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Dell HPC NFS Storage Solution High Availability (NSS-HA) Configurations with Dell PowerEdge 12th
Generation Servers
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56Gb fourteen data rate (FDR) as well as increased memory capacity and bandwidth. The storage
subsystem hardware remains unchanged.
Table 1 lists all the Dell NSS-HA solutions with standard configurations. In addition to the standard
configurations in Table 1, a special NSS-HA configuration, XL configuration is also available. The NSS-
HA-XL provides two storage system services running concurrently, along with the high availability
functionality, but instead of one active-passive failover pair, the solution is designed as two active-
passive failover pairs that host the two storage services. The NSS-HA-XL solution uses the same
hardware and software as required in the standard configurations but with twice the number of
PowerVault storage enclosures compared to the NSS-HA 288TB standard configuration. For more
information about this special configuration, refer to the blog post titled “Dell NFS Storage Solution
with High Availability – XL configuration”.
NSS-HA Solutions
(2), (3)
Table 1.
NSS2-HA Release
(April 2011)
NSS3-HA Release
(February 2012)
“Large capacity
configuration”
NSS4-HA Release
(July 2012)
“PowerEdge 12G
based solution”
Storage Capacity
48 TB and 96 TB of raw
storage space
144 TB and 288 TB of raw storage space
Network
Connectivity
QDR InfiniBand or 10Gb Ethernet connectivity.
FDR InfiniBand or 10Gb
Ethernet Connectivity
NFS servers
Dell PowerEdge R710 servers
Dell PowerEdge R620
servers
Software
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
Red Hat Scalable File system
(XFS) v2.10.2-7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
Red Hat Scalable File system (XFS) v3.1.1-4
Storage Devices
Dell PowerVault MD3200 and
MD1200s
2 TB NL SAS drives
Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD1200s
3 TB NL SAS drives
Switch and Power
Distribution Units
(PDUs)
PowerConnect 5424
Two APC switched PDUs to manage high availability. Please refer to “Fence device and
Agent Information for Red Hat Enterprise Linux” for the supported model of APC PDUs.
Support and
Services
3 years of Dell PRO Support for IT and Mission Critical 4HR 7x24 onsite pack.
Dell deployment service to speed up installation, optimize performance and integrate
with your environment.
Note: 1. There is no NSS1-HA release available on market. 2. Contact a Dell Sales Representative to
discuss which offering works best in your environment, and the ordering process. You can order any of
the pre-configured solutions or a customized solution to fit specific needs. Based on the customization
selected, some of the best practices discussed in this document may not apply.