Reference Hardware

MinIO is software-defined in the way the term was meant. Our software runs on virtually any hardware configuration, providing true price/performance design flexibility to our customers.

MinIO's Recommended Configuration

MinIO is hardware agnostic and runs on a variety of hardware architectures ranging from ARM-based embedded systems to high-end x64 and POWER9 servers. However, for a large scale data storage infrastructure, we recommend the following server configurations in capacity and performance flavors.
MinIO Minimum Requirements
Processor
Processor
Single Socket Intel® Xeon® Scalable GoId CPUs (minimum 16 cores per socket).
Drives
Drives
SATA/SAS HDDs for capacity and NVMe SSDs for high-performance (minimum of 8 drives per server).
Network
Network
25GbE for capacity and 100GbE NICs for high-performance.
Memory
Memory
128GB RAM
(Note: Object storage operations are primarily throughput bound. So MinIO takes full advantage of the modern hardware improvements such as AVX-512 SIMD acceleration, 100GbE networking, and NVMe SSDs when available.)

MinIO's Hardware Partners

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MinIO is software defined and supports a variety of open standard HW platforms such as x64, ARM, S/390. You are free to choose any storage optimized server configuration. Following configurations from the prominent server vendors are just recommendations.
Minimum System Configuration
CPU - 1 CPU 96 Cores - Intel Xeon (Sapphire Rapids) - Q16Z/E3 SPR 8461V 48C 2.2G 97.5MB FC-LGA16A 300W XCC
Memory - 128GB DDR5-4800 (8 x 16GB)
Network - Dual 100GbE QSFP28, Mellanox CX-6 (Note: Only one NIC was used for this benchmark)
SSD Drives - 8TiB, 16TiB, NVMe
HDD Drives - 16TiB, 18TiB, 20TiB HDD
Boot Storage - Kioxia XG6 2TB NVMe (4X 512GB)
Operating System - RHEL9+ or Ubuntu 20.2+
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PowerEdge R740xd
NVMe SSDs
Performance
Dell
PowerEdge R640Rack Server
PowerVault ME484Dense JBOD
SAS HDDs
Capacity
Dell
Dell
Dell
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus
NVMe SSDs
Performance
HPE
HPE Apollo 4200 Gen10 Plus
SAS HDD
Capacity
HPE
UCS C240
Performance
Cisco
UCS S3260
Capacity
Cisco
Western Digital
OpenFlex Data24 NVMe
Performance
Western Digital
Drive Type
NVMe
HDD
NVMe (Performance Optimized)
Capacity
TiB
Hardware Cost*
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*This price calculator is for illustrative purposes only and is not a quote from or on behalf of Western Digital. Any information, including any estimate, provided through this price calculator is provided “AS IS” and Western Digital hereby disclaims any warranties with respect to such information. Western Digital systems are sold on a one-time purchase basis and only through authorized resellers and distributors. The monthly cost shown is based on a 60 month amortization of estimated end-user MSRP prices for systems purchased in the United States. Illustrative prices provided by this calculator may exclude other costs, including but not limited to costs related to shipping, taxes, tariffs, Ethernet switches, and cables. Three-year parts warranty is included. Three-year 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 pm or 24x7 on-site support is additional.  Actual pricing is determined by each reseller or distributor and may differ depending on reseller, region and other factors. Western Digital will provide a referral to an authorized reseller for official quotes on request.
Specifications are subject to change without notice. Systems include storage enclosures products with integrated dual server modules per system using one or two Intel® Xeon® server-class processors per module depending on the model. Please contact Western Digital for more information on system configurations. Storage capacity is approximate, may be rounded up, listed as provided (“raw”) and before data protection erasure coding is applied. Western Digital invites VARs to join the Western Digital Insider VAR program to obtain VAR pricing, training, marketing assistance and other benefits.

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