User's Manual

Chapter 2 Installing StorNext File System
File System Requirements
StorNext 3.1.3 Installation Guide 20
Hardware Requirements2
The minimum amount of RAM and available hard disk space required to
run StorNext SNFS are presented in
Table 8.
If necessary, upgrade the RAM and local disk storage in the MDC to meet
the minimum requirements before installing StorNext.
Table 8 File System Hardware
Requirements
LAN Requirements 2
The following LAN requirements must be met before installing StorNext
on the MDC:
• In cases where gigabit networking hardware is used and maximum
StorNext performance is required, a separate, dedicated switched
Ethernet LAN is recommended for the StorNext metadata network. If
maximum StorNext performance is not required, shared gigabit
networking is acceptable.
• A separate, dedicated switched Ethernet LAN is mandatory for the
metadata network if 100 Mbit/s or slower networking hardware is
used.
• The MDC and all clients must have static IP addresses.
Verify network connectivity with pings, and also verify entries in the
/etc/hosts file.
Note: The RAM requirements in Table 8 are for running StorNext
File System only. Running additional software (including the
StorNext client software) requires additional RAM.
File Systems RAM Disk Space
1–4* 2 GB 2 GB
5–8** 4 GB 4 GB
* Two CPUs recommended for best performance.
** Two CPUs required for best performance.
Note: On 32-bit versions of Windows, for best performance, run
SNFS on a dedicated system. Do not run other applications on
the MDC.