Recommended Hardware for Quobyte
Quobyte delivers high-performance, scale-out storage on any x86/ARM server or on VMs on the public clouds.
The fastest way to build your Quobyte cluster is with our Hardware Configurator for flash and HDD.
If you need help to find the best configuration for your use-case, drop us a note and our architects will help you select the best hardware.
All Flash Servers for AI and HPC
These servers are a great choice for intense workloads, including AI training and inference, VMs, databases, and small file workloads.
Most Enterprise and Datacenter NVMes will work with Quobyte. Consumer-grade NVMes without power protection must not be used with Quobyte. The following drives have been qualified by Quobyte:
- Samsung PM9A, PM1743, BM1743 (QLC)
- WesternDigital SN650 and SN655
- Micron 7450 and 9400, 9550 PRO/MAX, 6550 ION (QLC)
- ScaleFlux CSD3000/5000
HDD JBODs
We recommend high-density HDD servers over JBODs as they add complexity, additional sources for hardware issues, and – if zoned – make failure domains more complex. It must not be dual attached, i.e., each device must only be visible to a single host. Recommended only with HBAs with Broadcom chipset.
Mixed Flash/HDD for Performance and Optimal Price
When your workloads are a mix of random IO and throughput, or when you have cold data, mixed servers are a great combination of both media. They provide the best price/TB without compromising workloads.
High-Density HDD for Low Cost and High Throughput
These configurations are great for throughput workloads with a lot of data, such as traditional HPC or big data. Plus, they provide a low cost for archival use-cases.
Public Cloud Instances
Quobyte runs on all major public clouds. However, it pays to be discerning because picking the right VMs or bare metal machines helps you get the best performance. Since local NVMes on cloud instances are not persistent, we recommend a mix of local NVMe for scratch alongside persistent disks (EBS, PD…) for storage. Quobyte can automatically tier data to persistent disks and between different types of persistent disks (e.g. SSD and cold HDD).
Oracle Cloud
The bare metal offerings on Oracle Cloud are ideal for latency sensitive and HPC applications. We recommend a configuration of three or more BM.DenseIO2.52 with local NVMes, each with
- One persistent block storage device for metadata (250GB min.)
- One or more persistent block storage device for data
Download the Terraform autodeployment script for Quobyte on Oracle cloud from github
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