Contents
The Underlying Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
File Size Mix and Application I/O Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SNFS and Virus Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Metadata Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Metadata Controller System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Distributed LAN (Disk Proxy) Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Distributed LAN Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Distributed LAN Client Vs. Legacy Network Attached Storage . . . . . . . 23
Windows Memory Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sample FSM Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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