6 :: 4 :: 12 :: 2	RAID 10 :: 1 :: 4 :: 1 RAID 6 :: 4 :: 12 :: 2
LVM CONFIG	Striped LVM :: 64KB :: 4xStripes	Striped LVM :: 64KB :: 4xStripes	Striped LVM :: 64KB :: 4xStripes	Striped LVM :: 64KB :: 4xStripes
FS CONFIG	XFS	XFS	XFS	XFS
SEQ FIO A + B	IOPS=98.5 K/Sec + 18.2 K/Sec BW=385 MiB/Sec + 71.1 MiB/Sec	IOPS=105K/Sec BW=412 MiB/Sec
RAND FIO	IOPS=95.7 K/Sec + 39 K/Sec BW=374 MiB/Sec + 152 MiB/Sec	IOPS=91.7K/Sec BW=358 MiB/Sec
MAX INGEST @ 0%	Total Connections :: TB/Hr 8 :: 9.48 16 :: 8.58 24 :: 7.32 32 :: 6.98 48 :: 7.00 64 :: 4.71	Total Connections :: TB/Hr 8 :: 9.00 16 :: 8.52 24 :: 8.00 32 :: 7.02 48 :: 4.31 64 :: 3.25
MAX INGEST @ 90%	Total Connections :: TB/Hr 8 :: 37.34 16 :: 19.40 24 :: 16.73 32 :: 13:77 48 :: 12.03 64 :: 11.96	Total Connections :: TB/Hr 8 :: 31.41 16 :: 18.94 24 :: 16.05 32 :: 14:53 48 :: 13.82 64 :: 12.96

Cloud deployment reference configurations

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The tables below describe reference configurations for deployments to Microsoft Azure. These configurations are based on QoreStor images available in the Azure Marketplace. Configurations are described for 4 installation modes, as described below:

Tier 0 - Community edition
Tier 1 - Cloud Optimized
Tier 2 - Standard
Tier 3 - Large

QoreStor Tier 0 configurations

The following VM Size Instance is then recommended and validated for Tier 0, with expected Performance rate between 1 TiB/Hr to 1.5 TiB/Hr.(measured for a 90% dedupe ingest data with RDA/RapidNFS).

Table 20: Tier 0 configuration
Series	Size	vCPU	Memory:GiB	Temp Storage (SSD) GiB	Max data disks	Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps	Max NICs / Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
DSv3	Standard_D4s_v3	4	16	32	8	6400 / 96	2 / 2000

This will add 6 Standard SSDs or Standard HDD as Data Repository, starting with 256 GB, can be later expanded up to 20 TiB.

1 TiB (1.5 TiB raw space) -- No License needed.
5 TiB (6 TiB raw space)
10 TiB (12 TiB raw space)
20 TiB (24 TiB raw space)

Additional VMs Size that are tested and validated for tier 0:

Table 21: Tier 0 additional configuration
Series	Size	vCPU	Memory:GiB	Temp Storage (SSD) GiB	Max data disks	Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps	Max NICs / Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
Esv3	Standard_E4s_v3 2	4	32	64	8	6400 / 96	2 / 2000

QoreStor Tier 1 configurations

The following are the recommended VM instances validated for Tier 1 configurations. These configurations have an expected performance rate between 1.5 TiB/Hr and 2.5 TiB/Hr (measured for a 90 % dedupe ingest data).

Table 22: Tier 1 configurations
Series	Size	vCPU	Memory:GiB	Temp Storage (SSD) GiB	Max data disks	Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps	Max NICs / Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
DSv2 - 11-15	Standard_DS12_v2 3	4	28	56	16	12,800 / 192	4 / 3000

The Pre-configured image is Standard_D12s_v2. This will create one Premium SSD of 1024 GB for Metadata and 5 Standard SSDs or Standard HDD of 5 TiB. Storage can be later expanded to 10 TiB, 20 TiB, or 40 TiB

5 TiB
10 TiB
20 TiB
40 TiB

Additional VM size tested and validated for Tier 1:

Table 23: Tier 1 additional configuration
Series	Size	vCPU	Memory:GiB	Temp Storage (SSD) GiB	Max data disks	Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps	Max NICs / Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
Esv3	Standard_E4s_v3	4	32	64	8	6400 / 96	2 / 2000

QoreStor Tier 2 configurations

The following are the recommended VM instances validated for Tier 2 configurations. These configurations have an expected performance rate between 2 TiB/Hr and 3.5 TiB/Hr (measured for a 90 % dedupe ingest data with RDA/RapidNFS).

Table 24: Tier 2 configurations
Series	Size	vCPU	Memory:GiB	Temp Storage (SSD) GiB	Max data disks	Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps	Max NICs / Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
DSv3	Standard_D8s_v3	8	32	64	16	12,800 / 192	4 / 4000

The Pre-configured Image is Standard_D8s_v3. This will create two Premium SSD of 1TiB for Metadata and 10 Standard SSDs or Standard HDD of 512 GB. Storage can be later expanded to 10 TiB, 20 TiB, 40 TiB , 80 TiB, or 160 TiB.

5 TiB
10 TiB
20 TiB
40 TiB
80 TiB
160 TiB

Additional VMs sizes that can be used for Tier2

Table 25: Tier 2 configurations
Series	Size	vCPU	Memory:GiB	Temp Storage (SSD) GiB	Max data disks	Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps	Max NICs / Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
ESv3	Standard_E8s_v3 2	8	64	128	16	12,800 / 192	4 / 4000
DSv2	Standard_DS4_v2	8	28	56	32	25,000 / 384	8 / 6000

QoreStor Tier 3 configurations

The following are the recommended VM instances validated for Tier 3 configurations. These configurations have an expected performance rate between 3 TiB/Hr and 5 TiB/Hr (measured for a 90 % dedupe ingest data with RDA/RapidNFS).

Table 26: Tier 3 configuration
Series	Size	vCPU	Memory:GiB	Temp Storage (SSD) GiB	Max data disks	Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps	Max NICs / Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
DSv3	Standard_D16s_v3	16	64	128	32	25,600 / 384	8 / 8000

The Pre-configured Image is Standard_D16s_v3. This will create 3 Premium SSD of 1TiB for Metadata and 20 Standard SSDs of 1024 GB. Storage can be later expanded to 40 TiB, 80 TiB, 160 TiB, or 320 TiB.

20 TiB
40 TiB
80 TiB
160 TiB
320 TiB

Additional VMs sizes that can be used for Tier 3:

Table 27: Tier 3 additional configurations
Series	Size	vCPU	Memory:GiB	Temp Storage (SSD) GiB	Max data disks	Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps	Max NICs / Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
DSv2	Standard_DS5_v2	16	56	112	64	51,200 / 768	8 / 12000
DSv2- 11-15	Standard_DS13_v2 3	8	56	112	32	25,600 / 384	8 / 6000

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