The Dell Unity file system brings several improvements over existing NAS file system technologies. With the 64-bit architecture, the Dell Unity file system can scale far beyond the limitations of previous file systems in many areas, including file system size. The file system is also flexible and well suited to both traditional and transactional use cases, providing value over existing technologies in a variety of ways including:
- Scalability
- Storage Efficiency
- Availability and Recoverability
- Performance
- Virtualization
In addition, Dell Unity file systems include a full set of features, enabling them to be used and protected as efficiently as possible. While several features including quotas, shrink, and reclaim are purpose built for Dell Unity file systems, others leverage Dell Unity’s deep integration between block and file to provide truly unified features applicable to both block and file storage resources.
