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Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

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Global Namespace

Global namespace is a virtual view of shared folders in an organization. This feature allows the Administrator to provide a single point of access for data that is hosted on two or more separate servers.

Global namespace is enabled by default, and can be configured using the CLI. See the white paper Dell FluidFS FS8600 Appliance CLI Reference Guide for more information about global namespace commands.

Global Namespace Limitations

  • Global namespace is supported on SMB2.x, SMB3.x, and NFSv4.x clients only.
  • Global namespace cannot be configured on these volumes:
    • NAS volume that reached full capacity
    • Replication destination NAS volume (or by any other read-only NAS volume)
  • NFSv4 redirection targets support NFSv4 protocol (the remote NAS server supports NFSv4, enabling NFSv4 redirections).
  • SMB shares cannot be defined on the redirection folder directly. An SMB share is defined on a local folder that contains the redirection folder. The redirection folder cannot be defined on SMB shared folder (even when empty).
  • Redirection folders cannot be set on non-empty directories.
  • NAS virtual volume backup, restore, replication, and snapshot operations are not supported on the remote target data. It is supported only on the redirection folders (including the redirection data information) that reside inside the local volume data.
  • After the NFSv4 or SMB client is redirected to the remote server and establishes the remote connection, the client continues further communication with the remote server.

Additional Documentation

For more information about configuring namespace aggregation, see: Using Dell FluidFS Global Namespace

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