User's Manual

Chapter 2 Installing StorNext File System
File System Requirements
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File System Requirements
To run StorNext File System, the metadata controller must meet all
operating system and hardware requirements.
Operating System
Requirements 2
The operating systems, releases and kernels, and hardware platforms
supported by StorNext SNFS are presented in
Table 7. Make sure the
MDC uses a supported operating system and platform, and if necessary
update to a supported release or kernel version before installing
StorNext.
Table 7 File System
Supported Platforms
Hardware Requirements2
The minimum amount of RAM and available hard disk space required to
run StorNext SNFS are presented in
Table 8.
If necessary, upgrade the RAM and local disk storage in the MDC to meet
the minimum requirements before installing StorNext.
Operating System Release or Kernel Platform
Windows Server 2003
®
SP2 x86 64-bit
Windows Server 2008
®
n/a x86 64-bit
Red Hat
®
Enterprise
Linux
®
5
2.6.18-53.EL (Update 1)
2.6.18-92.EL (Update 2)
x86 64-bit
SUSE
TM
Linux
Enterprise Server 10
2.6.16.46-0.12 (SP1)
2.6.16.60-0.27 (SP2)
x86 64-bit
Note: The RAM requirements in Table 8 are for running StorNext
File System only. Running additional software (including the
StorNext client software) requires additional RAM.