White Papers
Table Of Contents
- Executive Summary (updated May 2011)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dell NFS Storage Solution Technical Overview
- 3. NFS Storage Solution with High Availability
- 4. Evaluation
- 5. Performance Benchmark Results (updated May 2011)
- 6. Comparison of the NSS Solution Offerings
- 7. Conclusion
- 8. References
- Appendix A: NSS-HA Recipe (updated May 2011)
- A.1. Pre-install preparation
- A.2. Server side hardware set-up
- A.3. Initial software configuration on each PowerEdge R710
- A.4. Performance tuning on the server
- A.5. Storage hardware set-up
- A.6. Storage Configuration
- A.7. NSS HA Cluster setup
- A.8. Quick test of HA set-up
- A.9. Useful commands and references
- A.10. Performance tuning on clients (updated May 2011)
- A.11. Example scripts and configuration files
- Appendix B: Medium to Large Configuration Upgrade
- Appendix C: Benchmarks and Test Tools
Dell HPC NFS Storage Solution - High Availability Configurations
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2) Dell | Terascala HPC Storage Solution (DT-HSS)
http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/business~solutions~hpcc~en/Documents~Dell-
terascala-dt-hss2.pdf.aspx
3) Dell NFS Storage Solution for HPC (NSS)
http://i.dell.com/sites/content/business/solutions/hpcc/en/Documents/Dell-NSS-NFS-Storage-
solution-final.pdf
4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Cluster Suite Overview
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-
US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/pdf/Cluster_Suite_Overview/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-5-
Cluster_Suite_Overview-en-US.pdf
5) Deploying a Highly Available Web Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/rhel/Deploying_HA_Web_Server_RHEL.pdf
6) Platform Cluster Manager
http://www.platform.com/cluster-computing/cluster-management
7) Optimizing DELL™ PowerVault™ MD1200 Storage Arrays for High Performance Computing (HPC)
Deployments
http://i.dell.com/sites/content/business/solutions/power/en/Documents/Md-1200-for-hpc.pdf
8) Array Tuning Best Practices
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/powervault-md3200i-performance-
tuning-white-paper.pdf