Reference Material

HyperScale X Reference Architecture Node Requirements

Component	N4	N12	N24
CPU	16 Cores @2.1GHz (2x Intel Xeon Silver 4208)	32 Cores @ 2.1GHz (2x Intel Xeon Silver 4216)	32 Cores @ 2.1GHz (2x Intel Xeon Silver 4216)
Memory	256GB For example: 8x 32GB RDIMM	512GB For example: 16x 32GB RDIMM	512GB For example: 16x 32GB RDIMM
Storage
Boot	1x 250G or larger flash drive	2x 480GB SSD	2x 480GB SSD
Cache (CDS/Hedvig)	3.2TB Flash/NVMe/SSD (includes Logs space)	3.2TB Flash/NVMe/SSD	3.2TB Flash/NVMe/SSD
Logs (Index cache/DDB)	NA	3.2TB Flash/NVMe/SSD	6.4TB Flash/NVMe/SSD
Capacity (Data Disks)	4x LFF SAS HDD’s (4TB or 8TB)	12x LFF SAS HDD’s (8TB, 10TB, 12TB, 14TB, 16TB or 18TB)	24x LFF SAS HDD’s (8TB, 10TB, 12TB, 14TB, 16TB or 18TB)
Controller	NA	RAID-1 for OS SSD’s, Disks in JBOD/pass-through mode	RAID-1 for OS SSD’s, Disks in JBOD/pass-through mode
Network	Minimum 2x 10G ports	4x 10/25Gbps ports	4x 10/25Gbps ports

For information on block and storage pool sizing, see Sizing Guidelines for HyperScale X.