FluidFS (FluidFS firmware) |
A special-purpose, Dell-proprietary operating
system providing enterprise-class NAS services using SAN storage systems
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FluidFS controller |
A Dell hardware device capable of running the FluidFS
firmware
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NAS (FluidFS) appliance |
A Dell hardware product containing two FluidFS
controllers in a single enclosure
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FluidFS system / cluster |
Multiple FluidFS controllers appropriately connected
and configured together into a single functional unit
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NAS pool |
The Storage Center system LUNs (and their aggregate
size) allocated and provisioned to a FluidFS system
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NAS volume |
File system (single-rooted directory/folder and
file hierarchy), defined using FluidFS management functions over a
portion of the NAS pool
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SMB share |
A file system sub-hierarchy available to SMB clients
via the SMB protocol
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NFS export |
A file system sub-hierarchy available to NFS clients
via the NFS protocol
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