Chapter 4 Configuring StorNext

 

Windows Configuration Utilities

 

 

Field / Button

Description

 

 

Number of Transfer

Specify the number of socket transfer buffers

Buffers

used for Distributed LAN Client I/O.

 

 

Read Timeout (sec)

Specify how long the Distributed LAN Client

 

will wait for a read operation to complete

 

before retrying it on a different Distributed

 

LAN Server.

 

 

Write Timeout (sec)

Specify how long the Distributed LAN Client

 

will wait for a write operation to complete

 

before retrying it on a different Distributed

 

LAN Server.

 

 

Transfer Buffer Size

Specify the size in kilobytes of the socket

(kb)

transfer buffers used for Distributed LAN

 

Client I/O.

 

 

TCP Window Size (kb)

Specify the size in kilobytes of the TCP

 

window used for Distributed LAN Client I/O

 

connections.

 

 

Max Threads

Specify the number of kernel threads that will

 

be used to service Distributed LAN Client I/O

 

requests.

 

 

Server Interfaces

To complete Distributed LAN Server

 

configuration, select one or more network

 

interfaces to be used for Distributed LAN

 

Client traffic.

 

 

Advanced Mount Options

The Mount Options tab (figure ) displays the mount options for the drive currently selected on the Drive Mappings tab. Table 16 describes the fields on the Distributed LAN tab.

Caution: Changing the values on the Mount Options tab can affect system performance and stability. Do not change mount options unless instructed to do so by the Quantum Technical Assistance Center.

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