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Recommended
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Configuration Note
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Compute
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General Purpose
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DS4v2 Standard / 8 cores
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Standard: A good starting point in regards to memory and CPU resources. This category is suited to handle the processing and caching with minimal requirements for network bandwidth.
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High
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DS5v2 Standard / 16 cores
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Medium: Good for workloads that are read intensive and will benefit from the larger memory-based read cache for this category. The additional CPU will also provide better performance when deduplication, encryption, compression and/or RAID is enabled.
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Extreme
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DS15v2 / 20 cores
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High: This category can be used for workloads that require a very high speed network connection due to the amount of data transferred over a network connection. In addition to the very high speed network, this level of instance gives you a lot more storage, CPU and memory capacity.
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Memory
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Base RAM - General Purpose
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28 GB /DS4v2 Standard/Premium
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Premium or Standard storage
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Base RAM - High
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56 GB /DS5v2 Standard/Premium
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Premium or Standard storage
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Base RAM - Extreme
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140GB / DS15v2 Standard/Premium
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Local SSD, large-scale use with increased RAM caching, premium or standard storage
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Additional RAM
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1 GB per 1 TB of deduplicated storage.
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Recommended for best performance
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e.g.: 50 TB deduplicated storage = 50 *additional* GB for deduplication tables for best performance.
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Storage
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Boot Disk
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30 GB Hard disk for Linux boot and system disk (included)
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Data Disk - General
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Standard Azure Data Disks (DS Standard Series)
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High IOPS
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Azure Premium Storage (DSv2 Standard Series)
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RAID 10
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Recommended for I/O-intensive applications and databases
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RAID 5/6
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Recommended for best space utilization (tradeoff: slower write performance)
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Network
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Up to 120 MB/sec - 1GbE
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Less overhead cost
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500+ MB/sec - 10 GbE
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Better performance (requires more resources)
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Consider MTU 4000 configuration for optimal performance
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Note: As of version 3.4.8 SoftNAS does not support launching SoftNAS Cloud VMs on the classic portal. The Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the only supported platform.
SoftNAS Cloud® System Capacities
Listed below is a table representing the capabilities of the SoftNAS Cloud® for Microsoft Azure.
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SoftNAS Cloud® Capacity
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Configuration Note
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Editions
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SoftNAS Cloud® Express
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1TB
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Available as Azure subscription and BYOL from SoftNAS.
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SoftNAS Cloud® Standard
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16 PB
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Available as Azure subscription and BYOL from SoftNAS.
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Free Tier
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DS3 Standard (100GB)
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Limited performance and functions. Advanced capabilities such as SnapReplicate and SNAP HATM are not available.
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Memory
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RAM Cache
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1 GB to 100 GB
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Defaults to 50% total RAM for read cache
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SSD Cache
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low-speed level 2 cache
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Optional
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Ephemeral Cache
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low-speed level 2 cache
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Optional for read cache
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Storage
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Maximum Storage
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16 TB/16PB
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16 TB - Maximum usable block storage capacity on Azure Marketplace, contingent on instance type.
16PB - Can be extended up to 16 petabytes by leveraging multiple Azure Blob storage accounts.
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# of Storage Pools
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Unlimited
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# of Volumes
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Unlimited
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# of Snapshots
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Unlimited
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# of Snapshot Clones
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Unlimited
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SnapReplicate
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Unlimited Pools & Volumes
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SnapReplicate Throttle
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56Kb/sec to Unlimited bandwidth
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Active Directory
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Kerberos Integration
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Files and Directories
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Unlimited
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Network
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Schedules
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Unlimited
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NFS Exports:
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Linux Default
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iSCSI Targets
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Linux Default
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CIFS Shares
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Linux Default
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Firewall Ports:
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22 (ssh), 443 (https)
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Plus NFS, iSCSI, and CIFS, and AFP as required
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IP Tables Firewall
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Off by default
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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.
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