OneFS is designed to scale out as opposed to some storage systems that scale up. We can seamlessly increase the existing file system or volumes by adding more nodes to the cluster. This is done in three easy steps by the administrator:
1) adding another node into the rack
2) attaching the node to the Infiniband network
3) instructing the cluster to add the additional node
The data in the cluster is moved across to the new node by autobalance feature in an automatic coherent manner such that the new node will not be a hot spot and existing data gets benefit with the additional performance capabilities. This works in a transparent manner so that storage can grow from TB to PB without any administration overhead.
The storage system is designed to work with all kinds of workflows - sequential, concurrent or random. OneFS provides for all these workflows because throughput and IOPS scale linearly with the number of nodes present in the system. Balancing plays a large role in keeping the performance linear with capacity. Each node is treated the same as they are added and it's a homogeneous cluster. Since each of the nodes have a balanced data distribution and there is automatic rebalancing and distributed processing, each additional CPU, network ports and memory is utilized as the system scales.
Administrators have a variety of interfaces to configure the OneFS.
The Web administration User Interface ("WebUI")
The command line interface that operates via SSH interfaces or RS232 serial connection
The LCD panel on the nodes themselves for simple add/remove functions.
RESTful platform API for programmatic control of cluster configuration and management.
Files are secured by a variety of techniques :
Active Directory (AD)
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Network Information Service
Local users and groups.
Active Directory which is a directory service for the network resources is integrated with the cluster by joining the cluster to the domain. The nodes of the cluster are now reachable via the DNS and the users can be authenticated based on their membership to Active Directory.
LDAP provides a protocol to reach out to other directory services provider. So many more platforms can be targeted.
NIS is another protocol that is referred to as the yellow pages and provides a way to secure the users
And finally the local users and groups of a node can be used to grant permission to that node.
Cluster access is partitioned into access zones. Access Zones are logical divisions comprising of
cluster network configuration
file protocol access
authentication
Zones are associated with a set of SMB/CIFS shares and one or more authentication providers for access control.
1) adding another node into the rack
2) attaching the node to the Infiniband network
3) instructing the cluster to add the additional node
The data in the cluster is moved across to the new node by autobalance feature in an automatic coherent manner such that the new node will not be a hot spot and existing data gets benefit with the additional performance capabilities. This works in a transparent manner so that storage can grow from TB to PB without any administration overhead.
The storage system is designed to work with all kinds of workflows - sequential, concurrent or random. OneFS provides for all these workflows because throughput and IOPS scale linearly with the number of nodes present in the system. Balancing plays a large role in keeping the performance linear with capacity. Each node is treated the same as they are added and it's a homogeneous cluster. Since each of the nodes have a balanced data distribution and there is automatic rebalancing and distributed processing, each additional CPU, network ports and memory is utilized as the system scales.
Administrators have a variety of interfaces to configure the OneFS.
The Web administration User Interface ("WebUI")
The command line interface that operates via SSH interfaces or RS232 serial connection
The LCD panel on the nodes themselves for simple add/remove functions.
RESTful platform API for programmatic control of cluster configuration and management.
Files are secured by a variety of techniques :
Active Directory (AD)
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Network Information Service
Local users and groups.
Active Directory which is a directory service for the network resources is integrated with the cluster by joining the cluster to the domain. The nodes of the cluster are now reachable via the DNS and the users can be authenticated based on their membership to Active Directory.
LDAP provides a protocol to reach out to other directory services provider. So many more platforms can be targeted.
NIS is another protocol that is referred to as the yellow pages and provides a way to secure the users
And finally the local users and groups of a node can be used to grant permission to that node.
Cluster access is partitioned into access zones. Access Zones are logical divisions comprising of
cluster network configuration
file protocol access
authentication
Zones are associated with a set of SMB/CIFS shares and one or more authentication providers for access control.
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