Compatibility Matrix
Table Of Contents
- Dell Fluid File System Version 6.0 Support Matrix
- Contents
- About This Manual
- Introduction
- FluidFS Models and Platforms
- Software Update Paths
- FluidFS File-System Metrics
- Client Network Capabilities
- Customer Environment Management Protocols
- SMB Support
- NFS Support
- FTP Support
- User and Group Quotas
- FluidFS Replication
- VMware and the FluidFS VAAI Plugin
- Integration with Third-Party Products
- Space Pre-Allocation
- Services and Ports
- Management
VMware and the FluidFS VAAI Plugin
The FluidFS VAAI plugin supports the following VAAI NAS Primitives and allows offloading them to the underlying FluidFS
system:
● Full File Clone — Offloads the creation of a virtual disk full clone
● Fast File Clone (Native Snapshot) — Offloads the creation of virtual machine snapshots
● Extended Statistics — Enables visibility into space usage on FluidFS datastores
The FluidFS VAAI plugin supports ESXi versions 6 and 6.5 (NFS3 only).
NOTE: The FluidFS VAAI NAS plugin supports single-level native snapshots only.
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