With rapid progress in information industry, data witnesses a sharp growth, and the growth speed of unstructured data far exceeds the expectation. Unified & centralized storage and effective & simple management for mass storage is required to better support the sustainable growth of services. Markets pose new challenges to the performance, scalability, efficiency, and application scenarios of the storage system. Huawei’s OceanStor N8500 clustered NAS storage system is a leading high performance NAS storage oriented to big data field. It provides high performance, high expansion, effective data management, and unified storage.
Model
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N8500
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Hardware Specifications |
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Architecture |
Multinode Active-Active cluster architecture |
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Number of nodes |
2 – 24 |
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Cache/node |
Basic Version: 16 GB |
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GE ports/node |
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10 GE ports/node |
Up to 6 x 10 GE |
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Disk type |
SSD, SAS, SATA, NL-SAS |
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Physical storage capacity |
Dynamically expandable up to 15 PB
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Software Features |
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RAID levels |
0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 |
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File system size |
Dynamically expandable up to 256 TB |
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Maximum number of snapshots |
512 (per file system) |
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Storage network protocols |
FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, FTP, HTTP |
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Access control |
NIS, Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP |
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Other protocols |
NDMP, SNMP, NTP |
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Value-added functions |
DST(dynamic storage tiering), Snapshot, Mirror, Quota,
Replication, SmartCache (dynamic data cache technology),
HyperThin (thin provisioning), HyperImage (snapshot),
HyperCopy (LUN copy), HyperClone (split mirror), and
HyperMirror (synchronous/asynchronous remote replication) |
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Quota |
NFS/CIFS soft/hard quota management |
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Management mode |
GUI, CLI |
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Compatible operating systems |
Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX |
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Fault alarm modes |
Email, SNMP, and Syslog |
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Physical Specifications |
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Power supply |
AC: 100 V to 127 V/ 200 V to 240V DC:–48 V to –60 V |
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Power consumption |
Engine |
≤ 830 W (dual-node cluster) |
Storage unit |
Controller enclosure: ≤ 830 W; Disk enclosure: ≤ 550 W |
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Dimensions (H x W x D) |
Engine |
4U, 175 mm x 446 mm x 502 mm (dual-node cluster) |
Storage unit |
2U, Controller enclosure: 86.1 mm x 446 mm x 582 mm |
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Cabinet |
42U, 205 cm x 57.5 cm x 118 cm |
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Weight |
Engine |
Dual-node clustered NAS engine: ≤ 43.6 kg |
Storage unit (in full configuration) |
2U, Controller enclosure ≤29.9 kg/enclosure |
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Operating temperature |
5o C to 40o C |
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Operating humidity |
5% RH to 90% RH |
For more details, please refer to
Huawei OceanStor N8500 Datasheet
(PDF).