As noted in Configuration Overview, the Dell ECS Object Storage solution is connected to the customer network to enable connectivity between the object storage and Teradata platforms such as Vantage Dell EDW.
To enable the best possible performance, 100Gbps networking for the customer network is preferred, with 25Gbps networking being sufficient, provided network throughput requirements are satisfied. Customer networks with 10Gbps networking will be insufficient to extract the full performance of Dell ECS Object Storage.
- Each “Front-End” (FE) S5248F-ON 25 Gbps Switch in each ECS rack must be connected to the customer network via 2x 100GbE uplinks (recommended) or 4x 25GbE uplinks. (100Gbps of aggregate network bandwidth required from each FE S5248F-ON switch to the customer network, and a minimum of two connections for redundancy.)
- Each Dell ECS Connection Manager H4 100 NG must be connected to the customer network via (2) 100GbE uplinks (recommended) or (4) 25GbE uplinks. (100Gbps of aggregate network bandwidth required from each ECS Connection Manager to the customer network, and a minimum of two connections for redundancy.)
As previously noted in ECS Network Switches, east/west data traffic between ECS nodes in a multi-rack deployment will traverse the front-end network and customer-network. If isolation of east/west data traffic from the broader customer network is desired, customers may wish to configure a pair of aggregation switches for the connections noted above.
Apart from the Dell ECS Object Storage itself, the customer is responsible for ensuring sufficient network bandwidth is allocated to qualified Teradata platforms that will access the object store through NOS or DSU. A qualified Teradata platform (such as the Teradata VantageCore – Powered by Dell Technologies Enterprise Data Warehouse) may require aggregate network bandwidth to the customer network that is equal to the aggregate network bandwidth of the ECS Connection Managers within the Object Storage solution. (For example, if the Dell ECS Object Storage solution contains (4) H4 100 NG appliances, a platform requiring full bandwidth to the object storage solution would need 4x90Gbps (360Gbps) of aggregate bandwidth to the customer network).