System Requirements, StorNext FS Requirements

System Requirements

To successfully install SNMS 2.4.1, the requirements listed in the following tables must be met.

StorNext FS Requirements

For each StorNext FS mount, these requirements must be met.

	System/Component	Requirement

	AIX	StorNext FS clients: A minimum of 128 MB of RAM is required.

	IRIX	StorNext FS clients: A minimum of 128 MB of RAM is required.

	Solaris	StorNext FS clients: A minimum of 128 MB of RAM is required.

	Linux	StorNext FS clients: A minimum of 128 MB of RAM is required.

		Intel Pentium 2, 3, or 4 processor

	Windows 2000	StorNext FS clients: A minimum of 256 MB of RAM is required. This
	Windows NT	requirement can be reduced by using custom cache settings.
	Windows Server 2003
	Windows Server 2003	Intel Pentium 2, 3, or 4 processor
	Windows XP	Intel Pentium 2, 3, or 4 processor
	Windows XP

	Network LAN using TCP/IP	For the StorNext FS metadata traffic, ADIC requires that a separate,
	(all clients and servers	dedicated, switched Ethernet LAN be used.
	must be interconnected)

	SAN	StorNext FS clients: An FC-HBA or equivalent SAN communication
		device where the storage is visible and accessible to multiple SAN clients.

		StorNext FS does not support multiple hosts connected through an FC
		hub device because the resulting propagation of Loop Initialization
		Protocol resets can cause data corruption.

	Server Memory	For the first 2 file systems, a minimum of 512 MB of RAM. For each
		subsequent file system (up to 8 total), either passive or active, a minimum
		of 256 MB of RAM.

	Server Hard Disk	StorNext FS requires 350 MB of hard disk space for binaries,
		documentation, configuration, and log files. If internal meta-data is used,
		approximately 2.5 GB of additional hard disk space is required per 1M
		files.

	Client Hard Disk	StorNext FS requires 200 MB of hard disk space for binaries,
		documentation, configuration, and log files.

	Disk Drives	StorNext FS only supports the file system when it is running on FC-3
		SCSI drives.

	Failover	To make sure that data corruption does not occur, an addressable power
		switch must be used to forcibly shut down the failed meta-data controller.
		ADIC has qualified the WTI RPS-10m as an addressable power switch.

6	September 2004, ADIC

2.4.1 specifications

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