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8 Dell HPC NFS Storage Solution – High Availability (NSS7.0-HA) Configuration
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)
NSS6.0-HA Release (November 2014)
“PowerEdge 13
th
generation server
based solution”
NSS7.0-HA Release (May 2016)
“PowerEdge 13
th
generation server based solution”
Storage
Capacity
240 TB and 480 TB of raw storage capacity.
Network
Connectivity
FDR InfiniBand or 10 GbE Connectivity.
Intel Omni-Path, FDR InfiniBand, or 10GbE Connectivity.
Direct
Storage
Connection
12 Gbps SAS connections
NFS servers
Dell PowerEdge R630 (1U) servers.
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2697v3 @ 2.60
GHz, 14 cores per processor.
Memory: 16 × 8 GiB 2133 MT/s RDIMMs.
Dell PowerEdge R730 (2U) servers.
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2660v4 @ 2.0 GHz, 14 cores per
processor.
Memory: 8 × 16GiB 2400 MT/s RDIMMs.
Software
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
Red Hat Scalable File system (XFS)
v3.2.0-0.10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
Red Hat Scalable File system (XFS) v3.2.2-2
Storage
Devices
Dell PowerVault MD3460 and Dell PowerVault MD3060e.
4 TB 7.2K NL SAS hard drives.
Local
Switch and
Power
Distribution
Units (PDUs)
Dell Networking S3048-ON.
Two APC-switched PDUs to manage high availability. For information about supported models of APC
PDUs, see Fence device and Agent Information for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Support and
Services
Three years of Dell ProSupport 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.
Note:
The table only lists NSS-HA versions currently available on the market. The NSS-HA versions before NSS6.0-
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 preconfigured solutions or a customized solution designed to fulfill your requirements.
On the basis of customization selected, some of the best practices discussed in this white paper may not
apply.