Storage requirements
The IBM® Cloud Pak for Network Automation orchestration services use both persistent and dynamic storage. The services have different capacity requirements, file system permissions, and access modes.
Tested and supported storage providers
The following storage providers are tested and supported, and are recommended for a deployment of IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation:
- Red Hat®
OpenShift®
Ceph® Storage (
rook-ceph-blockandrook-cephfs).
IBM and Red Hat storage providers
The following IBM and Red Hat storage providers are not tested with IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation, but are recommended alternative options:
- IBM Storage Fusion.
- IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud® Paks. The following products are included in this suite of offerings:
- Block storage from IBM Spectrum® Virtualize, FlashSystem, or DS8000®
- File storage from IBM Spectrum Scale
- Object storage from IBM Cloud Object Storage or Red Hat Ceph
- Fusion Data Foundation, version 4.x, from version 4.2 or higher (previously Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation)
- Red Hat OpenShift Ceph Storage (rook-ceph-block and rook-cephfs).
- IBM Cloud Block storage and IBM Cloud File storage
Other storage providers
The storage providers in the Tested and supported storage providers section are the only providers that are tested and validated for a deployment of IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation. You can choose to use an alternative storage provider if it meets the requirements for deploying IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation.
The storage provider that you choose must meet the same storage and hardware requirements as the supported storage providers. For example, for deploying IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation, your storage provider must support the required access modes and storage modes.
The following storage providers are not tested with IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation, but are recommended alternative options:
- Portworx Storage, version 2.5.5 or above
- Amazon Elastic File Storage (EFS) for RWX mode access.
Storage types and access modes for services
| Service | Supported storage types | Storage access mode |
|---|---|---|
| postgres | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteOnce |
| cp4na-o-events-kafka † | Dynamic (rook-ceph-block) |
ReadWriteOnce |
| cp4na-o-events-zookeeper | Dynamic (rook-ceph-block) |
ReadWriteOnce |
| cp4na-o-events-zookeeper-locking | Dynamic (rook-ceph-block) |
ReadWriteOnce |
| cp4na-o-symmetricds | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteOnce |
| zen-metastoredb | Dynamic (rook-ceph-block) |
ReadWriteOnce |
| user-home | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteMany |
| cp4na-o-vault | emptyDir volume
|
|
| opensearch | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteOnce |
| apollo |
emptyDir volume
|
|
| brent |
emptyDir volume
|
|
| daytona |
emptyDir volume
|
|
| doki |
emptyDir volume
|
|
| ibm-nginx | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteMany |
| ishtar |
emptyDir volume
|
|
| nimrod |
emptyDir volume
|
|
| talladega |
emptyDir volume
|
|
| usermgmt user-home | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteMany |
| zen-audit user-home | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteMany |
| zen-core user-home | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteMany |
| zen-core-api user-home | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteMany |
| zen-core-api |
emptyDir volume
|
|
| zen-watcher user-home | Dynamic (rook-cephfs) |
ReadWriteMany |
| zen-watcher |
emptyDir volume
|
|
† The cp4na-o-events-kafka
service must use block storage and not file storage.
|
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PVCs that are used for services
The following table lists the persistent volume claims (PVCs), their access modes, and their storage types:
| PVC | Access mode | Storage type |
|---|---|---|
| cp4na-o-postgresql-1 | RWO | File |
| cp4na-o-postgresql-2 | RWO | File |
| cp4na-o-postgresql-3 | RWO | File |
| data-cp4na-o-events-kafka-0 | RWO | File |
| data-cp4na-o-events-zookeeper-0 | RWO | File |
| data-cp4na-o-zookeeper-locking-0 | RWO | File |
| data-ibm-opensearch-ib-6fb9-es-server-all-0 | RWO | File |
| data-ibm-opensearch-ib-6fb9-es-server-all-1 | RWO | File |
| data-ibm-opensearch-ib-6fb9-es-server-all-2 | RWO | File |
| datadir-zen-metastoredb-0 | RWO | Block |
| datadir-zen-metastoredb-1 | RWO | Block |
| datadir-zen-metastoredb-2 | RWO | Block |
| user-home-pvc | RWX | File |