FIBOSTACK REQUIREMENTS
Servers Specifications
Datacenter and on-premises Fibostack deployments require a minimum of 6 servers to offer virtualization-based functionality.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Control Domain | 3 nodes | 3 nodes |
| Virtualization domain | 2 nodes 1 hypervisor for virtual machines and 1 for container host | 6 nodes 3 hypervisor for virtual machines and 3 for container host |
| Monitoring domain | 1 node | 1 node |
| Total | 6 node | 10 node |
Hardware Requirements
- All servers must have PXE boot capability and IPMI Remote Management Interface. PXE boot must be activated as a first boot option during Fibostack setup phase 1 only and can be deactivated afterward.
- Supported CPU manufacturers are Intel, AMD (Intel is preferable).
- RAM version is not fixed (both DDR3 and DDR4 are supported for each node type).
| Control and monitoring domain servers | Virtualization domain servers |
|---|---|
| In case of small cluster sizes (less than 10 hypervisors) or at least 12-core Intel or AMD CPU and 128GB RAM per node suffice. For larger clusters, please discuss this matter before Fibostack deployment is started. | Although there are no strictly defined minimum system requirements for virtualization hosts, it is recommended to have 2 x 16-core Intel or AMD CPU (or higher) and 256GB RAM (recommended RAM amount heavily depends on the number of cores in total). |
Server Inter-Connectivity
There are no strict requirements on networking equipment manufacturers (Juniper and Cisco are preferred).
If using a loadbalancer, an additional internal IP is required.
| End-users | Fibostack |
|---|---|
| 1 for internal IPs and 1 for external IPs. | 1 for internal IPs |
NIC requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Control Domain | 2 extension NICs, one of which must be 10GbE or 25GbE | Dual-port |
| Virtualization domain | 2 extension NICs, both 10GbE or 25GbE | Dual-port |
| Monitoring domain | All servers must include 1 NIC, 1GbE | Dual-port |
Storage
| System Storage | User Storage | |
|---|---|---|
| Control Domain | At least 2 x 900 GB SSD or NVMe in RAID 1 as a boot storage | - |
| Virtualization domain | At least 2 x 900 GB SSD or NVMe in RAID 1 as a boot storage | Distributed storage (Ceph is strongly recommended) |
Software
- One server should be equipped with bootable Linux and DHCP + TFTP service set provided by the Fibostack team, installed on it.
- All servers should come with one of those Linux distributions (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) installed.
Responsibility
| Fibostack Team | Customer |
|---|---|
| Fibostack installation and configuration | Preparation and installation of physical servers and equipment |