{"id":6649,"date":"2017-04-16T07:11:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T23:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmohan.com\/?p=6649"},"modified":"2017-04-16T07:12:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T23:12:17","slug":"scaleio-2-0-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/?p=6649","title":{"rendered":"SCALEIO 2.0 NOW AVAILABLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kallesplayground.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/12\/scaleio-2-0-now-available\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SCALEIO 2.0 NOW\u00a0AVAILABLE<\/a><\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-content clear\">\n<p>EMC has released ScaleIO 2.0 couple of days ago. More information \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.emc.com\/docs\/DOC-52581\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/community.emc.com\/docs\/DOC-52581<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some new features (source ScaleIO 2.0 release notes):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Extended MDM cluster<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0introduces the option of a 5-node MDM cluster, which is able to withstand two\u00a0points of failure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read Flash Cache (RFcache)<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0use PCI flash\u00a0cards and\/or SSDs for caching of the HDDs in the SDS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>User authentication using Active Directory (AD) over LDAP.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The multiple SDS feature<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0allows the installation of multiple SDSs on a single Linux\u00a0or VMware-based server.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oscillating failure handling<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0provides the ability to handle error situations, and to\u00a0reduce their impact on normal system operation. This feature detects and reports\u00a0various oscillating failures, in cases when components fail repeatedly and cause\u00a0unnecessary failovers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instant maintenance mode<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0allows you to restart a server that hosts an SDS,\u00a0without initiating data migration or exposing the system to the danger of having\u00a0only a single copy of data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication between the ScaleIO system and ESRS (EMC Secure Remote\u00a0Support) servers is now supported<\/strong> \u2013 this feature replaces the call-home\u00a0mechanism. It allows authorized access to the ScaleIO system for support\u00a0sessions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Authenticate communication between the\u00a0ScaleIO MDM and SDS components, and between the MDM and external\u00a0components, using a Public and Private Key (Key-Pair) associated with a\u00a0certificate<\/strong> \u2013 this will allow strong authentication of components associated with a\u00a0given ScaleIO system. A Certificate Authority certificate or self-signed certificate\u00a0can be used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In-flight checksum protection\u00a0provided for data reads and writes<\/strong> \u2013 this\u00a0feature addresses errors that change the payload during the transit through the\u00a0ScaleIO system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance profiles<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0predefined settings that affect system\u00a0performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ScaleIO can be downloaded from EMC website \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emc.com\/products-solutions\/trial-software-download\/scaleio.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.emc.com\/products-solutions\/trial-software-download\/scaleio.htm<\/a>. ScaleIO 2.0 supports VMWare (5.5 and 6.0), Linux and Windows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCALEIO 2.0 NOW AVAILABLE <\/p>\n<p>EMC has released ScaleIO 2.0 couple of days ago. More information \u2013 https:\/\/community.emc.com\/docs\/DOC-52581<\/p>\n<p>Some new features (source ScaleIO 2.0 release notes):<\/p>\n<p> Extended MDM cluster \u2013 introduces the option of a 5-node MDM cluster, which is able to withstand two points of failure. Read Flash Cache (RFcache) \u2013 use PCI flash cards [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6650,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions\/6650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}