The Dell Compellent FS8610 NAS appliance offers a flexible solution for capacity and performance-intensive file workloads. Based on the Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) version 41, its scale-out architecture supports a single namespace up to 3.2PB, plus linear performance expansion up to 494,000 SPECsfs file OPS and 12GB/sec throughput. The FS8610 can help you keep pace with constantly growing file storage needs. As they grow and evolve, the FS8610 scales both storage capacity and performance non-disruptively and independent of one another within a single namespace, preventing an expensive platform rip-and-replace. Plus, as the FS8610 system scales, loadbalancing continues to optimize performance.
| Model Number |
FS8610 |
| Product Name |
Dell Compellent 8610 NAS Appliance |
| Product Type |
NAS Storage Appliance |
| Configuration |
Chassis only, with fans and power supplies. Controllers not included. |
| Operating System |
None |
| Cluster scalability |
Up to 4 FS8600 appliances (8 controllers) in a single NAS cluster |
| File system capacity |
Up to 3.2PB usable file capacity per NAS cluster (requires 2 Storage Centers to reach max capacity) |
| 8Gb Fibre Channel configuration options |
Supports the following options (not included) |
| 10Gb iSCSI configuration options |
Supports the following options (not included) |
| Storage arrays supported |
SC4020 or SC8000 controllers; SCOS 6.5.3 or newer; Enterprise Manager 2015 or newer |
| Management |
Enterprise Manager 2015 and FluidFS v4 CLI |
| NFS v3 file protocol support |
NFS over UDP and TCP, Kerberos 5 security options, UTF8 and ASCII support, NLM |
| NFS v4, v4.1 file protocol support |
v4: core features Kerberos 5 security options, UTF8 and ASCII support, pseudo file system, locking, share modes and access control lists (ACLs) v4.1: core features Kerberos 5 security options (pNFS not supported) |
| SMB file protocol support |
SMB 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0; persistent file handles, continuous availability, SMB signing and encryption (MD5, HMAC-SHA-256, SMB 3 AES), large MTU, file leases and oplocks |
| IPv6 and IPv4 protocol support for client networks |
Full support for client IPv6 and IPv4 connections, including load balancing mechanism |
| NAS volumes |
Max NAS volumes per NAS cluster: 1,024; max NAS volume size: as large as the file system/namespace |
| Shares/exports |
Max number of SMB shares per cluster: 1,024; max number of NFS mounts/exports per cluster: 1,024 |
| Concurrent active SMB connections |
Max for single appliance: 5,000; max for a 4-appliance cluster: 20,000 (active defined as clients engaging in I/O in the last 15 minutes) |
| User authentication |
For SMB clients: Kerberos 5 and NTLM v2 on Microsoft Active Directory Server; for NFS v4, 4.1 clients: Kerberos 5 |
| Directory services |
Windows SMB and NFS clients: Microsoft Active Directory 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 2012; Linux/UNIX clients: NIS and LDAP |
| Quotas |
Quotas at User, Group and Directory level. Max user/group quota rules per volume or cluster: 1024. Max directories with a quota limit: 1024 |
| Local users |
Max number of local users per cluster: 100; Max number of local groups per cluster: 100 |
| Files and directories |
Max file size: 16TB; Max number of files per appliance: unlimited; Max number of files per 4-appliance cluster: unlimited; max file name length: 512 bytes; Max number of files in a directory: 1 million; Max directory depth: 255; Max number of directories per appliance: 32 billion; Max number of directories per 4-appliance cluster: 128 billion |
| Snapshots and clones |
Redirect-on-write snapshots and thin NAS volume read/write clones; Max number of snapshots per NAS volume: 10,000; Max number of snapshots per cluster: 100,000; Max number of snapshot policies per system: 1,024 |
| Replication |
Asynchronous to peer FS8600 clusters; Max number of replication partners (or destinations): 100; Max number of replication policies per FS8600 cluster: 1,024; Max number of simultaneous volume replications: 10 outgoing, 100 incoming; Max volumes enabled for replication: 1,024 |
| NDMP backup |
Remote or three-way NDMP over Ethernet ports (backup over backend Fibre Channel not supported) Certified with Quest NetVault Backup 9.x, CommVault Simpana 9.x, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3, Symantec NetBackup 7.x and Backup Exec 2010R3 and 2012, EMC Networker 8.0 |
| ICAP antivirus |
Certified with Symantec ScanEngine 5.2 and Protection Engine 7.0, McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise 8.8 and Enterprise for Storage 1.0.2, Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 10.0, TrendMicro InterScan Web Security Suite 3.1 |
| Thin provisioning |
Thin provisioning at file, file system or NAS volume level to oversubscribe the file system capacity visible to users |
| Data reduction |
Post-process policy-based variable block (128KB +/- 64KB) data deduplication and LZPS compression-preconfigured NAS volume |
| CPU per controller (not included) |
Dual Intel Xeon E5620 4-core, 12MB L3, 80W, 2.4GHz |
| Memory per controller (not included) |
24GB DDR3 1066MT/s per controller (48GB per appliance) |
| Power supply |
2x 717W installed |
| Fans |
6x installed |
| Input voltage |
90-264 VAC |
| Output wattage |
717W |
| Heat dissipation |
2446 BTU/hr |
| Line frequency |
47-63 Hz |
| Current |
10.5Amp at 90 VAC steady state, 5.2Amp at 180 VAC steady state |
| Dimensions |
Form factor: 2U; W: 44.63 cm (17.6 in) (does not include rack flange); D: 81.30 cm (32.0 in) (includes bezel and controllers installed); H: 8.64 cm (3.4 in); weight: 69.5 lb |
