PowerScale OneFS Best Practices

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  Introduction
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  Audience
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  Revisions
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  We value your feedback

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  Directory structure and layout
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  File count limits
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  File size limits
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  OneFS storage efficiency

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  Overview
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  Cluster pool size and limits

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  Overview
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  Small file considerations

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  SmartPools data tiering
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  Data access and on-disk layout
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  SSD strategies
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  OneFS caching recommendations
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  L3 cache best practices

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  Introduction
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  External front-end network
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  Front-end connectivity considerations
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  SmartConnect considerations

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  NFS considerations
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  SMB considerations
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  SMB3 Multichannel

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  New cluster best practices

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  Availability and recovery objectives
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  Snapshot considerations
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  Replication considerations

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  Quota best practices
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  Quota considerations

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  Overview
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  SmartDedupe best practices
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  SmartDedupe considerations
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  In-line data reduction best practices
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  In-line data reduction considerations

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  Data immutability recommendations

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  OneFS security hardening

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  Permissions, authentication, and access control recommendations

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  Introduction
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  File system maintenance jobs
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  Feature support jobs
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  User action jobs
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  Job Engine considerations

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  Cluster configuration and administration
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  Cluster capacity management

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  Best practices checklist

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  Summary