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5 Requirements
5.1 Hardware requirements
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Three nodes for the MDS+STS roles:
 RAM: 64 GB DDR3 ECC
 CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5 (for example, Intel Xeon E5-2620 V2)
 HDD: Six or more 4TB+ 7200RPM SATA HDDs (for example, Seagate SV35 or Seagate Megalodon).
Smaller disks (500GB+) can be used for the MDS roles.
 HBA controller for disks (for example LSI 2308 HBA with IT Mode/Pass-through). Use of a RAID
controller is not recommended.
 One network interface with 2-4 bonded (LACP IEEE 802.3ad) 1 Gbps adapters or a 10 Gbps
adapter.
 2U-4U chassis (depending on the number of disk drives)
 Redundant power supply unit (PSU)
Three nodes for the FES+STS roles:
 RAM: 64 GB DDR3 ECC
 CPU: Single Intel Xeon E5 (for example, Intel Xeon E5-2620 V2)
 HDD: Six or more 4TB+ 7200RPM SATA HDDs (for example, Seagate SV35 or Seagate Megalodon).
Smaller disks (500GB+) can be used for the FES roles.
 HBA controller for disks (for example LSI 2308 HBA with IT Mode/Pass-through). Use of a RAID
controller is not recommended.
 Two network interfaces. Each interface requires 2-4 bonded (LACP IEEE 802.3ad) 1 gigabit per
second adapters or a 10 gigabits per second adapter.
 2U-4U chassis (depending on the number of disk drives)
 Redundant power supply unit (PSU)
Two (or more) nodes for the STS role:
 RAM: 32 GB DDR3 ECC
 CPU: Single Intel Xeon E5 (for example, Intel Xeon E5-2620 V2)
 HDD: Six or more 4TB+ 7200RPM SATA HDDs (for example, Seagate SV35 or Seagate Megalodon)
 HBA controller for disks (for example LSI 2308 HBA with IT Mode/Pass-through). Use of a RAID
controller is not recommended.
 One network interface with 2-4 bonded (LACP IEEE 802.3ad) 1 Gbps adapters or a 10 Gbps
adapter.
 2U-4U chassis (depending on the number of disk drives)
 Redundant power supply unit (PSU)