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Chapter 1. Welcome to DX Storage CFS

DX Storage Cluster File Server (CFS) is a native DX Storage application that presents a DX Storage

cluster as a standard Linux file system, enabling the use of DX Storage by software that uses a file

system. You can also layer a network file service over DX Storage CFS using Samba or NFS. CFS

separates file data stored directly in DX Storage from file metadata stored in DX Storage via the

Cluster Name Space (CNS).

To enhance performance, the CFS process uses the local file system as a spool/cache for files. This

local cache is where user files are written before they get spooled to DX Storage and where they will

be accessed on subsequent reads if locally available. The cache/spool size is managed by evicting

files based on a least recently used basis when space needs to be reclaimed.

The Cluster Name Space (CNS) also uses DX Storage to store name space records for the file

system structure and metadata (owner, permissions, etc.), fulfilling the role typically performed by

a database but without the scalability and management concerns. CNS uses a RAM-based cache

to deliver metadata objects that are in high demand. Name space modifications and updates are

continuously flushed to DX Storage via a background process.

Recoverability for both CFS and CNS are enhanced by using the Linux machine's local hard disk or

shared storage for journaling of in process events. In the event of a power failure or system crash,

the processes are restarted automatically and any changes not recorded in the namespace or

spooled to DX Storage are replayed from the journal to prevent data loss. A process monitor runs

at all times to restart a CFS or CNS process in the unlikely event of a process crash. All process

monitoring and recovery activities appear in the syslog for management purposes.

This document is intended for people in the following roles.

Storage system administrators

Network administrators

Technical architects

Throughout this document, the storage system administrator and network administrator roles will be

referred to as the administrator. The administrators are normally responsible for allocating storage,

managing capacity, monitoring storage system health, replacing malfunctioning hardware, and

adding additional capacity when needed.

This document covers the steps needed to deploy and configure DX Storage CFS. The reader is

expected to have a background in networking, basic knowledge of Linux operating systems, and

optional experience with NFS, CIFS, SAMBA or other file server clients.

Version 2.6

February 2011