Recommended Hardware for Quobyte

Quobyte provides your users and applications with the same high performance and reliable scale-out storage infrastructure on either bare metal x86 servers or your public cloud of choice. Use our features for data synchronization between clusters to combine on-prem and public cloud clusters into a grand unified global storage system.
For best results, use our recommended hardware and VM configurations. For custom configurations, such as those with separate metadata servers or to run multiple clusters, please talk to our engineers and partners.
Your choice of hardware and VMs depends on your workloads and performance requirements. You can mix different server types in a single Quobyte cluster, such as all flash for performance combined with dense HDD for archival, by utilizing our built-in policy based data management toolset.
All Flash Servers for High Performance
These servers are a great choice for intense workloads, including VMs, databases, and small file workloads. All flash is also a great choice if you need high throughput on a small amount of data or in a high-density configuration.

GIGABYTE R272-Z34 (rev.A00)
- AMD EPYC 74F3dell-
- 256GB RAM
- 100G Ethernet
- 1x 3.8TB+ NVMe for metadata, e.g., Samsung PM1733
- 1 or more NVMe for data, e.g., Samsung PM1733 or Micron 7450 PRO/MAX

Dell PowerEdge R7525 Rack Server
- 2x AMD EPYC 7313 3.0GHz, 16C/32T
- 256GB RAM
- 100G Ethernet
- 1x 3.8TB NVMe for metadata
- 1 or more NVMes for data

Supermicro CloudDC A+ Server AS -1115CS-TNR
- AMD EPYC 9554P
- 256GB RAM
- 100G Ethernet
- 1x 3.8TB+ NVMe for metadata, e.g., Samsung PM1733
- 1 or more NVMe for data, e.g., Samsung PM1733 or Micron 7450 PRO/MAX
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.

Dell PowerEdge R740XD2, up to 24HDDs
- Intel® Xeon® Gold 6130 2.1G,16C/32T,10.4GT/s (two processors)
- 192GB RAM
- 25G Ethernet minimum
- 1x 3.8TB SATA SSD for metadata
- 1 or more HDDs for data

GIGABYTE S472-Z30 (rev. A00)
- AMD EPYC 7443P
- 256GB RAM
- 100G Ethernet
- 1x 3.8TB+ NVMe for metadata, e.g., Samsung PM1733
- One or more SSD, NVMe, or HDD for data
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.

RNT BigFoot XXLarge with 48 HDDs, 4 NVMe...
- 2 Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
- 192GB RAM
- SAS HBA
- 1 NVMe drive for Metadata (min. 3 TB)
- 48 SATA 7.2k RPM drives for Data
- Mellanox Connect-X or Broadcom network card
- Optional 3 NVMes for Data

Supermicro with 45 drives, single cpu
- 192GB RAM
- Intel Xeon Gold 5320
- SuperDOM for OS
- 1 or 2 SATA SSDs 3.8TB Samsung for metadata

Supermicro with 60/90 drives, dual cpu
- Broadcom 3616 HBA
- 2*Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
- 256GB RAM
- SuperDOM for OS
- 2 3.8TB NVMe for Metadata (see above)
- 2 optional NVMe for data

Seagate Exos AP 5U84 Storage Server
- With two controllers for optimal performance
- 1 SATA SSD 3.8TB mixed-workload for metadata per controller
Servers for Edge use-cases
This configuration provides a powerful and reliable edge storage solution. By combining flash and hard drive, you get high performance and portability for edge 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
- Oracle Linux 7
- 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
Google Cloud Platform
- CentOS 7
- One SSD-PD with 250GB for metadata
- One or more PDs (can be a mix of regular and SSD) for data, minimum 250GB
- Optional: local NVMes for scratch storage
- You can autodeploy Quobyte on Google Cloud Marketplace
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