Planning the cluster configuration

This topic describes how to plan the cluster configuration.

Context

The SAN File System cluster consists of from two to eight metadata server engines that communicate with each other over an IP LAN. Each metadata server engine contains metadata server software and administrative server software. One of the metadata server engines is defined as the master metadata server

Perform these tasks to plan the cluster configuration:
  • Determine how many metadata servers you will need based on the application workload or the amount of storage managed by the SAN File System.
  • Determine how much storage is needed for the metadata server cache.
  • Determine how to balance the workload across the metadata servers.

Parent topic: Planning

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