Powervault Nx3500 Clustered Solution - Dell PowerVault NX3500 Technical Manual

Transition Guide for PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Series Arrays
Dell Scalable File System is essentially a distributed file system, with
volume management, cluster management for transparent failover, and
non-disruptive scalability. Its interconnect technology delivers virtually
unlimited scalability for both performance and capacity, independent
of each other. DSFS uses cache efficiently to provide fast, highly
reliable reads and writes. Overall, DSFS is designed to optimize file
access performance and hardware utilization while eliminating the
capacity constraints of Windows-based file systems.
Because it can store block, CIFS, and NFS protocol data on the same
hardware without the constraints of traditional Unified Storage, the
PowerVault NX3500 is a flexible and practical alternative to Windows
file servers. And, it features a comprehensive and intuitive file
management system that can help you reduce the time it takes to
create and manage multiple volumes and shares.

2. PowerVault NX3500 Clustered Solution

The PowerVault NX3500 is deployed as a clustered NAS solution that
aggregates multiple storage controllers and presents a NAS storage pool
to UNIX, Linux and Windows clients as one virtual file server. This is an
enterprise-class storage solution, optimal for a wide range of
applications and deployment environments.
PowerVault Unified Storage Solution – High Level Logical Diagram
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