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SoftNAS has partnered with CenturyLink, allowing SoftNAS Cloud® instances to be deployed on CenturyLink cloud storage. CenturyLink is a widely respected player in the internet, cloud services and data management industries, with clients all over North America, from residential to enterprise. SoftNAS has provided a Virtual Appliance - what CenturyLink calls a Partner Template - that can be deployed to your CenturyLink Cloud account via a Service Task.
This deployment process for Partner Templates currently requires manual interaction via the Service Task process, but will be further automated in future releases of the CenturyLink Cloud Platform.
See "Setting up SoftNAS on CenturyLink" for more detailed instructions on setting up your CenturyLink with SoftNAS instance.

SoftNAS Cloud® System Requirements

Listed below is a table to assist with the setup decisions during the configuration required to accomplish various tasks and goals.

 

Recommended

Compute

 

Regular Tier

Under 15000 iOPS

Hyper-scale

Over 15000 iOPS

Memory

 

Configurable

1GB -128 GB

Storage

 

Boot Disk

30 GB Hard disk for Linux boot and system disk

Data Disks

Native Storage Devices 1Gb to 1 Terabyte volumes, up to 4 Terabytes
per instance (4x1 terabyte volumes). Also compatible with S3 storage
spots.

Software RAID

Recommended to configure EBS disks using SoftNAS software RAID for increased performance and data durability.

Networking

 

High Speed Connectivity

All CenturyLink VMs operate at 10 GbE inter-connectivity.

HA Networking

Supported on same 10 GbE interfaces

HA Host Failover

Configure multiple redundant SoftNAS Cloud® instances in separate availablity zones or different geographic regions.



Note: Refer to CenturyLink's documentation for storage tiering SSD performance metrics.

SoftNAS Cloud® System Capacities

Listed below is a table representing the capabilities of the SoftNAS Cloud® for CenturyLink.

 

SoftNAS Cloud® Capacity

Configuration Note

Editions

 

 

SoftNAS Cloud® Express

1 TB

 

SoftNAS Cloud® Standard

20 TB

 

SoftNAS Cloud® Enterprise

16 TB

 

Memory

 

 

RAM Cache

1 GB to 100 GB

Defaults to 50% total RAM for read cache

SSD Cache

low-speed level 2 cache

Optional

Ephemeral Cache

low-speed level 2 cache

Optional for read cache

Storage

 

 

Maximum Storage

16 TB

Maximum usable storage capacity with SoftNAS Cloud®, contingent on instance type.

  1. of Storage Pools

Unlimited

 

  1. of Volumes

Unlimited

 

  1. of Snapshots

Unlimited

 

  1. of Snapshot Clones

Unlimited

 

SnapReplicate

Unlimited Pools & Volumes

 

SnapReplicate Throttle

56Kb/sec to Unlimited bandwidth

 

Active Directory

Kerberos Integration

 

Files and Directories

Unlimited

 

Network

 

 

Schedules

Unlimited

 

NFS Exports:

Linux Default

 

iSCSI Targets

Linux Default

 

CIFS Shares

Linux Default

 

Firewall Ports:

22 (ssh), 443 (https)

Plus NFS, iSCSI, and CIFS as required by network

IP Tables Firewall

Off by default

May be configured, but is not required. Use an alternative method to set Security Groups unless added firewall protection on SoftNAS Cloud® instance is required.




SoftNAS Cloud® for CenturyLink Installation Options
SoftNAS Cloud® provides the following applicable products:

    1. SoftNAS Cloud® Express (1TB of storage)
    2. SoftNAS Cloud® Standard (20TB of storage)
        • SoftNAS Cloud® Enterprise (up to 16 PB of storage)




Product

Storage

Purchase

License

SoftNAS Cloud® Express

1 TB

Purchased from SoftNAS.

Monthly and Annual Options

SoftNAS Cloud® Standard

20 TB

Purchased from SoftNAS.

Monthly and Annual Options

SoftNAS Cloud® Enterprise

16 PB

Purchased from SoftNAS.

Monthly and Annual Options



  • SoftNAS SNAP HATM included with each product.
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