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Isilon “Back to Basics” Blog Series

Welcome to my new blog!  Thanks for stopping by to have a look.  I have been going back and forth on a post to kick off my new blogspace here at vblurbs when it occurred to me that I’ve been spending...

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Isilon “Back to Basics” Series – Part 1: Isilon Overview

What is Isilon? Isilon is a scale-out NAS solution with Big Data in mind and simplicity at its core.  One feature of Isilon that we’ll talk more about later is that it doesn’t use RAID protection....

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Isilon “Back to Basics” Series – Part 2: Isilon & Infiniband

Infiniband Isilon uses Infiniband (IB) for a super-fast, micro-second latency, backend network that serves as the backbone of the Isilon cluster.  Depending on the model of IB switch you are using,...

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Isilon “Back to Basics” Series – Part 3: Configuring an Isilon Cluster

Information Gathering Just like in cooking, a good chef takes a moment to gather the ingredients before diving in.  A little “mise en place” goes a long way and makes the task at hand that much more...

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Isilon “Back to Basics” Series – Part 4: FlexProtect Data Protection

No More RAID As mentioned in my first post of this series, Isilon Overview, hardware-based RAID data protection is not used in Isilon.  Instead, OneFS uses the Reed-Solomon erasure coding algorithm for...

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Isilon “Back to Basics” Series – Part 5: Advanced Features

Additional Licensing Required Isilon comes with some cool standard features, such as SmartConnect Basic, right out-of-the-box.  As with most things in IT, if you want the really cool stuff you will...

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Isilon shares replication using Superna Eyeglass for Isilon (v1.3)

I have been spending a fair amount of time checking out Superna’s Eyeglass for Isilon in my home lab.  Over the past year or so, I have run into the same question when it comes to Isilon’s SyncIQ...

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