Live DB and Archive DB are two distinct repositories with different write characteristics.
They were evaluated on individual storage platforms and on a single platform in the following configurations:
- For the Live DB we tested various Unity and SC series arrays with both FC and iSCSI storage protocols.
- For the Archive DB we tested an Isilon scale-out cluster, Unity arrays, and SC series arrays with iSCSI.
The following table lists the Dell storage platforms and network protocols determined to be suitable for each XProtect video database storage tier.
Array/cluster | Database | Protocol | Verified |
DAS | Live DB | DAS | Yes (by Milestone) |
Unity series | Live DB | FC | Yes (functional test) |
Unity series | Live DB | iSCSI | Yes |
SC series | Live DB | iSCSI | Yes (functional) |
PowerStore | Live DB | iSCSI | Yes |
DAS | Archive DB | DAS | Yes (by Milestone) |
Isilon clusters 1 | Archive DB | SMB2, SMB3 | Yes |
Unity series | Archive DB | iSCSI | Yes |
SC series | Archive DB | iSCSI | Yes |
ECS | Archive DB | S3 | Yes |
PowerStore 5000X | Archive DB | iSCSI | Yes |