Table 8 File System Hardware Requirements

LAN Requirements

 

 

Chapter 2 Installing StorNext File System

 

 

Getting Ready to Install

 

 

 

File Systems

RAM

Disk Space

 

 

 

1–4*

2 GB

2 GB

 

 

 

5–8**

4 GB

4 GB

 

 

 

*Two CPUs recommended for best performance.

**Two CPUs required for best performance.

The following LAN requirements must be met before installing StorNext on the MDC:

In cases where gigabit networking hardware is used and maximum StorNext performance is required, a separate, dedicated switched Ethernet LAN is recommended for the StorNext metadata network. If maximum StorNext performance is not required, shared gigabit networking is acceptable.

A separate, dedicated switched Ethernet LAN is mandatory for the metadata network if 100 Mbit/s or slower networking hardware is used.

The MDC and all clients must have static IP addresses.

Verify network connectivity with pings, and also verify entries in the

/etc/hosts file.

If using Gigabit Ethernet, disable jumbo frames and TOE (TCP offload engine).

Note: StorNext does not support file system metadata on the same network as iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, or VLAN data when 100 Mbit/s or slower networking hardware is used.

Getting Ready to Install

Before installing StorNext SNFS, complete the following tasks to ensure successful installation:

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