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Frequency of access
Type and Tier of disk drive
RAID level
Corresponding volume
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Maintains metadata
Individual files can span multiple drive types and RAID levels
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Cache:
In a typical SAN using storage groups, Cache maybe used to compensate for the
problems with targeting drives which causes slow access.
With Compellents Dynamic Block Architecture design, and the ability to write to
all disks, large amounts of cache are no longer needed.
In addition, there is no administrative tuning required with Compellents Cache
as in other storage arrays. Compellents Cache is dynamic in nature and can
shrink or grow its buffer size depending on the IO coming into the system.
Cache Size
20 Series: 2.5GB
30 Series: 3.5GB
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Datapage Sizes
2 MB is Compellents default datapage size, this selection is appropriate for
most applications.
Additional page sizes can be selected. These additional sizes need to be made
accessible by changing Advanced User Options under Configure My Volume
Defaults.
512 KB: This datapage size is appropriate for applications with high performance
needs, or environments in which Replays are taken frequently under heavy I/O.
Selecting this size reduces the amount of space the System Manager can present to
servers.
4 MB: This datapage size is appropriate for systems that use a large amount of disk
space with infrequent Replays.
Caution: If you are considering using either the 512 KB or 4 MB datapage setting, it
is recommended you contact Copilot services so that system resources remain
balanced and the impact on performance is considered.
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Disk Virtualization
The Compellent Storage Center manages all disks as a single pool of resources from
which the administrator can dynamically select and assign disk resources to server
resources. Virtualization employs full disk parallelization across heterogeneous servers
and disks.
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