Fluid File System - Dell EqualLogic PS6100 series Configuration Manual

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Fluid File system

The Dell EqualLogic FS Series NAS Appliance adds scale-out unified file and block Network Attached
Storage (NAS) capabilities to any
benefits provided by the EqualLogic FS Series Appliance include:
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A scalable unified (block and file), virtualized IP based storage platform.
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Seamless capacity and performance scaling to meet growing storage demands. By increasing the
number of EqualLogic arrays and FS Series controllers you can scale both storage capacity and I/O
performance as needed.
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A single configuration and management UI (the EqualLogic Group Manager) from which both
block and file storage features are controlled.
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The Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) is a high-performance scale-out file system capable of
presenting a single file-system namespace through a virtual IP address, regardless of the number
of NAS appliances in the cluster. FluidFS is designed to optimize file access performance and
hardware utilization while eliminating capacity constraints.
Additionally, the FS Series Firmware V2.0 adds the following features:
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Support for FS7600 and FS7610 NAS appliances
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NAS container replicaton: Version 2.0 of the FS Series Firmware supports NAS container
replication, in which a file-system-consistent copy of a container is replicated from one NAS
cluster to another. NAS container replication requires FS Series Firmware Version 2.0 on the
EqualLogic FS Series NAS appliances.
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NAS antivirus service for CIFS shares: NAS clusters support virus scanning by using an antivirus
server. You can configure up to four antivirus servers to scan files stored in CIFS shares (NFS is not
supported). The NAS cluster solution contains integration with industry standard ICAP-enabled
antivirus software to ensure files written from CIFS clients are virus-free. The antivirus host must
run Symantec ScanEngine 5.2, which is ICAP-enabled.
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New monitoring features: Version 2.0 of the of the FS Series Firmware introduces support for the
following new monitoring panels:
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NAS Snapshot Schedules – Provides information about NAS container snapshot operation
according to the regular schedules that you configure by using the Create Schedule (snapshot)
activity. You can enable, disable, modify, and delete schedules from this panel.
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NAS Replication Schedules – Provides information about NAS container replication operations
according to the regular schedules that you configure by using the Create Schedule (replica)
activity. You can enable, disable, modify, and delete schedules from this panel.
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Outbound NAS Replication – Provides information about replicated NAS containers where the
source container exists on the local group, replicating to a replica container on a partner
group.
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Inbound NAS Replication – Provides information about replicated NAS containers where the
replica container exists on the local group, replicated from a source container on a partner
group.
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Any new or existing EqualLogic PS Series array running controller firmware version 5.1 or later
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EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SANs. The key design features and
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