Reference Guide

3 Configuring Connectors
Scality documentation offers tips on configuring and tuning the Connector.
On the Scality documentation web site, in the left pane, select Overview > RING Connectors for detailed
information on the available Connector types.
Information about tuning Connectors is found on the Scality web site, in the left pane, select Operations >
Best Practices > Tuning Tips. Under the section OS Tuning Guide, click Changing the memory allocator
for Ring connectors.
3.1 Network tuning for 10 Gb Ethernet
When using 10 Gb Ethernet adapters to link Connectors and Physical Servers, the default configuration
settings of the Linux TCP stack and of the network adapter itself do not provide the best performance. To
optimize performance, tune the settings as described in Scality documentation. In the left pane, select
Operations > Best Practices > Tuning Tips > Network tuning for 10 Gb Ethernet.
3.2 Adding Connectors for increased performance
Connectors host the processes for data access (NFS, System Message Block (SMB), and Object,). Dell
recommends a minimum of two Connectors and that you add more as performance requirements of the
application load increase.
Connector types for file server solutions are implemented on a Dell SD630-S server. However, some
Connector types for object servers, such as sproxyd, are instead installed directly onto the Physical
Servers. See the
Deployment Guide for more information on Connector implementation for file and object
servers.
Note: When adding storage capacity, you may need to scale-up the number of Connectors to match the
increased capacity.
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