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Cloud Storage Gateway:CSG specifications

Last Updated:Mar 24, 2025

This topic describes the specifications of cloud file gateways, on-premises file gateways, and cloud iSCSI gateways.

File gateways

File gateways are classified into cloud file gateways and on-premises file gateways. The following tables describe their specifications.

Table 1. Specifications of cloud file gateways

Gateway specification

Basic

Standard

Enhanced

Performance Optimized

Storage protocol

  • NFSv3

  • NFSv4.0

  • SMB

  • NFSv3

  • NFSv4.0

  • SMB

  • NFSv3

  • NFSv4.0

  • SMB

  • NFSv3

  • NFSv4.0

  • SMB

Maximum number of files (recommended)

50 million

100 million

500 million

1 billion

Maximum capacity of shared file systems (recommended)

128 TB

256 TB

512 TB

1 PB

Maximum number of shares

  • NFS: 4

  • SMB: 4

  • NFS: 8

  • SMB: 8

16

16

Maximum number of clients concurrently connected to a gateway

  • NFS: 1,024

  • SMB: 1,024

  • NFS: 1,024

  • SMB: 1,024

  • NFS: 1,024

  • SMB: 1,024

  • NFS: 1,024

  • SMB: 1,024

Maximum bandwidth for synchronization with OSS

1 Gbit/s

2 Gbit/s

5 Gbit/s

10 Gbit/s

Encrypted transmission to OSS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cache capacity

40 GB - 4 TB

40 GB - 8 TB

40 GB - 32 TB

40 GB - 32 TB

Maximum gateway read bandwidth

1 Gbit/s

2.5 Gbit/s

5 Gbit/s

10 Gbit/s

Maximum gateway write bandwidth

1 Gbit/s

2 Gbit/s

3 Gbit/s

5 Gbit/s

Table 2. Specifications of on-premises file gateways

Recommended VM specifications

4 Core/8 GB

8 Core/16 GB

16 Core/32 GB

Storage protocol

  • NFSv3

  • NFSv4.0

  • SMB

  • NFSv3

  • NFSv4.0

  • SMB

  • NFSv3

  • NFSv4.0

  • SMB

Maximum number of files (recommended)

50 million

50 million

50 million

Maximum capacity of shared file systems (recommended)

128 TB

128 TB

128 TB

Maximum number of shares

  • NFS: 2

  • SMB: 2

  • NFS: 4

  • SMB: 4

  • NFS: 8

  • SMB: 8

Maximum number of clients simultaneously connected to a gateway

  • NFS: 1,024

  • SMB: 1,024

  • NFS: 1,024

  • SMB: 1,024

  • NFS: 1,024

  • SMB: 1,024

Maximum bandwidth for synchronization with OSS

10 Gbit/s

10 Gbit/s

10 Gbit/s

Encrypted transmission to OSS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Minimum cache capacity

40 GB

40 GB

40 GB

Image format

  • OVA

  • VHD

  • QCOW2

  • OVA

  • VHD

  • QCOW2

  • OVA

  • VHD

  • QCOW2

iSCSI gateways

The following table describes the specifications of cloud iSCSI gateways.

Table 3. Specifications of cloud iSCSI gateways

Gateway specification

Basic

Standard

Enhanced

Performance Optimized

Storage protocol

iSCSI

iSCSI

iSCSI

iSCSI

Maximum number of data volumes

4

8

16

16

Maximum data volume capacity

256 TB

256 TB

256 TB

256 TB

Maximum number of clients concurrently connected to a gateway

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Maximum bandwidth for synchronization with OSS

1 Gbit/s

2 Gbit/s

5 Gbit/s

10 Gbit/s

Encrypted transmission to OSS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cache settings

Pass-through

Cache

Pass-through

Cache

Pass-through

Cache

Pass-through

Cache

Maximum cache capacity

4 TB

8 TB

32 TB

32 TB

Maximum gateway read bandwidth

1 Gbit/s

2.5 Gbit/s

5 Gbit/s

10 Gbit/s

Maximum gateway write bandwidth

1 Gbit/s

2 Gbit/s

3 Gbit/s

5 Gbit/s