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th
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2.2. NSS-HA offerings from Dell
Table 1 lists the available Dell NSS-HA solutions with standard configurations.
NSS-HA Solutions
(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Table 1.
NSS5.5-HA Release (April 2014)
(6)
“PowerVault MD3460 based
solution”
NSS6.0-HA Release (November
2014)
“PowerEdge 13
th
generation server
based solution”
Storage
Capacity
180TB to 360TB of raw storage capacity.
240TB and 480TB of raw storage capacity.
Network
Connectivity
FDR InfiniBand or 10GbE Connectivity.
Direct
Storage
Connection
12 Gbps SAS connections
NFS servers
Dell PowerEdge R620 servers.
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2695v2 @ 2.40
GHz, 12 cores per processor.
Memory: 16 x 8GiB 1866 MHz RDIMMs.
Dell PowerEdge R630 servers.
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2697v3 @ 2.60 GHz,
14 cores per processor.
Memory: 16 x 8GiB 2133 MHz RDIMMs.
Software
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
Red Hat Scalable File system (XFS)
v3.1.1-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
Red Hat Scalable File system (XFS) v3.2.0-
0.10
Storage
Devices
Dell PowerVault MD3460 and MD3060e.
3TB 7.2K NL SAS drives.
Dell PowerVault MD3460 and MD3060e.
4TB 7.2K NL SAS drives.
Local Switch
and Power
Distribution
Units (PDUs)
PowerConnect 2848.
Two APC switched PDUs to manage high availability. Refer to Fence device and Agent
Information for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for supported models of APC PDUs.
Support and
Services
3 years of Dell PRO Support for IT and Mission Critical 4HR 7x24 onsite pack.
Dell deployment services are available to speed up installation, optimize performance
and integrate NSS-HA solution with customer’s HPC Cluster environment.
Notes:
 The table only lists NSS-HA versions currently available on the market. The NSS-HA versions
before NSS5.5-HA are no longer available on the market.
 Contact your Dell Sales Representative to discuss which solution would be suited for your
environment. You can order any of the pre-configured solutions or a customized solution
designed to address your needs. Based on the customization selected, some of the best
practices discussed in this document may not apply.