Cluster scalability |
Up to 4 FS8600 appliances (8 controllers) and up to 8 Storage Center systems in a single NAS cluster |
Capacity scalability |
Up to 4PB usable file capacity per NAS cluster (requires 2 or more Storage Centers to reach max capacity) 20PB capacity using FluidFS global namespace with discrete FS8600 systems |
8Gb Fibre Channel
connectivity options |
Frontend and interconnect traffic (2 options):
1GbE: 2 Intel 1GbE quad-port NICs per controller, CAT6 only, RJ-45
10GbE: 2 Intel 10GbE dual-port NICs per controller, Twinax or fiber-optic, SFP+ standards
Backend: 1 QLogic dual-port FC HBA per controller, SFP+ standards
Fibre Channel switch is required; direct connect to the SAN is not supported |
10Gb iSCSI connectivity options |
Frontend: 1 Intel 10GbE dual-port NIC per controller, Twinax or fiber-optic, SFP+ standards
Backend and interconnect: 1 Intel 10GbE dual-port NIC per controller, Twinax or fiber-optic, SFP+ standards
Ethernet switch is required; direct connect to the SAN is not supported; upgrades from FC to iSCSI or vice versa is not supported |
Storage arrays supported |
SC9000, SC8000, SC4020, SCv2080, Series 40 controllers
SCOS 6.5.3 or newer |
Management |
Dell Storage Manager, FluidFS v5 CLI, PowerShell, RESTful API, SNMP, MMC |
NFS v3 file protocol support |
NFS over UDP and TCP, Kerberos 5 security options, UTF8 and ASCII support, NLM |
NFS v4 file protocol support |
Core features Kerberos 5 security options, UTF8 and ASCII support, pseudo file system, locking, share modes and access control lists (ACLs) |
NFS 4.1 file protocol support |
Core features Kerberos 5 security options (pNFS not supported) |
SMB file protocol support |
SMB 1.0, 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0, SMB BranchCache, SMB sparse files, persistent file handles, continuous availability, SMB signing and encryption (MD5, HMAC-SHA-256, SMB 3 AES), large MTU, file leases and oplocks |
Network protocols |
Full support for client IPv6 and IPv4 connections, including load balancing mechanism, LACP |
NAS volumes |
Max NAS volumes per NAS cluster: 1,024
Max NAS volume size: as large as the file system/namespace |
Shares/exports |
Max number of SMB shares per system: 1,024
Max number of NFS mounts/exports per system: 1,024 |
Concurrent active SMB connections |
Max for single appliance: 30,000
Max for a 4-appliance cluster: 20,000 ("active" defined as clients engaging in I/O in the last 15 minutes) |
User authentication |
For SMB clients: Kerberos 5 and NTLM v2 on Microsoft Active Directory Server
For NFS v4, 4.1 clients: Kerberos 5 |
Directory and name services |
Windows SMB and NFS clients: Microsoft® Active Directory® 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2
Linux/UNIX clients: NIS, LDAP, DNS |
Quotas |
Quotas at user, group and directory level:
Max user/group quota rules per volume: 1,024
Max user quotas per system: 1,024 |
Local users |
Max number of local users per cluster: 100
Max number of local groups per cluster: 100 |
Directories |
Max number of directories per appliance: 32 billion
Max number of directories per 4-appliance cluster: 128 billion
Max number of files in a directory: 1 million
Max directory depth: 255 |
Files |
Max file size: 16TB
Max number of files per appliance: unlimited
Max number of files per 4-appliance cluster: unlimited
Max file name length: 255 bytes |
Snapshots and clones |
Redirect-on-write snapshots and thin NAS volume read/write clones
Max number of snapshots per NAS volume: 10,000
Max number of snapshots per cluster: 100,000
Max number of snapshot policies per system: 1,024 |
Replication |
Asynchronous to peer FS8600 clusters
Max number of replication partners (or destinations): 100
Max number of replication policies per FS8600 cluster: 1,024
Max number of simultaneous volume replications: 10 outgoing, 100 incoming
Max volumes enabled for replication: 1,024 |
NDMP backup |
Remote or three-way NDMP over Ethernet ports
Direct or two-way NDMP over Fibre Channel ports
Refer to FluidFS v5 support matrix for a list of supported backup vendors |
Antivirus |
Supported for SMB shares via ICAP protocol
Refer to FluidFS v5 support matrix for a list of supported Antivirus vendors |
Auditing |
Auditing using SACLs and third party auditing softwares. Refer to FluidFS v5 support matrics for details |
Thin provisioning |
Thin provisioning at file, file system or NAS volume level to oversubscribe the file system capacity visible to users |
Data reduction |
Post-process policy-based variable block (128KB +/- 64KB) data deduplication and LZPS compression configured per NAS volume |
Processor per controller |
Dual Intel® Xeon® E5620, 4-core, 12MB, L3, 80W, 2.4GHz |
Memory |
48GB DDR3 1066MT/s per controller (96GB per appliance)
24GB DDR3 1066MT/s per 1Gb controller (48GB per appliance) |
Power |
Primary power supply: 2 PSUs per appliance
Backup power supply: 1 battery per controller, 2 batteries per appliance
Input voltage: 90-264 VAC
Output wattage: 717W
Heat dissipation: 2446 BTU/hr
Line frequency: 47-63 Hz
Current: 10.5Amp at 90 VAC steady state |
Dimensions |
2U
Height: 8.64 cm (3.4 in)
Width: 44.63 cm (17.6 in) (does not include rack flange)
Depth: 81.30 cm (32.0 in) (includes bezel and controllers installed)
Weight: 69.5 lb (31.5 kg) |