IBM Cloud Object Storage System Product Guide

IBM Cloud Object Storage System Product Guide

by Bradley Leonard, Hao Jia, Johan Verstrepen, Jussi Lehtinen, Lars Lauber, Patrik Jelinko, Vasfi Gucer
Released July 2019
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738457888

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Book description

Object storage is the primary storage solution used in the cloud and on-premises solutions as a central storage platform for unstructured data. IBM® Cloud Object Storage (COS) is a software-defined storage platform that breaks down barriers for storing massive amounts of data by optimizing the placement of data on commodity x86 servers across the enterprise.

This IBM Redbooks® publication describes the major features, use case scenarios, deployment options, configuration details, initial customization, performance, and scalability considerations of IBM Cloud Object Storage on-premises offering. You can find a detailed description of the IBM Cloud Object Storage architecture and technology behind the product in the IBM Redpaper™ IBM Cloud Object Storage System Product Guide, SG24-8439.

The target audience for this book is IBM Cloud Object Storage IT specialists and storage administrators.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  3. Preface
    1. Authors,
    2. Now you can become a published author, too
    3. Comments welcome
    4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  4. Chapter 1. IBM Cloud Object Storage System overview
    1. 1.1 Introduction
      1. 1.1.1 Key concepts and terminology
    2. 1.2 How IBM Cloud Object Storage system works
      1. 1.2.1 Dispersed storage-defined solution
      2. 1.2.2 Information Dispersal Algorithm
      3. 1.2.3 Security
      4. 1.2.4 Access method
    3. 1.3 Software-defined storage
      1. 1.3.1 Software-defined storage in storage-defined architecture framework
      2. 1.3.2 IBM Cloud Object Storage for software-defined storage
    4. 1.4 Typical workloads and use cases
      1. 1.4.1 Use case 1: Internet of Things (IoT)
      2. 1.4.2 Use case 2: Analytics and cognitive systems
      3. 1.4.3 Use case 3: Backup repository
      4. 1.4.4 Use case 4: Active archive
      5. 1.4.5 Use case 5: Enterprise file services
      6. 1.4.6 Use case 6: Content repository
  5. Chapter 2. Planning and sizing an IBM Cloud Object Storage System
    1. 2.1 Planning for capacity
      1. 2.1.1 Initial capacity requirement
      2. 2.1.2 Alternative way to plan for capacity for Standard Dispersal mode
      3. 2.1.3 Incremental capacity requirements
      4. 2.1.4 Summary
    2. 2.2 Planning for performance
      1. 2.2.1 Accesser node layer performance for a single site system
      2. 2.2.2 Accesser node layer performance for a multisite system
      3. 2.2.3 Accesser node layer performance for a two-site mirrored system
      4. 2.2.4 Slicestor node layer performance
      5. 2.2.5 IDA’s effect on performance
      6. 2.2.6 Network performance
      7. 2.2.7 Measuring performance
    3. 2.3 Planning for high reliability and availability
    4. 2.4 Network planning
      1. 2.4.1 Multi networks with IBM Cloud Object Storage
      2. 2.4.2 Network Time Protocol (NTP)
      3. 2.4.3 Load balancers
      4. 2.4.4 Firewalls
  6. Chapter 3. IBM Cloud Object Storage Gen2 hardware appliances
    1. 3.1 Gen2 hardware appliance overview
      1. 3.1.1 Highlights
    2. 3.2 Appliance details
      1. 3.2.1 The Manager appliance
      2. 3.2.2 The Accesser appliance
      3. 3.2.3 The Slicestor appliances
    3. 3.3 Appliance specifications
    4. 3.4 Performance
      1. 3.4.1 Accesser performance
      2. 3.4.2 Slicestor performance
  7. Chapter 4. Deployment options
    1. 4.1 Introduction
    2. 4.2 IBM hardware appliances
    3. 4.3 Third-party appliances
    4. 4.4 Embedded Accesser
      1. 4.4.1 Enabling Embedded Accesser functions
    5. 4.5 IBM Cloud Object Storage system virtual appliances
      1. 4.5.1 Configure the appliance environment
    6. 4.6 Appliance containers on Docker
      1. 4.6.1 Accesser container
      2. 4.6.2 Manager container
      3. 4.6.3 System and network configuration
      4. 4.6.4 Configure the appliance container
      5. 4.6.5 Deployment
  8. Chapter 5. Initial setup and configuration
    1. 5.1 Information needed for installation
      1. 5.1.1 Required information
      2. 5.1.2 Optional information
    2. 5.2 Example information
    3. 5.3 Step 1: Installing the solution
      1. 5.3.1 Physical appliance
      2. 5.3.2 Virtual appliance
      3. 5.3.3 Container appliance
    4. 5.4 Step 2: Installing IBM Cloud Object Storage Appliance software
    5. 5.5 Step 3: Appliance configuration
      1. 5.5.1 Manager
      2. 5.5.2 Accesser
      3. 5.5.3 Slicestor
    6. 5.6 Step 4 - Manager GUI configuration
      1. 5.6.1 Initial login
      2. 5.6.2 Creating a new system
      3. 5.6.3 Creating a site
      4. 5.6.4 Accept pending devices
      5. 5.6.5 Creating a storage pool
      6. 5.6.6 Create vault
      7. 5.6.7 Create access pool
      8. 5.6.8 Enable Access Key Authentication
      9. 5.6.9 Creating a user
      10. 5.6.10 Generate Access Key ID
    7. 5.7 Step 5: Verify the solution
      1. 5.7.1 Programs to verify and test IBM Cloud Object Storage
      2. 5.7.2 Configure AWS CLI
      3. 5.7.3 Uploading an object
      4. 5.7.4 Listing objects
      5. 5.7.5 Downloading an object
      6. 5.7.6 Deleting an object
      7. 5.7.7 For more information
    8. 5.8 Basic installation troubleshooting
      1. 5.8.1 Networking issues
      2. 5.8.2 Installing IBM Cloud Object Storage
      3. 5.8.3 Pending appliances
      4. 5.8.4 S3 API issues
  9. Chapter 6. Scalability
    1. 6.1 Scaling an IBM Cloud Object Storage System
      1. 6.1.1 Non-disruptive upgrade
    2. 6.2 Scaling for performance
      1. 6.2.1 Adding Accesser nodes
      2. 6.2.2 Removing Accesser nodes
      3. 6.2.3 Automating performance with Docker and Kubernetes
    3. 6.3 Scaling for capacity
      1. 6.3.1 Adding a device set to an existing storage pool
      2. 6.3.2 Replacing a device set
      3. 6.3.3 Removing a device set
      4. 6.3.4 Adding a new storage pool
      5. 6.3.5 Planning for scalability
  10. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Online resources
    3. Help from IBM
  11. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM Cloud Object Storage System Product Guide
  • Author(s): Bradley Leonard, Hao Jia, Johan Verstrepen, Jussi Lehtinen, Lars Lauber, Patrik Jelinko, Vasfi Gucer
  • Release date: July 2019
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738457888