Dell DR series - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
1 Introduction to the DR Series System....................................................................................11
About the DR Series System GUI Documentation.................................................................................................. 11
What's New In This Release.................................................................................................................................. 11
Upgrade Notes................................................................................................................................................. 11
Other Information You May Need...........................................................................................................................12
Source Code Availability.........................................................................................................................................12
2 Understanding the DR Series System....................................................................................13
About the DR Series System...................................................................................................................................14
Drive and Available Physical Capacities................................................................................................................ 14
Internal Drive Capacity.....................................................................................................................................14
External Drive Capacity ................................................................................................................................... 15
Data Storage Terminology and Concepts...............................................................................................................15
Data Deduplication and Compression..............................................................................................................18
Streams vs. Connections..................................................................................................................................19
Replication........................................................................................................................................................19
Reverse Replication......................................................................................................................................... 20
Reverse Replication: Alternate Method...........................................................................................................21
Supported File System Protocols............................................................................................................................21
NFS...................................................................................................................................................................22
CIFS.................................................................................................................................................................. 22
CIFS ACL Support............................................................................................................................................. 22
Access Control List Support in Containers...................................................................................................... 23
Unix Permissions Guidelines............................................................................................................................24
Windows Permissions Guidelines....................................................................................................................24
Rapid Data Storage (RDS): DR Series System........................................................................................................25
Rapid OFS (ROFS) API...................................................................................................................................... 25
OpenStorage Technology (OST): DR Series System...............................................................................................25
OpenStorage Technology (OST) API................................................................................................................26
Software Components and Operational Guidelines.........................................................................................27
DR Series System and Data Operations................................................................................................................. 28
DR Series Expansion Shelf...............................................................................................................................28
Understanding About Adding a DR Series Expansion Shelf............................................................................ 29
Supported Software and Hardware........................................................................................................................29
Terminal Emulation Applications......................................................................................................................30
DR Series — Expansion Shelf Cabling................................................................................................................... 30
Adding a DR Series System Expansion Shelf......................................................................................................... 32