Dell NX3500 Riding Toy User Manual


 
Feature Description
Connectivity options 1GbE and 10GbE, copper and optical options for connectivity to
the client network.
Highly available and activeactive
design
Redundant, hotswappable NAS controllers in each NAS appliance.
Both NAS controllers in a NAS appliance process I/O. BPS allows
maintaining data integrity in the event of a power failure by
keeping a NAS controller online long enough to write the cache
to the internal storage device.
Automatic load balancing Automatic balancing of client connections across network ports
and NAS controllers, as well as backend I/O across MD array
LUNs.
Multiprotocol support Support for CIFS/SMB (on Windows) and NFS (on UNIX and Linux)
protocols with ability to share user data across both protocols.
Client authentication Control access to files using local and remote client
authentication, including LDAP, Active Directory, and NIS.
Quota rules Support for controlling client space usage.
File security style Choice of file security mode for a NAS volume (UNIX or NTFS).
Cache mirroring The write cache is mirrored between NAS controllers, which
ensures a high performance response to client requests and
maintains data integrity in the event of a NAS controller failure.
Journaling mode In the event of a NAS controller failure, the cache in the remaining
NAS controller is written to storage and the NAS controller
continues to write directly to storage, which protects against data
loss.
NAS volume thin clones Clone NAS volumes without the need to physically copy the data
set.
Deduplication Policydriven postprocess deduplication technology that
eliminates redundant data at rest.
Compression LZPS (Level Zero Processing System) compression algorithm that
intelligently shrinks data at rest.
Metadata protection Metadata is constantly check-summed and stored in multiple
locations for data consistency and protection.
Replication NAS-volume level, snapshotbased, asynchronous replication to
enable disaster recovery.
Snapshots Redirectonwrite, useraccessible snapshots
NDMP backups Snapshotbased, asynchronous backup (remote NDMP) over
Ethernet to certified thirdparty backup solutions.
Antivirus scanning CIFS antivirus scanning by deploying certified thirdparty ICAP
enabled antivirus solutions.
Monitoring Builtin performance monitoring and capacity planning.
Overview Of PowerVault FluidFS Systems
PowerVault FluidFS system consists of one or two PowerVault NX36x0 appliances connected and
configured to utilize a PowerVault MD storage array and provide NAS services. PowerVault FluidFS
systems can start with one NX36x0 appliance, and expand with another (identical) appliance as required.
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