Introduction - Dell DX6000 User Manual
Dell dx object storage platform user’s guide
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- Hardware owner's manual (198 pages) ,
- Getting started with your system (124 pages) ,
- Application manual (81 pages)
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Introduction
The Dell DX Object Storage Platform provides a simple and cost effective
pool of storage for less active or fixed content. The object storage platform
allows you to:
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Expand the capacity to meet rapidly changing needs without disrupting
services.
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Set policies for file retention and replication.
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Distribute information to multiple geographic locations.
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Integrate through an HTTP based interface.
The DX Object Storage Platform includes the following hardware and
software:
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Dell DX6a00 Cluster Services Node.
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Two or more Dell DX6axyS Object Storage Nodes.
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A preinstalled operating system and Dell OpenManage software on the DX
Cluster Services Node.
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Dell DX Object Storage Platform software.
The Dell DX solution components are uniquely identified with the following
naming conventions:
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Storage Node (SN)—DX6axyS (where a is a variable depicting the
generation, and xy is a variable depicting the number of drives (12 for the
DX6012S platform), and S is a fixed alphanumeric character that indicates
a storage node).
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Cluster Services Node (CSN)—DX6a00 (the "a" is a variable depicting
generation).
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