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Storage class reference

Storage class reference

Review the storage class reference for the storage provider that you want to use in your Satellite clusters.

AWS EBS

Review the Satellite storage classes for AWS EBS. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command. Note that data volumes are automatically encrypted by an AWS managed default key. For more information, see Default KMS key for EBS encryption. For more information on AWS EBS encryption, see How AWS EBS encryption works.

AWS EBS storage class reference.
Storage class name EBS volume type File system type Provisioner Default IOPS per GB Size range Hard disk Encrypted? Volume binding mode Reclaim policy More info
sat-aws-block-gold Default io2 ext4 ebs.csi.aws.com 10 10 GiB - 6.25 TiB SSD True WaitforFirstConsumer Delete Link
sat-aws-block-silver gp3 ext4 ebs.csi.aws.com N/A 1 GiB - 16 TiB SSD True WaitforFirstConsumer Delete Link
sat-aws-block-bronze st1 ext4 ebs.csi.aws.com N/A 125 GiB - 16 TiB HDD True WaitforFirstConsumer Delete Link
sat-aws-block-bronze-metro st1 ext4 ebs.csi.aws.com N/A 125 GiB - 16 TiB HDD True WaitforFirstConsumer Delete Link
sat-aws-block-silver-metro gp3 ext4 ebs.csi.aws.com 1 GiB - 16 TiB SSD True WaitforFirstConsumer Delete Link
sat-aws-block-gold-metro io2 ext4 ebs.csi.aws.com 10 10 GiB - 6.25 TiB SSD True WaitforFirstConsumer Delete Link

AWS EFS

The AWS EFS template doesn't include any pre-defined storage classes. Instead, you must create a storage class when you create your configuration.

Azure Disk

Azure Disk storage class reference
Storage class name IOPS range per disk Size range Disk type Reclaim policy Volume Binding Mode
sat-azure-block-platinum 1200 - 160000 4 GiB - 64 TiB SSD Delete Immediate
sat-azure-block-platinum-metro 1200 - 160000 4 GiB - 64 TiB SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-azure-block-gold 120 - 20000 32 GiB - 32 TiB SSD Delete Immediate
sat-azure-block-gold-metro Default 120 - 20000 32 GiB - 32 TiB SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-azure-block-silver 120 - 6000 N/A SSD Delete Immediate
sat-azure-block-silver-metro 120 - 6000 N/A SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-azure-block-bronze 500 - 2000 32 GiB - 32 TiB HDD Delete Immediate
sat-azure-block-bronze-metro 500 - 2000 32 GiB - 32 TiB HDD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer

Azure File

Azure file storage class reference
Storage class name Reclaim policy Volume Binding Mode
sat-azure-file-platinum Delete Immediate
sat-azure-file-platinum-metro Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-azure-file-gold Delete Immediate
sat-azure-file-gold-metro Default Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-azure-file-silver Delete Immediate
sat-azure-file-silver-metro Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-azure-file-bronze Delete Immediate
sat-azure-file-bronze-metro Delete WaitForFirstConsumer

Google Compute Engine

Review the Satellite storage classes for Google compute engine persistent disk storage. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

Google Compute Engine storage class reference
Storage class name Default Read IOPS per GB Default Write IOPS per GB Size range (per disk) Hard disk Reclaim policy Volume Binding Mode
sat-gce-block-platinum NA NA 500 GB - 64 TB SSD Delete Immediate
sat-gce-block-platinum-metro NA NA 500 GB - 64 TB SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-gce-block-gold 30 30 10 GB - 64 TB SSD Delete Immediate
sat-gce-block-gold-metro Default 30 30 10 GB - 64 TB SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-gce-block-silver 6 30 10 GB - 64 GB SSD Delete Immediate
sat-gce-block-silver-metro 6 6 10 GB - 64 GB SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-gce-block-bronze 0.75 1.5 10 GiB - 64 TiB HDD Delete Immediate
sat-gce-block-bronze-metro 0.75 1.5 10 GiB - 64 TiB HDD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer

Local block storage

Review the Satellite storage classes for local block storage. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

Local block storage class reference
Storage class name Type Reclaim policy
sat-local-block-gold Block Retain

Local file storage

Review the Satellite storage classes for local file storage. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

Local file storage class reference.
Storage class name File system Reclaim policy
sat-local-file-gold ext4 or xfs Retain

NetApp ONTAP-NAS 21.04

Review the Satellite storage classes for NetApp ONTAP-NAS. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

NetApp ONTAP-NAS storage class reference.
Storage class name Type File system IOPs Encryption Reclaim policy
sat-netapp-file-gold Default ONTAP-NAS NFS no QoS limits Encryption disabled. Delete
sat-netapp-file-gold-encrypted ONTAP-NAS NFS no QoS limits Encryption enabled. Delete
sat-netapp-file-silver ONTAP-NAS NFS User defined QoS limit. Encryption disabled. Delete
sat-netapp-file-silver-encrypted ONTAP-NAS NFS User defined QoS limit. Encryption enabled. Delete
sat-netapp-file-bronze ONTAP-NAS NFS User-defined QoS limit. Encryption disabled. Delete
sat-netapp-file-bronze-encrypted ONTAP-NAS NFS User-defined QoS limit. Encryption enabled. Delete

NetApp ONTAP-NAS 20.07

Review the Satellite storage classes for NetApp ONTAP-NAS. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

NetApp ONTAP-NAS storage class reference.
Storage class name Type File system Reclaim policy
sat-netapp-file-gold Default ONTAP-NAS File Delete
sat-netapp-file-silver ONTAP-NAS File Delete
sat-netapp-file-bronze ONTAP-NAS File Delete

NetApp ONTAP-SAN 21.04

Review the Satellite storage classes for NetApp ONTAP-SAN. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

NetApp ONTAP-SAN storage class reference.
Storage class name Type File system IOPs Encryption Reclaim policy
sat-netapp-block-gold Default ONTAP-SAN ext4 no QoS limits. Encryption disabled. Delete
sat-netapp-block-gold-encrypted ONTAP-SAN ext4 no QoS limits. Encryption enabled. Delete
sat-netapp-block-silver ONTAP-SAN ext4 User-defined QoS limit. Encryption disabled. Delete
sat-netapp-block-silver-encrypted ONTAP-SAN ext4 User-defined QoS limit. Encryption enabled. Delete
sat-netapp-block-bronze ONTAP-SAN ext4 User defined QoS limit. Encryption disabled. Delete
sat-netapp-block-bronze-encrypted ONTAP-SAN ext4 User-defined QoS limit. Encryption enabled. Delete

NetApp ONTAP-SAN 20.07

Review the Satellite storage classes for NetApp ONTAP-SAN. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

NetApp ONTAP-SAN storage class reference.
Storage class name Type File system Reclaim policy
sat-netapp-block-gold Default ONTAP-SAN Block Delete
sat-netapp-block-silver ONTAP-SAN Block Delete
sat-netapp-block-bronze ONTAP-SAN Block Delete

OpenShift Data Foundation for local volumes

Review the Satellite storage classes for OpenShift Data Foundation. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

NetApp ONTAP-SAN storage class reference.
Storage class name Type File system Provisioner Volume binding mode Allow volume expansion Reclaim policy
sat-ocs-cephrbd-gold Block ext4 openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com Immediate True Delete
sat-ocs-cephfs-gold File N/A openshift-storage.cephfs.csi.ceph.com Immediate True Delete
sat-ocs-cephrgw-gold Object N/A openshift-storage.ceph.rook.io/bucket Immediate N/A Delete
sat-ocs-noobaa-gold Default OBC N/A openshift-storage.noobaa.io/obc Immediate N/A Delete
sat-ocs-cephrbd-gold-metro Block ext4 openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com WaitForFirstConsumer True Delete
sat-ocs-cephfs-gold-metro File N/A openshift-storage.cephfs.csi.ceph.com WaitForFirstConsumer True Delete

OpenShift Data Foundation for remote volumes

Review the Satellite storage classes for OpenShift Data Foundation. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

Storage class reference for OpenShift Container storage
Storage class name Type File system Provisioner Volume binding mode Allow volume expansion Reclaim policy
sat-ocs-cephrbd-gold Block ext4 openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com Immediate True Delete
sat-ocs-cephfs-gold File N/A openshift-storage.cephfs.csi.ceph.com Immediate True Delete
sat-ocs-cephrgw-gold Object N/A openshift-storage.ceph.rook.io/bucket Immediate N/A Delete
sat-ocs-noobaa-gold Default OBC N/A openshift-storage.noobaa.io/obc Immediate N/A Delete
sat-ocs-cephrbd-gold-metro Block ext4 openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com WaitForFirstConsumer True Delete
sat-ocs-cephfs-gold-metro File N/A openshift-storage.cephfs.csi.ceph.com WaitForFirstConsumer True Delete

IBM Spectrum Scale

Review the Satellite storage classes for IBM Spectrum Scale. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

IBM Spectrum Scale storage class reference.
Storage class name Type Reclaim policy
ibm-spectrum-scale-csi-lt Light weight volumes Delete

IBM Systems object storage

Storage class reference for IBM Systems storage
Storage class name Volume binding mode Retain
ibm-s3fs-cos Immediate False
ibm-s3fs-cos-perf Immediate False

IBM VPC block storage

Review the Satellite storage classes for IBM VPC block storage. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

Storage class reference for IBM VPC block storage
Storage class name Default Read IOPS per GB Default Write IOPS per GB Size range (per disk) Hard disk Reclaim policy Volume Binding Mode
sat-vpc-block-gold-metro Default 10 10 10 GB - 4 TB SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
ibmc-vpc-block-metro-5iops-tier 5 5 10 GB - 9600 GB SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
ibmc-vpc-block-metro-custom Custom Custom Based on IOPS SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
ibmc-vpc-block-metro-general-purpose 3 3 10 GB - 16 TB SSD Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
ibmc-vpc-block-metro-retain-10iops-tier 10 10 10 GB - 4 TB SSD Retain WaitForFirstConsumer
ibmc-vpc-block-metro-retain-5iops-tier 5 5 10 GB - 9600 GB SSD Retain WaitForFirstConsumer
ibmc-vpc-block-metro-retain-custom Custom Custom Based on IOPS SSD Retain WaitForFirstConsumer
ibmc-vpc-block-metro-retain-general-purpose 3 3 10 GiB - 16 TB SSD Retain WaitForFirstConsumer

VMware Storage CSI Driver

Review the Satellite storage classes for VMware storage. You can describe storage classes in the command line with the oc describe sc <storage-class-name> command.

Storage class reference for VMware storage
Storage class name Default Read IOPS per GB Default Write IOPS per GB Size range (per disk) Hard disk Reclaim policy Volume Binding Mode
sat-vsphere-vsan-block-metro Default XX XX XX GB - XX TB XXX Delete WaitForFirstConsumer
sat-vsphere-vsan-block X X XX GB - XXX GB XXX Delete Immediate