OceanspaceTM

Cloud Storage System

Huawei Symantec OceanspaceTM Cloud Storage System is a storage management solution designed to reduce cost, improve operation
efficiency and manage risks. The solution features universal hardware platform, advanced distributed software and intelligent
management capabilities, and is an ideal cloud computing and cloud storage solution even for large storage environments.

Online Storage and

Wireless Data Users
Backup Application
Business Staff
Mobile Agent Personal Mobile Online
Storage Application

Retail Terminal Agent

Cloud Storage System

Data Center
SOHO Staff

Branch
Management and
Personal Online Operation Platform
Storage Application Storage Space
Rental Application

Highlights
Storage Services cloud storage systems and large data centers.
Universal support for both individual and enterprise cloud storage ●●Supports up to 128 clients per domain.
services: ●●Expands through the addition of domains with a unified
■■ Individual applications namespace.
●●Online storage ■■ Superior performance and user-friendly management
●●Online document editing ●●Improves performance and capacity with an advanced asymmetric
●●Online games architecture to separately process data and metadata.
■■ Enterprise applications ●●Deploys stripes storage nodes to increase the storage bandwidth
●●Space lease and to eliminate the bandwidth bottlenecks of a single storage
●●Remote data backup and disaster recovery node and a single network.
●●Video surveillance ●●Easy user-access to resources with user ID or user group ID.
●●Provides simple local authentication of UNIX.

Main Features ●●Supports file-level backup and recovery.

The system features:
■■ World-class storage capacity and scalability
●●Supports up to 16 storage nodes per domain. Leveraging internal
interconnection, a A maximum of 32 domains can be clustered
to form a scalable storage area. Up to 512 storage nodes with
12 PB capacity is available to meet the capacity requirements of
■■ The Integrated Storage Managers (ISM) adopts a Smart Alert
System to help reduce the labor required to manage alarms.
Proven availability and energy efficiency.
Eliminate all single points of failure with built-in fault tolerance.
The dedicated energy consumption control technology minimizes
energy expense by combining software and hardware.
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Cloud Storage System

Technical Specifications
Item Sub Item Description
Protocol POSIX.11, CIFS, NFS
Max. number of domains 32
Max. number of storage nodes per domain 16
Max. number of clients per domain 128
Hard disk specifications SATA: 1 TB/7200 rpm
Max. hard disk capacity 12 PB
Function
Supported file and directory operations Read, write, deletion, and query
Max. size of a file 2 TB
Number of files per domain Hundreds of millions
Load balancing Load balancing between storage nodes or within a storage node
Dual data copy Supported
Architecture Distributed architecture based on object storage
Disk-level data protection RAID 1/5/6
Node-level data protection RAID 1
Reliability
MDS active-standby Supported
Metadata protection Saving metadata on FC link-based shared storage
Hard disk In-service addition and deletion
Scalability MDS In-service addition and deletion
Domain In-service addition and deletion
Status monitoring Monitoring the entire system and each node
Performance monitoring Monitoring the system performance including the I/O performance
Resource monitoring Monitoring the system resources (disk space, CPU, memory, traffic, and file system)
Fault location Locating software and hardware faults
Remote fault diagnosis Remote log collection, remote connection, and remote login
Device discovery Discovering devices by IP address, network segment, or subnet
Query Querying system status, performance, resources, files, and directories with filter conditions
Logs of multiple levels and types;
Log Remote collection, organization, and analysis of logs;
Export, format conversion, and automatic storage of logs
Maintenance and Remote maintenance By the SSH or Web method
management Local alarming Displaying alarms on the ISM interface
Remote alarming By short message or email
Three types of network management users: super administrator, administrator, and
User management common user
Privilege- or domain-specific management
Online help Supported
In-service upgrade In-service upgrade without disruption to system configurations, logs, alarms, and user data
Synchronous upgrade Synchronous upgrade of the software and online help
Automatic deployment Supported
One-key collection One-key collection of logs and alarm information
Configuration Configuring MDSs, OSNs, and CAs on the CLI
Operating system SUSE 10 SP2
Compatibility Storage node T3500/T3200
Shared storage Oceanspace S5000/S6800E

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