{"id":1212,"date":"2013-09-06T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2023-02-17T10:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:20:49","slug":"understanding-zfs-nas-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/understanding-zfs-nas-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"StorageDirector Z Series ZFS NAS: Understanding the storage technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligently manage storage throughout your organization. Ideal workloads include hosted services, media streaming, data archiving, off-site disaster recovery or an application or file server.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/understanding-zfs-nas-technologies\/#High_Scalability_ZFS_NAS_SAN\" >High Scalability ZFS NAS \/ SAN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/understanding-zfs-nas-technologies\/#High_Availability_ZFS_NAS_SAN_Solution\" >High Availability ZFS NAS \/ SAN Solution<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"High_Scalability_ZFS_NAS_SAN\"><\/span>High Scalability ZFS NAS \/ SAN<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The StorageDirector Z2 Foundation gives network administrators a low-cost, scale-out storage platform to expand any NFS, CIFS, iSCSI or Fiber Channel network by up to 192 terabytes. A system head runs NexentaStor Enterprise Edition, while a separate server disk shelf provides the capacity for archiving, replicating, hosting and provisioning data and applications.<\/p>\n<p>Archive data for replication, create an off-site disaster recovery backup, or store virtual datacenter infrastructures. As storage needs grow, the base system configuration can simply be expanded with an additional server disk shelf &#8211; up to four shelves in all.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"High_Availability_ZFS_NAS_SAN_Solution\"><\/span>High Availability ZFS NAS \/ SAN Solution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Based on the StorageDirector Z2 Foundation model, the StorageDirector Z2 HA Cluster delivers increased data and application availability with mirrored dual systems configured for an active-active pair.\u00a0Using the Nexenta HA Cluster software plug-in to run two instances of NexentaStor, each system provides access to storage while also providing a fail-over option for the other system. Eliminate a single point of failure the perfect low-cost, high-performance <strong>ZFS NAS\/SAN<\/strong> solution for any environment where uninterrupted access to data and applications is necessary. Targeted workloads include cloud, virtualized or tiered storage environments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligently manage storage throughout your organization. Ideal workloads include hosted services, media streaming, data archiving, off-site disaster recovery or an application or file server. 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