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Dell DX Object Storage Application Manual (81 pages)
DX Object Storage Application Guide Version 5.0
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Software
| Size: 0.65 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
1 Introduction to DX Storage Objects
6
Introducing Named Objects
6
Summary of Named Objects and Unnamed Objects
7
Common Named Object Terminology
7
About DX Storage Object Types
8
Bucket and Object Naming Rules
8
Simple Examples of Creating Buckets and Named Objects
8
Universal Resource Identifiers (Uris)
9
About Objects and Security
10
The Basics of DX Storage Security
10
Commonly Used Security Terminology
11
Basic Security Guidelines
11
Concepts for Unnamed Objects
11
Universally Unique Identifiers (Uuids)
11
About Immutable Objects
12
About Anchor Streams
12
Document Typographical Conventions
13
2 Connecting to a DX Storage Cluster
14
About the Primary Access Node (PAN)
14
Requirements for Node Accessibility
14
Using the DX Storage Software Development Kit (SDK)
14
Using Multicast-DNS (Mdns)
15
Using DNS Round Robin
15
Using a Pool of Static IP Addresses
16
Using a Single Static IP Address
16
3 Application Best Practices
17
Using the Software Development Kit (SDK)
17
Dynamically Locating DX Storage Nodes
17
Optimizing Bucket and Domain Operations
17
Using HTTP Client Libraries
17
Handling Redirects
18
Using Range Headers
18
Multi-Threading
19
Using Persistent Connections
19
4 Introduction to the Simple Content Storage Protocol (SCSP)
20
Mapping SCSP Operations to HTTP Methods
20
HTTP Overview
21
Requests and Responses
21
HTTP Response Codes
21
Redirect Responses
22
Formatting SCSP Commands for Named and Unnamed Objects
22
Undefined Responses from DX Storage
23
Normal Response Headers
24
5 Scsp Read
27
Introduction to READ
27
Reading with Content Validation
27
Requestion Node Status and Cluster Capacity
27
Unnamed Object READ Details
28
Normal Responses to READ
28
Normal READ Responses for Named Objects
28
Normal READ Response for Unnamed Objects
29
Other Normal READ Responses
30
Error Responses to READ
30
6 Scsp Write
32
Introduction to WRITE
32
About the Expect: 100-Continue Header and WRITE
33
About Replicate on Write
33
Named Object WRITE Details
33
Unnamed Object WRITE Details
33
Normal Responses to WRITE
33
Error Responses to WRITE
34
7 Scsp Delete
36
Introduction to DELETE
36
Unnamed Object DELETE Details
37
Named Object DELETE Details
37
Normal Responses to DELETE
37
Error Responses to DELETE
38
8 Scsp Update
39
Introduction to UPDATE
39
Unnamed Object UPDATE Details
39
Normal Responses to UPDATE
40
9 Scsp Copy
41
Introduction to COPY
41
Unnamed Object COPY Details
41
Normal Responses to COPY
41
10 Scsp Append
42
Introduction to APPEND
42
Unnamed Object APPEND Details
43
Normal Responses to APPEND
43
11 Scsp Info
44
Introduction to INFO
44
Getting Replica Counts
44
Getting Node Status and Cluster Capacity
44
Unnamed Object INFO Details
45
Normal Responses to INFO
45
Normal INFO Responses for Named and Unnamed Objects
45
Normal INFO Responses for Named Objects
46
Normal INFO Responses for Unnamed Objects
47
Error Responses to INFO
47
12 Introduction to Object Security
48
About Security Roles
48
Security Realm Overview
49
Common Security Terminology
49
About Security Realms
49
About Realm Caching and Security
49
About Authorization Header Syntax
50
About Realm Names
51
Authorization Specification Examples
51
About Authorization Header Evaluation
52
Creating Realms
53
Updating the Realm on a Bucket
54
Administrative Override and Security
54
13 Managing Security for Application Developers
55
What Application Developers Need to Know
55
About Bucket Authorization
55
Example: Creating Bucket Owners
56
Examples of Creating Buckets and Named Objects
56
14 Managing Security for Domain Managers
59
What Domain Managers Need to Know
59
About Domain Manager Tasks and Responsibilities
59
Examples of Updating Domain and Administrator User Lists
59
Updating the Domain Realm
60
Updating the Domain Manager Realm
61
Updating a Realm Using PUT
62
15 Using the Content-MD5 Metadata Header
64
16 Using Lifepoint Metadata Headers
65
About Storage Policies
65
A Simple Lifecycle Example
65
Lifepoint/Lifecycle Specification
66
Constraint Types
66
Replication
67
Deletion
67
17 Using the Allow Metadata Header
69
Overview of the Allow Header
69
Administrative Override
69
18 Using Caching Metadata Headers
71
About Caching Headers
71
Using HTTP/1.0 Caching Headers
71
Last-Modified
71
If-Modified-Since
71
If-Unmodified-Since
71
Expires
72
Using HTTP/1.1 Caching Headers
72
Etag
72
If-Match
72
If-None-Match
73
If-Range
73
19 Using Custom Metadata Headers
75
20 Basic Content Integrity Assurance
76
Integrity Seals
76
Validating Reads
76
Application Initiated Hash Upgrading
77
Content Header Metadata
78
Sample Code and Client Library Behaviors with 100-Continue
80
Open Source Software
81
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Dell DX Object Storage Administration Manual (74 pages)
DX Object Storage Administration Guide Version 5.0
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Software
| Size: 2.04 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
1 Welcome to DX Storage
6
Overview of DX Storage
6
Components
6
About this Document
6
Audience
6
Scope
6
2 Introduction to the Admin Console
7
Accessing the Admin Console
7
Initial View of the Admin Console
7
Viewing the Cluster Status Page
7
Viewing a Node's Status Page
8
Printing the Admin Console
8
Viewing License Information
8
3 Managing the Cluster
10
Viewing the Cluster Status Page
10
Authenticating Cluster-Wide Actions
11
Shutting down or Restarting the Cluster
12
Viewing Nodes in the Cluster
12
Searching for Nodes by IP Address
13
Searching for Nodes by Status
13
Choosing and Preserving Cluster Settings
13
Enabling Logging
15
Replication
15
Suspend
15
Power
15
Managing Tenants
15
Cluster Name
15
Cluster Multicast Address
15
Used Indicator
15
4 Managing Tenants
17
Terminology Related to Tenant Security
18
About the Default Cluster Domain
19
Security Privileges for Administrative Operations
20
Rules and Recommendations for Managing Tenants
21
Domain Naming Rules
21
Adding, Editing, or Deleting Tenants
22
Other Cluster Administrator Tasks
24
Using Administrative Override
25
Working with Inaccessible Objects
28
5 Managing Nodes
30
Viewing the Node Status Page
30
Shutting down or Restarting a Node
30
Retiring or Identifying a Node
30
Errors and Announcements
31
Additional Node Status Information
31
Displaying Subcluster Information
34
6 Configuring the Node
35
Option Names and Descriptions
35
Managing DX Storage Administrators and Users
41
Defining Castor Administrators and SNMP Administrators
41
Defining DX Storage Operators
42
Securing the Administrator and Operator Passwords
42
Managing Content Integrity Settings
43
Autoreponwrite
43
Reppriority
43
Autovalidateread
43
Managing Other Stream Replication Settings
44
Minreps, Maxreps, and Defreps
44
Hpstartdelay
44
Managing Volumes
44
Device
45
Policy
46
Specifying Exceptions
46
Configuring Power Management Settings
46
Sleepafter
46
Wakeafter
46
Managing Other Settings
46
Consoleport
46
Domainheaders
46
Loghost
47
Timesource
47
7 Managing Volumes
49
Volume Expiration
49
Movement between Nodes
49
Physical Errors
49
Implementation of Multi-Server Chassis
51
Configuration Parameters
51
Processes Parameter
51
Network Setup Parameters
51
Using the Vols Parameter
52
Using the Subcluster Parameter
52
Monitoring and Administration
53
Using SNMP with DX Storage
54
SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) Reference
54
Managing DX Storage Nodes
54
Shutdown Action for Nodes
54
Retire Action for Nodes and Volumes
54
SNMP Tools and Monitoring Systems
55
Open Source Tools
55
SNMP Examples with DX Storage
56
SNMP Action Oids
56
Practical SNMP with DX Storage
57
Upgrading a License or Cluster
59
Upgrading a License File
59
Software Upgrade Overview
59
Preparation
59
Upgrade Steps
60
Back-Out Steps
61
Troubleshooting
62
Restoring Domains and Buckets
62
Recovering a Deleted Domain
62
Recovering a Deleted Bucket
65
Resolving Duplicate Domain Names in a Mirrored or Disaster Recovery (DR) Cluster
66
Renaming a Domain in Its Source Cluster (DR Cluster Conflict Only)
66
Renaming a Domain in a Mirrored or DR Cluster
67
Using DX Content Router to List Buckets and Objects
69
Boot Errors
69
Configuration
70
Operational Problems
70
Drive Identification API
72
Overview
72
Customization Steps
72
Customizing the Admin Console
73
Open Source Software
74
Dell DX Object Storage Deployment Manual (73 pages)
Dell DX Object Storage File Gateway Deployment Guide
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Software
| Size: 0.99 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Scope of this Document and Requirements
6
Conventions Used in this Document
6
Working with Files and Commands
6
Deployment Checklist
7
Single-Server, Standalone Authentication, Local Spooler
7
Single-Server, Active Directory Member, Local Spooler
7
Failover, Standalone Authentication, External Spooler
8
Failover, Active Directory Member, External Spooler
8
Site Survey
8
Architecture
9
Standard Hardware
9
Specific CFS Configurations
9
Single-Server Configuration
9
Hardware
9
Network
10
Failover Configuration
10
Hardware
10
Network
11
Gateway Protocols
12
Other Hardware
12
Software
12
How It All Works Together
13
Standard DX Object Storage Cluster
13
DX Object Storage File Gateway (Single-Server)
14
DX Object Storage File Gateway (Failover)
15
Set up the DX Object Storage Cluster
16
Assumptions and Requirements
16
Configure the Cluster
16
Set up the CFS Server
18
Assumptions and Requirements
18
Validate BIOS Settings
18
Create RAID1 Volumes
19
Install and Configure Red hat Enterprise Linux
19
Create the Master Boot Record (MBR) on the Second Drive
25
Disable Selinux
26
Create the YUM Repository and Install Packages
27
Stop and Disable Services
30
Set up the NTP Server
30
Configure the Network Interfaces for Bonding
31
Configure the Domain Name Service Resolver
33
Install the CFS Software
34
Create the Spooler and Cache File Systems
35
Create Disk Partitions and Spooler File Systems (Single-Server Solution)
36
External Spooler File System (Failover Solution)
37
Configure the Md3200I
37
Configure the Cluster Name Space (CNS)
43
Configure the CFS and Its DX Object Storage Mount Points
46
Configure Gateway Protocols
48
SMB/CIFS Gateway Service
48
Stand-Alone Server (Workgroup Authentication)
49
Active Directory Domain Member Server
53
Edit the Krb5 File
53
Configure the SMB/CIFS Server
54
NFS Gateway Service
58
Before Configuring NFS
58
Disable IP Forwarding
58
Configure NFS to Share the CFS Mount
58
Configure Share Resources
58
SMB/CIFS Shared Resource Configuration
59
Add a Share (Standalone Server)
59
Add a Share (Active Directory Domain Member)
61
Remove a Share
62
NFS Shared Resource Configuration
62
Add an Nfsv3 Share Point
63
Remove an NFS Share Point
63
Administrative Maintenance Procedures
63
Starting CFS and CNS
63
Shut down CFS and CNS
64
Special Considerations for Md3200I Spooler
65
File Revisions and Dell DX Object Storage File Deletion
65
Dell DX Object Storage Metadata and Policies
65
Custom Metadata
66
CFS / DX Object Storage Lifecycle Policies
67
CFS-Grab
68
CFS-Loglevel
69
Troubleshooting
69
Appendix A. Temp and Logging Space Configuration
69
Appendix B. Gateway Protocol Support
70
Protocol Gateway Limitations
70
Supported Protocols
70
Access Control Lists
70
SMB/CIFS Protocol Support
70
Appendix C. NFS Client Guidelines
71
APPENDIX D. CFS Failover
72
Configure the Failover CFS Server
72
Failover to Secondary CFS
72
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Dell DX Object Storage Reference Manual (12 pages)
Dell DX Object Storage Architectural Reference Guide
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Server
| Size: 0.53 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Scope of this Document
4
Overview
4
Standard Hardware
4
Specific CFS Configurations
5
Single-Server Configuration
5
Hardware
5
Network
5
Failover Configuration
6
Hardware
6
Network
7
Gateway Protocols
7
Other Hardware
8
Software
8
DX Object CFS Processes
9
Standard DX Object Storage Cluster
9
DX Object Storage File Gateway (Single-Server)
10
DX Object Storage File Gateway (Failover)
11
Sizing Guidelines
12
Availability
12
Number of Clients
12
Amount of External Storage
12
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