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Product Description File Storage
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Product Description File Storage

Selectel File NAS is a fault-tolerant, scalable file system for data storage. You can hook it up:

File storage can be connected to multiple products, including in different pools. For example, you can connect the storage to a dedicated server in the SPB-1 pool and a cloud server in the ru-7a pool segment — the servers can use the storage at the same time.

File storage runs on cloud platform network volumes with triple replication of disk volumes.

NFSv4 and CIFS SMBv3 protocols are supported.

The product supports user types and roles.

Restrictions⁠

File storage operates in read and write mode only.

The minimum file storage size is 50 GB and the maximum is 50 TB.

File storage with NFSv4 and CIFS SMBv3 protocols does not support access rights differentiation. Guest access is provided to mount the file storage.

Types of file storage⁠

HDD BasicSSD UniversalSSD Fast
Throughput
(read)		40 MB/s (for NFS)
100 MB/s (for CIFS)		200 MB/s300 MB/s
Throughput
(write)		100 MB/s200 MB/s500 MB/s
Throughput
(read)		320 IOPS7000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Number of
(write) operations		120 IOPS4000 IOPS15000 IOPS
What can be used for

For storing large amounts of data that does not need to be read or rewritten frequently:

  • backups;
  • archives;
  • documents
  • Basic infrastructure for storing data when local or physical disk cannot be attached;
  • storage of datasets and models in machine learning clusters;
  • raw data storage for high-performance computing;
  • can be used in Kubernetes as a Persistent Volume with ReadWriteMany access mode (mounting the volume to multiple nodes).
  • for workloads that require higher performance of data input and output;
  • storage of datasets and models in machine learning clusters;
  • storing "raw" data for high-performance computing;
  • can be used in Kubernetes as a Persistent Volume with ReadWriteMany access mode (mount the volume to multiple nodes).

You can view the availability of file storage in regions in the [File Storage] availability matrix(/control-panel-actions/availability-matrix.mdx#file-storage).