Dell PowerScale SyncIQ: Architecture, Configuration, and Considerations

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  Overview
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  Note to readers
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  Revisions
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  We value your feedback

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  Introduction to SyncIQ

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  Introduction to deployment topologies
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  One-to-one
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  One-to-many
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  Many-to-one
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  Local target
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  Cascaded
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  Custom

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  Introduction to use cases
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  Disaster recovery
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  Business continuance
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  Disk-to-disk backup and restore
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  Remote archive

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  Architecture and processes overview
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  Asynchronous source-based replication
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  Source cluster snapshot integration
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  Processes

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  Introduction to data replication
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  Initial replication
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  Incremental replication
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  Differential replication or target aware sync

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  Introduction to configuring a SyncIQ policy
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  Naming and enabling a policy
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  Synchronization and copy policies
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  Running a SyncIQ job
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  Source cluster directory
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  File matching criteria
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  Restricting SyncIQ source nodes
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  Target host and directory
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  Target snapshots
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  Advanced settings
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  Assess Sync

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  Impacts of modifying SyncIQ policies

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  SyncIQ performance rules

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  Introduction to SnapshotIQ and SyncIQ
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  Specifying snapshots for replication
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  Archiving SnapshotIQ snapshots to a backup cluster
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  Target cluster SnapshotIQ snapshots
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  Writeable snapshots

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  Introduction to SnapIQ design considerations
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  Cluster resources with data replication
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  Snapshots and SyncIQ policies
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  Network considerations
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  Jobs targeting a single directory tree
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  Authentication integration
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  SyncIQ and Hadoop Transparent Data Encryption
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  Small File Storage Efficiency (SFSE) and SyncIQ
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  Hard links and SyncIQ
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  Dell Container Storage Interface (CSI) and SyncIQ

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  Introduction to failover and failback
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  Failover
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  Target cluster dataset
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  Failback
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  Allow-writes compared to break association

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  Superna Eyeglass DR Edition

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  Introduction to SyncIQ and CloudPools
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  CloudPools failover and failback implications
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  Target cluster SyncIQ and CloudPools configuration

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  Introduction to SyncIQ security
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  SyncIQ encryption
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  SyncIQ pre-shared key

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  Introduction to SyncIQ bandwidth reservations
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  Bandwidth reservation configuration
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  Bandwidth reserve
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  Bandwidth reservation scenarios

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  Introduction to monitoring, alerting, reporting, and optimizing performance
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  Policy job monitoring
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  Performance monitoring
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  Alerts
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  Reporting
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  Optimizing SyncIQ performance

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  Introduction to administration
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  Role-based access control
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  OneFS Platform API

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  Introduction to SyncIQ replication and data reduction
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  SmartDedupe
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  Isilon F810, H5600, and PowerScale nodes

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  16 TiB large file support and SyncIQ implications

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  OneFS version compatibility

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  Introduction to SmartLock compatibilty
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  Compliance mode
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  Failover and failback with SmartLock
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  SmartLock and SyncIQ security

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  Conclusion

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  Introduction to failover and failback steps
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  Assumptions
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  Failover
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  Failback

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  Introduction
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  Generate keys
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  Import keys and apply SyncIQ settings
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  Create an encrypted SyncIQ policy
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  Modify an existing SyncIQ policy for encryption
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  Additional SyncIQ information and optional commands

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  Appendix C: Configuring cascaded replication

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  Appendix D: Configuring custom replication

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  Appendix E: Technical support and resources