Engines¶

Command Center allows cloud administrators to view all storage instance specifications available for deployment on the cloud.

To view VPSA engine properties:

Click Engines in Command Center’s left menu panel.
Click the tabs to view properties per engine type:

VPSA IO engines properties¶

The IO tab displays the following properties per IO engine:

Property	Description
Name	IO Engine Name
Internal Type	Internal type used by Nova for this engine
Memory	Single virtual controller RAM requirement for this IO engine
VCPU	Single virtual controller VCPUs requirement for this IO engine
VPSAs / Object Storage	Count of VPSAs with this engine type, in this cloud

VPSA App engines properties¶

The App tab displays the following properties per App engine:

Property	Description
Name	APP Engine Name
Internal Type	Internal type used by Nova for this engine
Memory	RAM requirement for this APP engine
VCPU	VCPUs requirement for this APP engine
VPSAs / Object Storage	Count of VPSAs with this engine type, in this cloud

VPSA Composite engines properties¶

The Composite tab displays the following properties per Composite engine:

Property	Description
Category	Composite engine type
Controller Instance Type	Link to the image used for composite controller instances. Click the sub-instance image link to display its properties: Name: Composite sub-instance engine name Internal Type: Internal type used by Nova for this engine Memory: RAM requirement for this sub-instance engine VCPU: VCPUs requirement for this sub-instance engine
Data Policy Partition Power	Swift partition power used for data policies for this composite engine type
Dedicated Controller Vcs	Count of dedicated controller VCs deployed for this composite engine type
Enable ZELB On Object Storage Creation	Whether Zadara Extend load balancing is enabled on VPSA creation
Enforce Drive Add With VC Set	Whether disk drives are automatically added when the VPSA is expanded by an additional VC set
Max Capacity In TiB	Maximum storage capacity supported by this composite engine type
Max Drives Per Proxy Storage VC	Maximum disk drives that can be added to a proxy storage virtual controller
Metadata Partition Size In GiB	Size in gigabytes of each Metadata partition
Metadata Partitions Per Proxystorage VC	Metadata partitions allocated for each proxy storage virtual controller
Metadata Policy Partition Power	Swift partition power used for metadata policies for this composite engine type
Minimum VC Sets for Object Storage Creation	Minimum footprint in terms of virtual controller sets for this composite engine type
Name	Composite engine instance type name
Proxy Instance Type	Link to the image used for composite proxy instances Click the sub-instance image link to display its properties: Name: Composite sub-instance engine name Internal Type: Internal type used by Nova for this engine Memory: RAM requirement for this sub-instance engine VCPU: VCPUs requirement for this sub-instance engine
Proxy Storage Instance Type	Link to the image used for composite storage proxy instances Click the sub-instance image link to display its properties: Name: Composite sub-instance engine name Internal Type: Internal type used by Nova for this engine Memory: RAM requirement for this sub-instance engine VCPU: VCPUs requirement for this sub-instance engine
Setup Partition Size In GiB	Allocation size in gigabytes for the composite instance setup partition