Release Notes

• Data can be cascaded from the production cluster to a secondary cluster, and replicated from the secondary . This option reduces the
load on the production cluster.
These two options can be used together in order to comply with the organization’s disaster recovery topology and requirements
Replication WAN Optimization
When enabled, this feature optimizes replication by reducing bandwidth consumption. Data is deduplicated and compressed during
replication without impacting the cluster performance.
Active Directory Organizational Unit
NAS administrators can specify the organizational unit when joining any organizational units inside an Active Directory domain. This feature
is beneficial for users who use organizational units inside the Active Directory domain to manage their accounts.
Control Local Account UID and GID
NAS Administrators have the ability to define and display local users UIDs and local groups GIDs using the following CLI commands:
• CLI> client-access authentication local-users view Administrator
• CLI> client-access authentication local-groups view Administrators
To display UID or GID columns in the CLI:
• CLI> client-access authentication local-users list
• CLI> client-access authentication local-groups list
Metadata Tiering
Metadata tiering provides the ability to store data and metadata in different storage tiers . When creating or expanding a NAS pool,
administrators can specify the Storage Center tiers to use for data and metadata. The NAS administrator has the option to optimize the
setting for metadata-intensive I/O patterns, which allocates a larger portion of the NAS pool for metadata than the non-optimized setting.
128 TB Files
The size of files supported by FluidFS has increased from 16 TB to 128 TB, starting with this release.
SNMP v3
FluidFS supports SNMP v3 (read requests) and v2, but does not support using both versions at the same time. SNMP v3 requires user
authentication.
Automated Scheduled Reports
Administrators can schedule reports in Dell Storage Manager for system capacity, performance, load-balancing, and NAS volume content
statistics.
Statistics on NAS Volume Contents
FluidFS v6 provides statistics about files, based on their size and age.
Improved Protocols and File Access Diagnostics
Improve support process for administrators handling data-access issues.
Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 6.0.400016
The following issues were fixed in FluidFS 6.0.400016:
Area
Description
NAS Volumes, Shares,
and Exports
After installing Windows 10 update 1903, SMB shares are not accessible using the UNC path.
System Functionality The system incorrectly reports that duplicate IP addresses are in use for nodes on the cluster.
The system incorrectly reports battery failures during the battery calibration process.
4 Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 Release Notes