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DELL DX Object Storage Architectural Reference Guide A Dell Technical White Paper Dell │ Storage Storage Engineering - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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Dell DX Object Storage - File Gateway Architectural Reference Release Date Version Details 0.01 12/8/2010 Initial draft 0.02 12/14/2010 Sizing Guidelines added Modifier Ron Stefani Ron Stefani Released By Not Released Not Released THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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Dell DX Object Storage - File Gateway Architectural Reference Contents Scope of this Document 3 Overview ...3 Standard hardware Software ...7 DX Object CFS Processes 8 Standard DX Object Storage Cluster 8 DX Object Storage File Gateway (single-server 9 DX Object Storage File Gateway (Failover 10 - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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software that presents the Dell DX Object Storage system as a standard file system. In single-server solutions, this server also provides a spool cache on local disk. Cluster Services Node (CSN) - This node is the head of the DX Object Storage systems and hosts the services that run on the cluster - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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Dell DX Object Storage - File Gateway Architectural Reference Specific CFS Configurations CFS configurations front-end a DX Object Storage cluster that has a CSN and at least two storage nodes. There are two types of CFS configurations offered - single server (no failover) and high availability ( - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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Dell DX Object Storage - File Gateway Architectural Reference Failover Configuration The PCIe-4 o DVD-ROM Drive o Operating System: RHEL 6 X64 Basic with 3 Year Subscription (1) iSCSI Storage: MD3200i o Controllers: Single or Dual controller options o Hard Drives: Up to 12 3.5in HDD with the - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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Dell DX Object Storage - File Gateway Architectural Reference Network For a failover CFS configuration, the iSCSI storage can be on its own switch isolated from the DX Storage Cluster or it can be attached to the DX Cluster network. In cases where iSCSI storage is attached to the DX Cluster network, - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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information about versions. CFS - This is the software on the CFS Server that presents Dell DX Object Storage to clients as a common file system. Cluster Services - These services reside on the CSN and enable you to configure the CSN, define user access, set parameters for backup and restore, and - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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to a storage node, and the Cluster Services on the CSN refers to its configuration settings and then tells the object how many times it must replicate. Figure 1. Standalone DX Object Storage Cluster Cluster Services Node Application Server Write Storage Node Cluster Services Storage Services - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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Dell DX Object Storage - File Gateway Architectural Reference DX Object Storage File Gateway (single-server) In a DX Object Storage File Gateway, data objects are written to a CFS server before being written to a Storage Node. In this configuration, the application server and clients are actually - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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the cluster and the shared storage are running. Figure 3. DX Object Storage File Gateway (Failover) Shared Storage (Spool/Cache) Application Server Cluster Services Storage Services CFS Server (Primary) CFS Server (Failover) Cluster Services Node Storage Node Replicate Storage Node Page 10 - Dell DX6000 | Dell DX Object Storage Architectural
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Dell DX Object Storage - File Gateway Architectural Reference Sizing Guidelines When selecting a DX Object Storage CFS Gateway solution, internal storage. Number of Clients A CFS server can support up to eight shares and a maximum of 250 CIFS or NFS connections, assuming that approximately 10 percent
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