What are some example disk drive configurations for UNIFI QUAD and QTOF servers? - WKB28717
Article number: 28717
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- UNIFI Network 1.8 and 1.9
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QTOF MS Physical Server (High Capacity)
| Disk Group | Number of Disks (32) | Disk type / size | Size (TB) | ||
| DATA | Raid 1 | 14 | 1.8TB 10K SAS | 12.6 | 7 raw disks |
| FRA | Raid 6 | 15 | 1.8TB 10K SAS | 21.6 (1.7) | 1 NTFS volume |
| Hot Spares | 3 | 1.8TB 10K SAS |
QTOF MS Physical Server (Low Capacity)
| Disk Group | Number of Disks (16) | Disk type / size | Size (TB) | ||
| DATA | Raid 1 | 6 | 1.8TB 10K SAS | 5.4 | 3 raw disks |
| FRA | Raid 6 | 7 | 1.8TB 10K SAS | 9.0 (1.7) | 1 NTFS volume |
| Hot Spares | 3 | 1.8TB 10K SAS |
QUAD MS Physical server
| Disk Group | Number of Disks (16) | Disk type / size | Size (TB) | ||
| DATA | Raid 1 | 6 | 1.2TB 10K SAS | 3.6 | 3 raw disks |
| FRA | Raid 6 | 7 | 1.2TB 10K SAS | 6.0 (1.7) | 1 NTFS volume |
| Hot Spares | 3 | 1.2TB 10K SAS |
Virtual UNIFI server *
| Disk group | Quad MS | Low Capacity QTOF MS | High capacity QTOF MS |
| DATA (one raw volume) | 3 TB | 6 TB | 12 TB |
| FRA (one NTFS volume) | 5 TB | 10 TB | 20 TB |
* Note: Storage should be fiber-connected with high-speed disks (10K min) or a tiered SAN storage solution (managed SAN with SSD and 10K drives).
See also VMware advice for UNIFI 1.8 installations or migrations.
Note: Another important factor to consider is Offline Storage Management (OSM). This enables a smaller server configuration for those who do not need to keep a large amount of data live and can push the raw data to cheaper network storage on a schedule. This feature is planned to be fixed in UNIFI 1.9.2.
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