OneFS SmartPools is typically used in the following ways:
Traditional file tiering
- Store "current" data on the faster nodes and "old" data on cost-optimized storage.
- More flexibility in choosing which files reside where.
- Faster movement of files.
Metadata acceleration
- Use SSD nodes to accelerate metadata operations (for example, searches and indexing) on archive data stored on NL nodes.
Application partitioning
- Store files from different users, groups, or projects on separate hardware.
Equivalent node support
- Add or replace a new style of node to a pool of near identical previous generation nodes.
Auto-provisioning and large cluster support
- Large clusters are automatically provisioned into disk pools to enhance reliability.
- Painless to add nodes.
- Appropriate protection is configured automatically.