Nas cluster features, Nas cluster components – Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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Primary Domain Controller (PDC)

NOTE:

If another domain controller is not available on the network, you can configure a NAS cluster node as a domain

controller for the NAS cluster. However, client systems outside of the NAS cluster cannot be included as members of

the NAS cluster domain.

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) server

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server

Domain Name System (DNS) server

Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL) server

Network Information Service (NIS) server

NAS Cluster Features

The PowerVault NAS cluster solution provides a high level of availability that is not available in nonclustered PowerVault NAS

systems. Because of the differences between clustered and nonclustered systems, compare the features in the clustered

PowerVault NAS systems to ensure that they meet your specific needs.

Table 1-2

provides a comparison of the features in both clustered and nonclustered PowerVault NAS systems.

Table 1-2. NAS Cluster Features

Features

Clustered PowerVault

NAS Systems

Nonclustered PowerVault

NAS Systems

Failover capability

Yes

No

Server Message Block (SMB)

Yes

Yes

SMB share failover

Yes

No

Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager

management

Yes

Yes

Monitor and keyboard required

Yes

No

Failover SCSI storage

Yes

No

Snapshot functionality

Yes

Yes

Optional Directory Quotas

Yes

Yes

Network File System (NFS) shares failover

Yes

No

Failover internal SCSI storage

No

No

Novell NetWare share failover

No

No

Apple shares failover

No

No

Simplified disk and volume management

No

Yes

Online volume expansion

Yes

Yes

NAS Cluster Components

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