Quantum 3.1.4.1 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Title Page

  1
• Contents

  3
• StorNext File System Tuning

  5
  • The Underlying Storage System

    5
    • RAID Cache Configuration

      6
    • RAID Write-Back Caching

      6
    • RAID Read-Ahead Caching

      7
    • RAID Level, Segment Size, and Stripe Size

      8
  • File Size Mix and Application I/O Characteristics

    9
    • Direct Memory Access (DMA) I/O Transfer

      9
    • Buffer Cache

      10
    • NFS / CIFS

      10
  • SNFS and Virus Checking

    11
  • The Metadata Network

    11
  • The Metadata Controller System

    12
    • FSM Configuration File Settings

      13
      • Stripe Groups

        13
      • Affinities

        14
      • StripeBreadth

        15
      • BufferCacheSize

        16
      • InodeCacheSize

        16
      • ThreadPoolSize

        16
      • ForcestripeAlignment

        17
      • FsBlockSize

        17
      • JournalSize

        18
    • SNFS Tools

      19
    • Mount Command Options

      23
    • SNFS External API

      24
  • The Distributed LAN (Disk Proxy) Networks

    24
    • Hardware Configuration

      24
    • Network Configuration and Topology

      26
  • Distributed LAN Servers

    27
  • Distributed LAN Client Vs. Legacy Network Attached Storage

    27
    • Performance

      28
    • Fault tolerance

      28
    • Load Balancing

      28
    • Client Scalability

      28
    • Robustness and Stability

      29
    • Consistent Security Model

      29
  • Windows Memory Requirements

    29
  • Sample FSM Configuration File

    31