Dell EMC Series, Server Sizing Manual

Page 1: ...Surveillance Dell EMC Storage with ISS SecurOS Sizing Guide H14192 REV 1 1 ...

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Page 3: ...ocols 14 ISS SecurOS Enterprise 14 Sizing the solution 17 Bandwidth sizing guidelines 18 EMC VNX 18 Dell EMC Isilon node and cluster SMB2 19 Testing and validation 21 Test objectives 22 Test parameters 22 Tests conducted 22 Conclusion 25 Summary 26 Dell EMC Isilon scale out storage 26 EMC VNX arrays 26 EMC VNX VSS arrays 26 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 CONTENTS Dell ...

Page 4: ...CONTENTS 4 Dell EMC Storage with ISS SecurOS Sizing Guide ...

Page 5: ...CHAPTER 1 Introduction This chapter provides information on the purpose and scope of this solution l Solution overview 6 l Scope 6 l Key objectives 7 Introduction 5 ...

Page 6: ...out by Dell EMC engineers in a VMware ESXi virtualized infrastructure Use this guide to determine the best configuration for the following l Number of ISS Video Servers l Mix of nodes and ISS Video Servers based on the expected bandwidth in an Isilon implementation l Storage using Fibre Channel FC and Internet SCSI iSCSI on VNX systems l Storage using Server Message Block SMB on Isilon systems l L...

Page 7: ...ds for specific system requirements so that an implementation can be correctly sized and the appropriate Dell EMC products can be matched to a customer s requirements l Determine the VNX and VSS LUN bandwidth within the storage pool l Recommend an Isilon SMB configuration l Calculate array or node maximum bandwidths l Recommend disk drive types l Determine Isilon bandwidth for each ISS Video Serve...

Page 8: ...Introduction 8 Dell EMC Storage with ISS SecurOS Sizing Guide ...

Page 9: ...R 2 Configured components This chapter provides information about the components configured in this solution l Isilon clustered storage system 10 l Data protection 10 l Cluster size 11 Configured components 9 ...

Page 10: ...bout Isilon data protection see Dell EMC Isilon OneFS A Technical Overview Although cluster sizes as small as three nodes are possible for surveillance applications we recommend a minimum of five nodes Sizing calculations need to include a minimum free space calculation for proper cluster sizing We recommend a cluster size that enables a node to be removed while retaining a minimum of 10 percent f...

Page 11: ...practices for data protection To estimate the ideal number of nodes in a cluster you need to consider cluster bandwidth and capacity Sizing by bandwidth We recommend a cluster size with one or more additional nodes than calculated in bandwidth sizing This ensures that failover of a node allows for redistribution of NAS connections and avoids any frame loss Sizing by aggregate capacity We recommend...

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Page 13: ...APTER 3 Solution components This chapter provides information about storage options for video and audio data l Dell EMC storage 14 l Storage protocols 14 l ISS SecurOS Enterprise 14 Solution components 13 ...

Page 14: ...r The Video Server is a computer that is used to connect cameras IP and or CCTV analog cameras from which to receive video In addition to cameras this installation type enables the installation or connection of various security devices fire alarm system controllers access control subsystem controllers among others and ISS analytics modules for example SecurOS Auto Module The Video Server installat...

Page 15: ...primary services continued Service Description l Create and configure system objects l Delete existing objects l Change the parameters of the created and operating objects Solution components ISS SecurOS Enterprise 15 ...

Page 16: ...Solution components 16 Dell EMC Storage with ISS SecurOS Sizing Guide ...

Page 17: ...r provides information to enable you to quickly determine the correct storage array based on your customer s bandwidth requirements l Bandwidth sizing guidelines 18 l EMC VNX 18 l Dell EMC Isilon node and cluster SMB2 19 Sizing the solution 17 ...

Page 18: ...sk rebuild or similar performance intensive events The VNX 5300 and VNX VSS100 can exceed 500 MB s in an environment without induced errors Table 2 EMC VNX VNXe storage array results Storage Protocol Array Bandwidth MB s Storage Pools RAID Array Pool LUN Pools LUNs Pool Disks Pool iSCSI VNX5300 60 60 1 1 72 5 VNX VSS100 60 60 1 1 72 5 VNX5200 60 60 1 1 81 5 300 30 1 5 81 5 This bandwidth is the ma...

Page 19: ...mple 200 low resolution cameras the numbers in the following table are valid with a high confidence level for bandwidth performance for up to 2 000 cameras We performed all tests with node or drive failures in place in the cluster for example with Isilon FlexProtect running to ensure a worst case scenario for all sizing parameters The following table provides bandwidth sizing guidelines based on o...

Page 20: ...Sizing the solution 20 Dell EMC Storage with ISS SecurOS Sizing Guide ...

Page 21: ...CHAPTER 5 Testing and validation This chapter describes the testing used to validate this solution l Test objectives 22 l Test parameters 22 l Tests conducted 22 Testing and validation 21 ...

Page 22: ...ollowing parameters to perform the tests l Tests were conducted by loading each recorder at the maximum sustainable bandwidth of 64 MB s with 7Mbps camera bandwidths were used l The IP network Layer 2 is a flat high availability network with plenty of capacity which enabled us to focus on the products we were testing l All tests assumed uniform distribution of bandwidth from the ISS Video Server T...

Page 23: ...to the nodes that are not affected by the network outage continues to be available throughout the test scenario and no impact was observed NIC Failure test with NIC aggregation in Active Passive We did a hard NIC failure test with Active Passive aggregation by removing the active NIC port cable After the network failure writing to the same node continued and the NIC that was passive was immediatel...

Page 24: ...ASE 0 75 isi_sysctl_cluster kern maxvnodes BASE isi_sysctl_cluster kern minvnodes BASE isi_sysctl_cluster efs lin lock initiator lazy_queue_goal COUNT isi_sysctl_cluster efs ref initiator lazy_queue_goal COUNT isi_sysctl_cluster efs mds block_lock initiator lazy_queue_goal MDS isi_sysctl_cluster efs bam datalock initiator lazy_queue_goal MDS WARNING If running a mixed workload these changes can ad...

Page 25: ...CHAPTER 6 Conclusion This chapter summarizes the testing for this solution l Summary 26 Conclusion 25 ...

Page 26: ...ch Video Server view of the storage is based on the assigned quota and not the entire file system We recommend using SmartQuotas with ISS SecurOS as a best practice EMC VNX arrays The use of storage pools to create LUNs within the EMC VNX arrays greatly simplifies the configuration and increases the performance when compared to traditional block level storage Either iSCSI or FC can be implemented ...