Dell Compellent FS8600
Unified storage as dynamic as your business![]()
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Now you can improve productivity and streamline your IT infrastructure by unifying block and file data on a single storage platform. The Dell™ Compellent™ FS8600 brings scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) to the Compellent product portfolio and introduces the innovative Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) to the storage environment. A core piece of the Dell Fluid Data architecture, FluidFS is a clustered file system that avoids traditional architectural limitations by scaling capacity and performance non- disruptively. Advanced features help ensure your data is efficiently stored, managed and protected.
Manage your data efficiently while controlling costs
Paired with Dell Compellent Storage Center, the FS8600 enables highly efficient file and block storage through a single virtualized platform, avoiding the overhead and complexity of two solutions. Users can keep CAPEX and OPEX in check while leveraging Compellent’s industry-leading block-level efficiencies for their file storage needs. Automated tiered storage helps customers lower the overall cost of storage
by automatically moving stagnant files to less expensive drives. A single virtualized pool of capacity eliminates the need to carve separate spindles for file. Thin provisioning allows users to over-allocate NAS capacity, but only consumes space when data is written. And Copilot Support provides one number to dial for award-winning support for the entire SAN and NAS solution.
Scale up and out as your storage requirements grow
The Dell Compellent FS8600 solution provides an extremely agile platform for constantly evolving block and file storage requirements. Performance and capacity scale non-disruptively to accommodate growing storage needs without forcing a platform rip-and-replace. The scale-out architecture supports a single namespace across up to four FS8600 appliances and capacity expands up to 1PB manageable space with two Storage Center arrays. Load-balancing continually optimizes performance as the FS8600 system scales.
Keep your business protected with a highly available solution
The inherent resilience of the FS8600 gives you another layer of data protection without adding complexity. Active-active controller pairs provide instantaneous failover without introducing idle resources. Features like cache mirroring, battery- based backup power supply and failsafe journaling protect metadata to help maintain data integrity. Redirect-on-write file-level snapshots require only one I/O per write, avoiding the performance degradation of the traditional copy-on-write approach. Asynchronous replication complements the robust disaster recovery capabilities of Storage Center at the file system level. Add another layer of data protection with native NDMP backup antivirus via ICAP and Symantec Scan Engine 5.2.
Enhance your enterprise storage capabilities with the Compellent FS8600 and enable an intelligent, agile future for your data center and your business.
Feature | Dell™ Compellent™ FS8600 |
NAS appliance and controllers | Each NAS appliance has dual active-active NAS controllers with cache mirroring and integrated backup power supply |
Max capacity and cluster size | Single namespace expands up to 1PB and out to 4 appliances (8 controllers) |
Front-end (client network) con- nectivity | 1GbE version: 4 x 1GbE ports per controller 10GbE version: 2 x 10GbE ports per controller |
Back-end (SAN) connectivity | 2 x 8Gb Fibre Channel ports per controller Switch is required; direct connect to the SAN is not supported |
Protocol support | CIFS/SMBv1.0, NFSv3, Active Directory, LDAP, NIS, NDMP, SNMP |
Storage arrays supported | Series 40 or SC8000 controllers SCOS 5.5.6, 5.5.10, 6.2.3, 6.2; Enterprise Manager 6.2 |
CPU per controller | Dual Intel E5620 4 core / 12MB L3/ 80W / 2.4GHz |
Memory | Dual Intel E5620 4 core / 12MB L3/ 80W / 2.4GHz |
Form factor | 2U |
Boot option | Local |
Files | Max file size: 4TB Max number of files per appliance: 64 billion Max number of files per 4-appliance cluster: 256 billion Max file name length: 255 bytes |
Directories | Max number of directories per appliance: 34 billion Max number of directories per 4-appliance cluster: 136 billion Max directory depth: 512 |
Management | Enterprise Manager and Fluid File System GUI |
Thin provisioning | Block-level with Compellent Dynamic Capacity |
Automated Tiered Storage | Compellent Automated Tiered Storage applied to NAS Pool |
Snapshots | Redirect-on-write, user-accessible over the network Maximum number of snapshots per NAS volume: 512 Maximum number of snapshots per FS8600 system: 10,000 |
Replication | Asynchronous to peer FS8600 appliance(s) Like-to-like configurations only Maximum number of replication policies per FS8600 system: 100 |
NDMP | Remote via Ethernet ports (Fibre Channel not supported) Certified with CommVault Simpana 9.x, Symantec NetBackup 7.x and Backup Exec 2010R3 & 2012 |
Antivirus | ICAP and Symantec ScanEngine 5.2 |
User authentication | Microsoft Active Directory 2003 and 2008 for Windows CIFS clients with Microsoft NLTM (Level 0-2), Kerberos |
User identity management | LDAP, NIS for Linux/UNIX NFS clients |
Shares/Exports | Max number of CIFS shares: 1,024 Max number of NFS mounts/exports: 1,024 |
Max concurrent active CIFS connections | 1500 for single appliance, 6000 for a 4-appliance cluster |
Max quotas | 512 quota rules per volume, 100,000 user quotas per system |
Max NAS volumes | 256 per appliance, 1,024 per 4-appliance cluster |
Primary power supply | 2 PSUs per appliance |
Backup power supply | 1 battery per controller, 2 batteries per appliance |
Wattage | Output 717W |
Voltage | 115-230 V AC |
Heat dissipation | 242 BTU/hr Max @ 230 V AC, 322 BTU/hr Max @ 115 V AC |
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) |
Maximum weight | 69.5 lbs |
Overview Part 1 - General overview and Enterprise Manager integration.
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1CPoZDS6SU]
Overview Part 2 - Volumes and share management.
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz9dKjcyR4I]
Overview Part 3 - Snapshot configuration and recovery.
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1aCg6E7rkw]