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QoreStor 7.4.1 - Interoperability Guide

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

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

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

Please note that if you are upgrading from the existing QoreStor version to a 7.4.1 version, you are not required to meet the minimum hardware requirements.

Table 5: Hardware requirements for installation
  Enterprise Plus Mode Enterprise Mode Standard Mode Cloud Optimized Mode
CPU cores 32 32 8 4
RAM 256 GB 64 GB 32 GB 32 GB
Storage capacity

Minimum of 500 GB free space on repository volume.

Minimum of 9 TB free space on metadata or Minimum of 2 TiB free space on metadata when cloud support is not enabled during install.

Minimum of 500 GB free space on repository volume.

Minimum of 7 TB free space on metadata or Minimum of 1 TiB free space on metadata when cloud support is not enabled during install.

Minimum of 500 GB free space on repository volume.

Minimum of 3 TB free space on metadata volume or Minimum of 750 GiB free space on metadata when cloud support is not enabled during install.

Minimum of 500 GB free space on repository volume.

Minimum of 1 TB free space on metadata volume Minimum of 400 GiB free space on metadata when cloud support is not enabled during install.

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 512 TB

    • 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 360 TB

    • Storage back-end should support:

    • 450 IOPS for sequential writes
    • 10,000 IOPS for Metadata with random writes
    • 450 IOPS for data volume 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
    • 6,000 IOPS for Metadata with random writes
    • 450 IOPS for data volume 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

    When installed in an object direct configuration, QoreStor can be installed in one of three modes: Enterprise, 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 6: Hardware requirements for installation
      Enterprise 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 44 TB free space on metadata volume or Minimum of 18 TiB free space on metadata volume when cloud support is not enabled during install.

    Minimum of 18 TB free space on metadata volume or Minimum of 8 TiB free space on metadata volume when cloud support is not enabled during install.

    		 Minimum of 4 TB free space on metadata volume or Minimum of 1.8 TiB free space on metadata volume when cloud support is not enabled during install.
    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

    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
    • 9911
    • 9915
    • 9916
    CIFS1
    • 138
    • 139
    • 445
    Object (S3)
    • 9001 to 9005
    NDMP
    • 10000
    • 43000-43040
    RDA-NDMP
    • 12000-12127

    iSCSI
    • 3260

    Secure Connect2
    • 9443
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