Before starting your StorageGRID deployment, determine which networks (Grid, Admin, Client) each node will use. You must ensure that all networks are extended to the appropriate physical or virtual hosts and that each host has sufficient bandwidth.
If you are using physical hosts to support grid nodes, extend all networks and subnets used by each node at the site to all physical hosts at that site. This strategy simplifies host configuration and enables future node migration.
The following table provides the minimum bandwidth recommendations for each type of StorageGRID node and each type of network. You must provision each physical or virtual host with sufficient network bandwidth to meet the aggregate minimum bandwidth requirements for the total number and type of StorageGRID nodes you plan to run on that host.
Type of node | Type of network | ||
---|---|---|---|
Grid | Admin | Client | |
Admin | 10 Gbps | 1 Gbps | 1 Gbps |
API Gateway | 10 Gbps | 1 Gbps | 10 Gbps |
Storage | 10 Gbps | 1 Gbps | 10 Gbps |
Archive | 10 Gbps | 1 Gbps | 10 Gbps |
Use the table to determine the minimum number of network interfaces to provision on each host, based on the number and type of StorageGRID nodes you plan to run on that host.
In this scenario, you should provide a minimum of 11 + 20 + 10 = 41 Gbps of network bandwidth, which could be met by two 40 Gbps interfaces or five 10 Gbps interfaces, potentially aggregated into trunks and then shared by the three or more VLANs carrying the Grid, Admin, and Client subnets local to the physical data center containing the host.
For some recommended ways of configuring physical and network resources on the hosts in your StorageGRID cluster to prepare for your StorageGRID grid deployment, see "Configuring the host network."