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Cloud Storage Gateway:Specifications

Last Updated:Oct 08, 2024

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

Item

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 shared files

  • NFS: 4

  • SMB: 4

  • NFS: 8

  • SMB: 8

  • NFS: 15

  • SMB: 15

  • NFS: 15

  • SMB: 15

Maximum number of agents concurrently connected to a gateway

  • NFS: 1024

  • SMB: 1024

  • NFS: 1024

  • SMB: 1024

  • NFS: 1024

  • SMB: 1024

  • NFS: 1024

  • SMB: 1024

Maximum bandwidth for OSS-based synchronization

1 Gbps

2 Gbps

5 Gbps

10 Gbps

Encrypted transmission to OSS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cache capacity

40 GB to 4 TB

40 GB to 8 TB

40 GB to 32 TB

40 GB to 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 Cores/8 GB

8 Cores/16 GB

16 Cores/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 shared files

  • NFS: 2

  • SMB: 2

  • NFS: 4

  • SMB: 4

  • NFS: 8

  • SMB: 8

Maximum number of agents concurrently connected to a gateway

  • NFS: 1024

  • SMB: 1024

  • NFS: 1024

  • SMB: 1024

  • NFS: 1024

  • SMB: 1024

Maximum bandwidth for OSS-based synchronization

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

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

Table 3. Specifications of cloud iSCSI gateways

Item

Basic

Standard

Enhanced

Performance Optimized

Storage protocol

iSCSI

iSCSI

iSCSI

iSCSI

Maximum number of on-premises data volumes

4

8

16

16

Maximum data volume capacity

256 TB

256 TB

256 TB

256 TB

Maximum number of agents concurrently connected to a gateway

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Maximum bandwidth for OSS-based synchronization

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

Table 4. Specifications of on-premises iSCSI gateways

Recommended VM specifications

4 Cores/8 GB

8 Cores/16 GB

16 Cores/32 GB

Storage protocol

iSCSI

iSCSI

iSCSI

Maximum data volume capacity

256 TB

256 TB

256 TB

Recommended number of data volumes

16

64

128

Maximum number of data volumes

128

128

128

Maximum number of agents concurrently connected to a gateway

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Encrypted transmission to OSS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Minimum cache capacity

20 GB

20 GB

20 GB

Image format

  • OVA

  • VHD

  • QCOW2

  • OVA

  • VHD

  • QCOW2

  • OVA

  • VHD

  • QCOW2