Supermicro
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Total Solution for SUSE Enterprise Storage
www.supermicro.com May 2020
Highly Scalable and Resilient Software-dened Storage Powered by Ceph
IPMI Switches
2x SSE-G3648BR
Data Switches
2x SSE-X3648SR
Admin Node
1x SYS-5019P-WTR
GW Nodes
2x SYS-5019P-WTR
Monitor Nodes
3x SYS-5019P-WTR
Storage Nodes
4x SYS-6029U-E1CR4
SUSE ENTERPRISE
STORAGE SOLUTIONS
• Simple to setup and deploy
• Adaptable to physical and logical
constraints
• Resilient to changes in physical
infrastructure
• Capable of providing optimized object
and block services
FOR MORE DETAILS
SUSE Enterprise Storage v5
Implementation Guide
• System requirements
• Architectural overview
• Step-by-step implementation
• Architectural best practices
Software-dened storage solutions enable the transformation of enterprise
infrastructures by providing a unied platform where structured and
unstructured data can co-exist and can be accessed as les, blocks, or objects
depending on the application requirements. The combination of open-source
software such as Ceph and Supermicro SuperServer based on industry standard
x86 architecture can reduce overall cost while providing a solid foundation to
unlimited scalability for future demands.
COMPONENTS OVERVIEW
This solution is built and validated with Supermicro SuperServers, SuperStorage
systems, and Ethernet switches that are optimized for performance and
designed to provide the highest levels of reliability, quality and scalability.
This cloud-ready storage solution has been rigorously tested and validated in
Supermicro labs, integrating best-in class hardware platforms with enterprise-
ready, software-dened storage capabilities.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
SUSE Enterprise Storage v5 Implementation Guide For Supermicro SuperServer Platforms
For a complete bill-of-materials and thorough description of the highlighted reference architecture, as well
as a step-by-step guide on how to implement an installation, please download the guide using the URL
below, or scan the QR code on the right:
https://www.supermicro.com/white_paper/white_paper_SSG-SUSE-Storage-Guide.pdf
INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE
Supermicro validated reference congurations for software-dened storage are cloud optimized for scale-out and high performance
at maximum density. These Supermicro systems feature Intel
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Xeon
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Scalable processors and DDR4 memory. The storage nodes utilize
the 2U Ultra Server systems with Intel
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P4610 1.6TB NVMe PCI-E SSDs for high throughput and low latency storage.
SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
SUSE Enterprise Storage provides unied block, le, and object level access
based on Ceph, a distributed storage solution designed for scalability,
reliability and performance. Ceph’s foundation is the Reliable Autonomic
Distributed Object Store (RADOS), which provides applications with object,
block, and le system storage in a single unied storage cluster, making
Ceph exible, highly reliable and easy to manage.
NETWORKING ARCHITECTURE
To achieve a reliable and robust infrastructure, Ceph oers both: (a)
separation of cluster (backend) and client-facing network trac and isolates
Ceph OSD daemon replication activities from Ceph client to storage cluster
access, and, (b) redundancy and capacity in the form of 40GbE bonded
network interfaces from the storage nodes to the switches.
PERFORMANCE DATA
A comprehensive set of storage performance tests are documented in
the Implementation Guide. Presented data can be used as references
for sizing and performance of the solution. Test results are outlined for
both sequential and random read/writes activities as well as for common
scenarios including backup and recovery, VM activity, and data-base usage.
The gure on the right shows example results from the kvm test, that
simulates virtual machines operations.