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AWS Getting Started - Create your SoftNAS Instances

AWS Getting Started - Create your SoftNAS Instances

Jul 27, 2023

Amazon Web Services provides virtual cloud platform and computing resources for developers and IT professionals. SoftNAS® provides a powerful shared-storage interface into this robust resource through unified connections of CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, giving the virtually unlimited capacity, remote replication, and high availability needed for the expected workload.

Begin from www.buurst.com and choose SoftNAS® for AWS.
Continue through the registration wizard.

A SoftNAS® for Amazon Marketplace pricing page will ultimately appear. Choose to Launch with 1-Click or change preferred settings in the Manual Launch page and Launch from EC2 Console. 

Review all pricing structure and usage fees in each section before confirming or launching an instance. Some settings will impact usage and subscription fees, even during a trial period.
Amazon defines instance as "a copy of an Amazon Machine Image running as a virtual server in the AWS cloud." This guide will use the AWS terminology in this section for UI consistency. 

What is covered in this document:

Manual Launch Procedure

To maximize customization, Manual Launch is the recommended choice for initial setup. Below are the basic steps to follow.

Launch Instance

Once an AWS account has been created, log into the management console, and select EC2 from Services > Compute > EC2, or if applicable, Recently visited, and navigate to the EC2 Dashboard.


Select Launch instance > Launch instance from the EC2 Dashboard or the Instances page.
This will display the "Launch an instance" page.



The active region is visible in the Amazon Header menu next to the access email address. This can be changed to create servers in different regions, but keep in mind budgeted subscription costs and data usage fees. Also consider permissions for different user levels at this stage.

1. Name your SoftNAS® Instance

Enter the Name of your instance.
If you wish to add any additional tags, you can do so here by clicking Add additional tags.



Tag Naming Limits and Requirements

  • Each resource can have a maximum of 50 user created tags.

  • the aws: tag is reserved for AWS use, and DOES NOT count against the 50 tag limit.

  • For each resource, each tag key must be unique.

  • The tag key must be a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 128 Unicode characters in UTF-8.

  • The tag value must be a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 256 Unicode characters in UTF-8.

  • Tag keys and values are case sensitive.

2. Choose a SoftNAS® Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

  1. Select Browse more AMIs.

  2. In the search box, type in SoftNAS, click AWS Marketplace AMIs, and then click Select on the version that most accurately fits the needs of deployment.

  3. Click Continue.



Prices and version levels may have changed.

3. Choose an Instance Type

Consider the following elements when configuring an Instance:

Element

Setup Recommendations

Memory

  • 16GB or more for best results.



  • 1GB RAM needed for kernel and system ops



  • Anything >1GB is available for use as cache memory



  • Add 1GB RAM per TB of deduplicated data.

CPU

  • Minimum of 4 required for normal operation.



  • Add CPUs if CPU usage is observed at >60%.

Network

  • Elastic Block Storage disks run across the network in a SAN configuration.



  • High-performance needs can be met with the extra-charge option Provisioned IOPS.

Additional Information

For additional information, please refer to: AWS EC2 System Requirements.