SuperMicro Fat Twin / NexentaConnect for VSAN Solutions Brief SuperMicro and Nexenta Deliver VMware VSAN Powered Hyper-convergenced Pod for the Software Defined DataCenter Hyperconverged computing systems combine storage and compute resources into a single unified hardware solution. Utilizing Supermicro’s Virtual SAN (VSAN) Ready Nodes allows an enterprise to deploy a hyperconverged solution based on the VMware® Virtual SAN™, a hypervisor-converged storage, as quickly as possible. Virtual SAN provides storage for virtual machines when running on a vSphere hypervisor. Augmenting the VSAN solution with NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN completes the software based hyperconvergence model by adding full featured file services. Taking advantage of VM-level storage policies, NexentaConnect for VMware Virtual SAN automatically and dynamically matches requirements with underlying storage resources. Utilizing NexentaConnect as the virtual NAS, many manual storage tasks related to the filer are automated, delivering a more efficient and cost-effective operational model. NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN is ideally suited to complement the VMware infrastructure and support the following use cases. Directly integrated into the VMware vCenter Web Client, NexentaConnect quickly and easily installs and provisions both linux and windows capable file shares. Providing data reduction and protection through a simple to use wizards, NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN can increase the total usage of Virtual SAN to include both your virtual and physical datacentre. Visit us online at nexenta.com Key Benefits for Virtual SAN • Single Bundle for procurement •Radically simple storage and integrated compute • Provision file services within minutes •Single interface management through VMware vSphere Web Client •100% compatible with VMware HA and DRS Key Benefits for NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN •Capacity saving using inline data reduction • Performance and health monitoring •Folder and volume level snapshots, replication and backup capabilities for DR scenarios •Security and Domain integration, With AD and Kerberos support • Serviceable via Rest APIs Reference Architecture Configurations System Specifications Configurations Large Medium Server Model SYS-F627R3-VSN001L SYS-F627R3-VSN002L Profile Specifications Up to 250 Virtual Machines Small VDI w/Linked Clones VD w/Full Clones SYS-F627R3-VSN001M SYS-1027R-VSN001S SYS-F627R3-VSN002M SYS-F627R3-VDN001L SYS-F627R3-VDN002L SYS-F627R3-VDN001F SYS-F627R3-VDN002F Up to 125 Virtual Machines Up to 400 Virtual Machines Up to 400 Virtual Machines Up to 15 Virtual Machines Virtual Machine Profile: 2 vCPU, 6GB Memory, 2x 60GB Virtual Disk Virtual Machine Profile: 2 vCPU, 1.5GB Memory VDI w/ Linked Clones is 20GB Virtual Disk, VDI w/ Full Clones is 40GB Virtual Disk Number of Nodes 4 Dual Intel® Xeon® processor 4 Dual Intel® Xeon® processor 1 Dual Intel® Xeon® processor 4 Dual Intel® Xeon® processor 4 Dual Intel® Xeon® processor Raw Capacity 33.6TB with 15000 RPM HDD’s 56TB with 7200 RPM HDD’s 5TB with 7200 RPM HDD’s 6TB with 15000 RPM HDD’s 33.6TB with 10000 RPM HDD’s Networking VSN001L: 10GbE RJ45 VSN001M: 10GbE RJ45 VSN001S: 10GbE SFP+ VSN002L: 10GbE SFP+ VSN002M: 10GbE SFP+ VDN001L: 10GbE RJ45 VDN001F: 10GbE RJ45 VDN002L: 10GbE SFP+ VDN002F: 10GbE SFP+ Software vSphere 5.5 Standard Virtual SAN 5.5 NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN vSphere 5.5 Standard Virtual SAN 5.5 NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN vSphere 5.5 Standard Virtual SAN 5.5 NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN vSphere 5.5 Standard Virtual SAN 5.5, Horizon 6 NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN vSphere 5.5 Standard Virtual SAN 5.5, Horizon 6 NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN Form Factor 4U w/ Redundant Hot-swap Power Supplies 4U w/ Redundant Hot-swap Power Supplies 1U w/ Redundant Hot-swap Power Supplies 4U w/ Redundant Hot-swap Power Supplies 4U w/ Redundant Hot-swap Power Supplies Other Virtual SAN Components Model / Part Number Description Network Switch SSE-X3348S(R) SFP+ SSE-X3348T(R) RJ45 SSE-X24SR 10GbE for inter-node switch fabric GbE for IPMI network Management Servers SYS-5017C-URF vCenter Server system to manage Virtual SAN environment Management Software SFT-VM-VCS5STDC VMware vCenter Server 5.5 is required to manage Virtual SAN environment Support and Service OS4HR1-VSN1/2/8 OS4HR1-VDN8 OS4HR3-VSN1/2/8 OS4HR3-VDN8 24x 7 Hardware Maintenance VMware Support & Subscription Service is required 1 year or 3 years Nexenta Systems, Inc. 455 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050 Toll free: + 1-855-639-3682 | EMEA: +31-36-3030700 | sales@nexenta.com nexenta.com | facebook.com/nexenta | twitter.com/nexenta © 2014 Nexenta Systems, Inc. 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