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VNX Data Mover Clarifications
Hi,
I have a couple of questions about Data Movers in a VNX NAS environment as i have some file servers that i might want to consolidate on a VNX. Those might seem random questions, but i need to understand them in order to decide on my next action plan:
- What is the maximum number of concurrent CIFS connections to a single data mover?
- What is the maximum number of concurrent NFS connections to a single data mover?
- When would i need to add another data mover? Is it when:
- I reach the capacity limit of my data mover?
- I reach my max number of concurrent connections to a single data mover?
- If i deploy CIFS/NFS for "file shares" only (not applications like VMware or oracle), what is the typical workload profile? Sequential, Large Block, Small block..etc?
Thank you
Regards,
JS
dynamox
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June 28th, 2013 04:00
for datamover limitation you can check VNX for File release notes. You would need to add datamovers if you need additional network capacity, if you reach maximum file system count/capacity per datamover (again listed in the release notes). I typically see small block random I/O on my office shares.
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June 28th, 2013 10:00
yep, you are looking at the right place.
johnsmith1971
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June 28th, 2013 10:00
Thank you dynamox for your reply.
I can see for CIFS (64,000 but tested 20,000) and NFS (64,000).
Am i looking at the right place? Does that make sense?
Thanks
JS
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June 28th, 2013 11:00
Yes – but these are the hard limits
Depending on what your clients are doing of course and your data mover model you need more data movers before that