About the Xcellis Workflow Director System
The Quantum Xcellis Workflow Director system is a workflow storage system with various configurations and options to meet your evolving storage performance and capacity needs. StorNext Connect, which is used to perform initial configuration of the server, provides ongoing, holistic monitoring of your entire StorNext environment after initial configuration.
The system is an archive gateway with various configurations and options to meet your evolving needs. StorNext Connect, which is used to perform initial configuration of the server, provides ongoing, holistic monitoring of your entire StorNext environment after initial configuration.
Figure 1: An Xcellis Workflow Director System Configured with Two Workflow Director Nodes, a QXS 2U RAID Chassis, and a QXS-456 Expansion Chassis
System components include:
- One or two Xcellis Workflow Director Servers
- One QXS 3-Series or 4-Series RAID Chassis
- QXS QXS 3-Series or 4-Series Expansion Chassis (optional)
- Additional QXS 3-Series or 4-Series RAID Chassis (optional)
- Additional QXS 3-Series or 4-Series Expansion Chassis (optional)
Xcellis Workflow Director Servers
The system includes one server
- StorNext SAN
- StorNext LAN
- NAS (SMB/NFS)
Figure 2: Server Front View - Xcellis Workflow
Figure 3: Server Front View Artico (R630) - (with bezel)
Figure 4: Server Front View - (without bezel)
QXS Storage Options
The Xcellis Workflow Director system is offered with converged metadata and user data storage or with dedicated metadata storage in different configuration options. The following sections show the front views, followed by supported configurations and drive options. Your storage configuration may be different than those shown.
QXS Hardware Front Views
Figure 5: QXS 12-Drive and QXS 24-Drive - Front (with bezel)
Figure 6: QXS 12-Drive - Front (without bezel)
Figure 7: QXS 24-Drive - Front (without bezel)
Figure 8: QXS-456 - Front (with bezel)
Figure 9: QXS-456 - Front (without bezel)
Example: Converged Metadata/User Data Storage and iSCSI Connections
The Xcellis Workflow Director system is offered with converged metadata and user data storage or with dedicated metadata storage in different configuration options. The following figures illustrate the supported configurations. Your storage configuration may be different than those shown here.
Figure 10: Two Server Nodes with Converged Metadata/User Data Storage and iSCSI Connections
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Example: Converged Metadata/User Data Storage
The Xcellis Workflow Director system is offered with converged metadata and user data storage or with dedicated metadata storage in different configuration options. The following figures illustrate the supported configurations. Your storage configuration may be different than those shown here.
Figure 11: Two Server Nodes With Converged Metadata/User Data Storage
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Example: Separate Dedicated Metadata Storage and User Data on 56-Drive Storage
The Xcellis Workflow Director system is offered with converged metadata and user data storage or with dedicated metadata storage in different configuration options. The following figures illustrate the supported configurations. Your storage configuration may be different than those shown here.
Figure 12: Two Server Nodes With Separate Dedicated Metadata Storage and User Data on 56-Drive Storage
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Example: Separate Dedicated Metadata and User Data Storage
The Xcellis Workflow Director system is offered with converged metadata and user data storage or with dedicated metadata storage in different configuration options. The following figures illustrate the supported configurations. Your storage configuration may be different than those shown here.
Figure 13: Two Server Nodes With Separate Dedicated Metadata and User Data Storage
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QXS Storage Configurations/Drive Options
One or more QXS Chassis provide dedicated metadata, user data only, or converged metadata and user data. The following table shows the supported storage options.
| QXS Model | Configuration | Purpose |
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| QXS-312 | 4 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
| User data only | ||
| 6 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
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| User data only | ||
| 8 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
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| User data only | ||
| QXS-324 | 900 GiB HDD (half-populated/12 drives) | Dedicated metadata |
| User data only | ||
| 900 GiB HDD (fully populated/24 drives) | Dedicated metadata | |
| User data only | ||
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QXS-412 |
4 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
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User data only |
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6 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
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User data only |
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| 8 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
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User data only |
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| QXS-424 | 400 GiB SSD (quarter-populated/6 drives) | Dedicated metadata |
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400 GiB SSD (half-populated/12 drives) |
Dedicated metadata |
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800 GiB SSD (quarter-populated/6 drives) |
Dedicated metadata |
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800 GiB SSD (half-populated/12 drives) |
Dedicated metadata |
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| 800 GiB SSD (fully-populated/24 drives) | Dedicated metadata | |
| 900 GiB HDD (half-populated/12 drives) | Dedicated metadata | |
| 900 GiB HDD (fully populated/24 drives) | Dedicated metadata | |
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1.2 TiB HDD |
User data only |
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QXS-456 |
4 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
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User data only |
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6 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
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User data only |
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8 TiB HDD |
Metadata and user data |
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User data only |
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| QXS-648 | 4 TiB HDD | User data only |
| 6 TiB HDD | User data only | |
| 8 TiB HDD | User data only | |
| QXS-656 | 4 TiB HDD | User data only |
| 6 TiB HDD | User data only | |
| 8 TiB HDD | User data only |
