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Dell PowerScale SyncIQ: Architecture, Configuration, and Considerations
Executive summary
Overview
Note to readers
Revisions
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Introduction Deployment topologies Use cases Architecture and processes Data replication Configuring a SyncIQ policy Impacts of modifying SyncIQ policies SyncIQ performance rules SnapshotIQ and SyncIQ SyncIQ design considerations Failover and failback Superna Eyeglass DR Edition SyncIQ and CloudPools SyncIQ security SyncIQ bandwidth reservations Monitoring, alerting, reporting, and optimizing performance Administration SyncIQ replication and data reduction 16 TiB large file support and SyncIQ implications OneFS version compatibility SmartLock compatibility Conclusion Appendix A: Failover and failback steps Appendix B: SyncIQ encryption with self-signed certificates Appendix C: Configuring cascaded replication Appendix D: Configuring custom replication Appendix E: Technical support and resources

Revisions

Revisions

  • Date

    Description

    March 2019

    Completely re-written and updated

    April 2019

    Updated for OneFS 8.2. Added SyncIQ encryption and bandwidth reservation sections.

    August 2019

    Added section for SyncIQ requiring System Access Zone and ‘Source and target cluster replication performance. Updated SyncIQ worker calculations.

    October 2019

    Added “Small File Storage Efficiency and SyncIQ” section. Updated SyncIQ Encryption X.509 certificate details.

    January 2020

    Updated for OneFS 8.2.2: Added section for 16 TiB SyncIQ implications and added Data Reduction section.

    April 2020

    Moved ‘SyncIQ password’ and ‘SyncIQ encryption’ sections under new ‘SyncIQ security’ section. Updated SyncIQ encryption section. Added SyncIQ encryption with self-signed certificates to Appendix.

    May 2020

    Updated ‘Isilon’ branding to ‘PowerScale’. Added ‘PowerScale’ nodes to ‘SyncIQ replication and data reduction’ section.

    June 2020

    Added ‘Target cluster Snapshot Alias’ section. Updated ‘Cascaded’ replication and ‘Whenever the source is modified’ sections.

    August 2020

    Updated ‘Running a SyncIQ job’ section with minor notes.

    September 2020

    Updated ‘SyncIQ encryption’ section for OneFS release 9.1.

    November 2020

    Updated ‘Cascaded’ and ‘Custom’ deployment topologies and added corresponding appendices.

    May 2021

    Updated ‘Prepare Policy for Accelerated Failback Performance’ section.

    October 2021

    Added ‘Writable Snapshots’ section.

    January 2022

    Updated ‘16 TiB large file support’ and ‘OneFS version compatibility’ sections. Updated ‘isi sync’ commands.

    February 2022

    Updated template

    April 2022

    Updated for OneFS 9.4.0.0

    May 2022

    Updated ‘Prepare policy for accelerated failback’, ‘SyncIQ encryption’, and ‘Failback’ sections. Added ‘Hard links and SyncIQ’ section.

    June 2022

    Updated ‘Cascaded’ section under ‘Deployment topologies’ with best practices. Added ‘Dell CSI and SyncIQ’ section.