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Service Description Data Storage System
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Service Description Data Storage System

A data storage system (DSS) is a fault-tolerant complex of hardware and software designed to store and manage large amounts of data at high data transfer rates. Data transfer speed is measured in IOPS — the number of read and write operations per second.

Depending on the amount of your data, the tasks to be performed, and privacy settings, it can be stored in the Storage logical unit (LUN) or on dedicated storage in one of pools.

The storage can be connected to one or more dedicated servers.

LUN storage can only be connected to dedicated servers of arbitrary configuration with a 2 × 10 GE + MPIO NIC to a 10 Gbps SAN. The server must be in the same pool as the storage LUN.

Tasks to be solved

LUN storage is used for deploying your own virtualization system, working with hot backups, databases and media files.

Dedicated storage is used to handle large amounts of data.

LUN STORAGE

Storage LUN is a software isolated, preconfigured part of a dedicated storage. Logical units of one storage can be allocated to different clients, and common network interfaces are used for connection.

We highlight the LUN on the Huawei OceanStor Dorado 5 000 V6 storage system from the all flash lineup. Its performance indicators are 8,000/ 8,000 IOPS per TB of data.

The performance of each LUN depends on its capacity. The larger it is, the higher the performance. Change the volume of the LUN at any time.

Dedicated storage

Dedicated storage is a hardware-isolated storage system with no preconfiguration. Dedicated network interfaces are used to connect to it.

The parameters of the storage system and its manufacturer are selected individually.

Areas of responsibility

Selectel ensures the uptime and availability of the storage system.

For LUN storage, we are responsible for administration and pre-configuration. Read more in the document Terms of use of individual services: LUN storage.

Selectel is not responsible for the configuration and administration of dedicated storage.If you need help with administration and configuration of dedicated storage, order service administration services.