LaCie 12big Rack Network Technical Brief

LaCie Professional Server Table of Contents
Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 1
Table of Contents
1. Technical Brief: DFS ...................................................................................................... 3
2. Administrator ............................................................................................................... 3
3. Distributed File System (DFS) ........................................................................................ 4
3.1. Namespaces (DFS-N) ....................................................................................................................... 4
3.1.1. Namespace Example - Branch Office ....................................................................................... 5
3.2. Replication (DFS-R) ........................................................................................................................ 12
3.2.1. Replication Example - Branch Office ...................................................................................... 12
3.2.2. DFS-R as Backup .................................................................................................................. 14
3.2.3. DFS-R and Simultaneous File Sharing ..................................................................................... 14
4. Namespaces ............................................................................................................... 15
4.1. Create the Namespace ................................................................................................................... 15
4.1.1. New Namespace.................................................................................................................. 15
4.1.2. Add a Namespace Server (Domain only) ................................................................................ 20
4.1.3. Namespace: Creating Tree Folders and Adding Shared Folders ............................................... 22
5. Replication.................................................................................................................. 31
5.1. Why DFS-R? .................................................................................................................................. 31
5.2. DFS-R Setup .................................................................................................................................. 32
6. Contacting Customer Support ..................................................................................... 54
6.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts ................................................................................................... 54

LaCie 12big Rack Network Specifications

General

Model	12big Rack Network
Category	Network Storage Server
Drive Bays	12
RAID Support	Yes
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Additional Ports	2 x USB 3.0
Form Factor	Rackmount
Drive Type	SATA
Maximum Capacity	120TB
Network Interface	2 x 10GbE
Processor	Intel Xeon
Memory	8GB
Operating System	Linux-based
Power Supply	Dual redundant