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 |
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. |
| Unlimited | |
| Unlimited | |
| Unlimited | |
| 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:
- SoftNAS Cloud® Express (1TB of storage)
- 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.