This guide is intended for use by internal Dell sales and pre-sales personnel, and qualified Dell and S-1 partners.
The guidelines presented are for storage platform positioning and system sizing. The sizing recommendations are based on performance and storage protocol conclusions derived from Dell testing.
The guidelines for sizing this video storage solution describe the use of the following storage platforms:
- Dell PowerScale
- Dell Unity
These guidelines include the following design considerations:
- Bandwidth recommendations for S-1 SVMS and one or more Dell storage systems
- Architectural overview of S-1 SVMS
- Dell storage considerations for S-1 SVMS
Use this guide to determine the best practices for the following:
- Number of S-1 SVMS recorders
- Mix of nodes and S-1 SVMS recorders based on the expected bandwidth in an Isilon implementation
- Storage using Fibre Channel (FC) and Internet SCSI (iSCSI) on Unity systems
- Storage using Server Message Block (SMB) on Isilon systems
- Load factors related to the use of Dell storage arrays in the customer's solution
Note: All performance data contained in this report was obtained in a rigorously controlled environment. Network topology and system environment variables can have significant impact on performance and stability. Follow the best practices as outlined in the Dell Storage with S-1 SVMS: Configuration Guide regarding network and storage array configuration. Server and network hardware can also affect performance. Performance varies depending on the specific hardware and software, and might be different from what is outlined here. Performance results will be similar if your environment uses similar hardware and network topology.