Cost Effective Network Attached Storage Device Dell Compellent FS8600

Dell Compellent FS8600
 
Platform optimized for high speed storage and lower total cost of ownership
With the next-generation Dell Fluid File System version 5 (FluidFS version 5), the enterprise-class FS8600 is one of the most cost-effective scale-out NAS solutions that can increase file operations per second (OPS) in an affordable manner. The efficient combination of price and efficiency complements performance and capacity to deliver the following benefits:
With SPEC SFS 2008, linear performance scaling enables 494,000 file open times and 11.9 GB/sec greater throughput 3
Improve performance even when adding more data with mirrored caching and automatic load balancing
More with four FS8600 NAS devices and eight SC Series storage arrays in a single scale-out storage solution
Dell Compellent FS8600 - Flexible Architecture for Multiple Workloads
Flexible architecture for multiple workloads
It can be scaled up or scaled to meet a variety of use cases, whether it requires high performance or high capacity, or both, to meet:
Enterprise File Sharing: Achieve integration of shares in a single non-uniform storage solution through data protection and governance capabilities.
Video Surveillance: Combine scale-out architecture with high-density Dell storage arrays to deliver an affordable density-optimized Fluid File Video solution.
Online archive storage: Saves storage costs by moving old files to lower cost archive storage using the Fluid File Archive solution.
Media and Entertainment: Supports post-production and visual rendering workflows with high-performance scale-out NAS storage.
Healthcare and Life Sciences: Provides unified NAS storage certified for PACS applications for medical imaging and life sciences.
Ultra-high rack density and ultra-low cost per GB
Dell Storage Center with FS8600 and SCv2080 storage arrays provides the ideal rack density for storage-intensive workloads, providing the following benefits:
Better than the storage density of the top five storage vendors, can store 1 PB of raw capacity in 14U rack space 4
For a raw capacity of 1 PB, the cost per GB is as low as $0.18/GB5
Increased efficiency with scale-out architecture, flash optimization, automatic tiering, and built-in policy-driven block-level deduplication and compression
Expand capacity with NAS thin provisioning and space reclamation
Dell Compellent FS8600 - Ultra-high rack density and ultra-low cost per GB
Dell Compellent FS8600 - Instant scale-out performance and capacity
Scale-out performance and capacity
Extend file storage performance and capacity in your existing infrastructure to add and manage drives, storage enclosures, or NAS devices on-demand in a transparent manner:
Easily scale to 4 PB in a single file system and easily scale to over 20 PB in a single namespace.
Increased flexibility with multi-protocol support including SMB, NFS and FTP
Protect local protected data by using snapshots, NDMP backups, remote replication, and snapshot archives
Simplified data management with Dell Storage Manager for managing SANs and NAS, file system quotas, file extension filtering, CLI, Powershell, and REST management APIs
Enhanced data security and governance with rich integration through Active Directory/LDAP, network isolation, and support for file system auditing features such as Change Auditor
 
Technical Parameters
Product configuration
FS8600 with FluidFS version 5 specification
Supported storage arrays
SCv2080, SC4020, SC8000 and SC9000 controllers
SCOS 6.5.3 or higher, Enterprise Manager 2015 or higher
Technical highlights
NFS v3 file protocol support
NFS over UDP and NFS over TCP, Kerberos 5 security options, UTF8 and ASCII support, NLM
NFS v4 file protocol support
Kerberos 5 security options, UTF8 and ASCII support, pseudo file system, lock, share mode, and access control list (ACL)
NFS 4.1 file protocol support
Core features (pNFS not supported), Kerberos 5 security options
SMB file protocol support
SMB 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0
Persistent file handles, continuous availability, SMB signing and encryption (MD5 and HMAC-SHA-256), large MTU, file lease and opportunity lock
Network protocol
Full support for client IPv6 and IPv4 connectivity, including load balancing mechanisms and access control for NFS export and LACP
NAS volume
Maximum number of NAS volumes per NAS cluster: 1,024
Maximum NAS volume size: same as file system size
Share/export
Maximum number of CIFS shares per system: 1,024
Maximum number of NFS mounts/exports per system: 1,024
Concurrent activity CIFS connection number
Maximum number of individual devices: 30,000 (for devices with a capacity of 48 GB)
Maximum number of clusters per 4 devices: 120,000
("Activity" is defined as the client has had I/O operations in the past 15 minutes)
User authentication
For CIFS clients: Kerberos 5 and NTLMv2 on Microsoft Active Directory Server
For NFS v4, 4.1 clients: Kerberos 5
Directory and name service
Windows CIFS and NFS clients: Microsoft Active Directory 2003, 2003R2, 2008R2, 2012
Linux/UNIX client: NIS, LDAP, and DNS
Maximum limit
Maximum number of rule rules per volume: 1,024
Maximum number of user quotas per system: 1,024
Local user
Maximum number of local users per cluster: 100
Maximum number of local groups per cluster: 100
table of Contents
Maximum number of directories per device: 32 billion
Maximum number of directories per cluster of 4 devices: 128 billion
The maximum number of files in a directory: 1 million
Maximum directory depth: 255
file
Maximum file size: 16 TB
Maximum number of files per device: unlimited
Maximum number of files per cluster of 4 devices: unlimited
Maximum file name length: 255 bytes
Snapshot
Redirect snapshots and thin volume clones when writing
Maximum number of snapshots per NAS volume: 10,000
Maximum number of snapshots per FS8600 system: 100,000
Maximum number of snapshot policies per system: 1,024
copy
Asynchronous with peer FS8600 devices (client network speed and array configuration may vary)
Maximum number of replication partners (or targets): 100
Maximum number of replication policies per FS8600 system: 1,024
Maximum number of synchronous volume copies: 10 outgoing, 100 incoming
Maximum number of volumes with replication enabled: 1,024
NDMP backup
Remote and three-way NDMP backup on Ethernet ports (backups on back-end Fibre Channel are not supported)
Certified on Quest NetVault Backup 9, CommVault Simpana 9.x, Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3, Symantec NetBackup 7.x, Backup Exec 2010R3 and 2012, and EMC Networker 8.0
ICAP antivirus
Symantec ScanEngine 5.2 and Protection Engine 7.0, McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise 8.8 and Enterprise for Storage 1.0.2, Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 10.0, and TrendMicro InterScan Web Security Suite 3.1
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Thin provisioning
Thin provisioning at the file and block level NAS volume level or file system level to oversubscribe user-visible file system capacity
Data reduction
Variable block (128 KB +/- 64 KB) deduplication based on post-processing strategy and LZPS compression configured by NAS volume
management
Dell Storage Manager, FluidFS v5 CLI, PowerShell, RESTful API, SNMP, MMC
Notification method
Compellent background connection communication
Power option 1
main power
2 PSUs per device
backup power
1 battery per controller, 2 batteries per device
Input voltage
90-264 V AC voltage
Output Power
717 W
Heat dissipation
2446 BTU/hour
Line frequency
47 - 63 Hz
Current
10.5 amps at 90 V ac voltage steady state and 5.2 amps at 180 V ac voltage steady state
Scalability
Capacity scalability
Regardless of the controller cluster size, each NAS cluster provides up to 4 PB of available file capacity (requires two Storage Centers to achieve maximum capacity)
Cluster scalability
Up to 4 FS8600 devices (8 controllers) in a single NAS cluster
Processor option
CPU per controller
Two Intel E5620 4 cores / 12 MB L3/80 W/2.4 GHz
Connectivity
8 Gb FC configuration options
Front end and interconnect traffic (two options):
1 GbE: 2 Intel 1 GbE four-port NICs per controller, copper wire only, RJ-45
10 GbE: 2 Intel 10 GbE dual port NICs per controller, copper/fiber, SFP+ standard
Backend: 1 QLogic Dual Port FC HBA per controller, SFP+ standard
Requires switch; does not support direct connection to SAN
10 Gb iSCSI configuration options
Front End: 1 Intel 10 GbE Dual Port NIC per controller, copper/fiber, SFP+ standard
Backend and interconnect: 1 Intel 10 GbE dual port NIC per controller, copper/fiber, SFP+ standard
Requires a switch; does not support direct connection to a SAN; does not support upgrading from FC to iSCSI, nor does it support upgrading from iSCSI to FC
Chassis contains items
Form factor
2U
height
8.64 cm (3.4 inches)
width
44.63 cm (17.6 inches) (without rack edges)
depth
81.30 cm (32.0 inches) (including bezel and installed controller)
weight
69.5 pounds (31.5 kg)
Rack support
ReadyRails II fixed rail for toolless installation in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded holes, or with tools in a 4-post rack with tapped holes
working environment
Temperature
Working time: 10 °C to 40 °C
Non-working: -40 °C to 70 °C
Relative humidity
Working time: 8% to 85% (no condensation)
Non-working: 5% to 95% (no condensation)
Maximum vibration
Working: 0.26 GRMS (5 Hz to 350 Hz at 0.0002 G2/Hz for 5 minutes)
Non-working: 1.88 GRMS, 10 Hz to 500 Hz