Storage Requirements for NSX Deployments

Storage requirements vary depending on your deployment configuration. Different nodes and clusters can share datastores. For example, during the installation process, you can specify the same datastore forthe Compute and Image Service nodes.

For information about storage requirements per VM in a typical VMware Integrated OpenStack deployment, see Hardware Requirements.

Storage requirements vary depending on whether you deploy with NSX or VDS networking.

Storage Requirements for NSX Deployments

NSX Controller, Manager, and Edge nodes affect the storage needs in an NSX deployment.

Cluster	Storage Requirements (GB)	Notes
Management	665	The storage requirement calculation is based on the following nodes: OpenStack Manager (1 node) Load Balancers (2 nodes) Database (3 nodes) Memory Cache (2 nodes) Message Queue (2 nodes) Controllers (2 nodes) NSX Controller (3 nodes) NSX Manager (1 node)
Compute	20	Value is per cluster. Each Compute cluster contains a single Compute node. To add capacity, add clusters.
NSX Edge	1.5	Value is per node. Storage requirements for the NSX Edge cluster vary. When you create a logical subnet or router but an existing NSX Edge node cannot serve the request, an additional node is dynamically created. Note: Creating a dedicated cluster for the NSX Edge nodes is a best practice to optimize performance. In an alternative deployment, you can include the NSX Edge nodes in the Management cluster.

Cluster

Storage Requirements (GB)

Notes

Management

665

The storage requirement calculation is based on the following nodes:

OpenStack Manager (1 node)
Load Balancers (2 nodes)
Database (3 nodes)
Memory Cache (2 nodes)
Message Queue (2 nodes)
Controllers (2 nodes)
NSX Controller (3 nodes)
NSX Manager (1 node)

Compute

Value is per cluster.

Each Compute cluster contains a single Compute node. To add capacity, add clusters.

NSX Edge

1.5

Value is per node.

Storage requirements for the NSX Edge cluster vary. When you create a logical subnet or router but an existing NSX Edge node cannot serve the request, an additional node is dynamically created.

Note:

Creating a dedicated cluster for the NSX Edge nodes is a best practice to optimize performance. In an alternative deployment, you can include the NSX Edge nodes in the Management cluster.

Storage Requirements for VDS Deployments

DHCP nodes affect the storage needs in a VDS deployment.

Cluster	Storage Requirements (GB)	Notes
Management	585	The storage requirement calculation is based on the following service nodes: OpenStack Manager (1 node) Load Balancers (2 nodes) Database (3 nodes) Memory Cache (2 nodes) Message Queue (2 nodes) Controllers (2 nodes) DHCP Controller (2 nodes)
Compute	20	Value is per cluster. Each Compute cluster contains a single Compute node. To add capacity, add clusters.