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These categories are divided in tabs: Overview, Capacity, and Performance.

iSCSI offload is a network option that can be configured to provide the best iSCSI performance on a Dell Unity XT array. This option offloads iSCSI processing to the network adapter card, reducing the load on the host CPU and improving performance. With iSCSI offload enabled, the network adapter card can handle iSCSI processing tasks such as packet segmentation and reassembly, reducing the CPU overhead associated with iSCSI operations. Other options such as using a single VLAN for all traffic, configuring jumbo frames and disabling flow control may also help to improve iSCSI performance but iSCSI offload would provide the best results. It is important to note that configuring jumbo frames could have a positive impact on performance, but it also depends on the network infrastructure and the NICs support for it. Disabling flow control could cause issues on congested networks, so it's important to test it before disabling it.

A storage container is used to present vVol storage from a PowerStore cluster to vSphere. vSphere mounts the storage container as a vVol datastore and makes it available for VM storage. When a PowerStore cluster is used to provide VM storage, user VMs should be provisioned on the vVol datastores. The default storage container is mounted automatically on the nodes of the cluster.

This allows the customer to protect their file storage resources through asynchronous replication to other Dell Unity XT systems in different locations, providing a high level of data protection and disaster recovery capabilities. The asynchronous replication feature allows the customer to replicate data between systems in a way that does not affect performance, and it allows them to recover quickly from a disaster or outage.

FAST VP (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools) and FAST Cache (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Cache) are features that allow you to optimize the performance of your storage by automatically moving data between different storage tiers based on usage patterns. The SSD tier is used to store frequently accessed metadata, such as file system structures, directories, and inode tables, which are accessed frequently and are small enough to fit in the SSD cache. Keeping paged metadata on flash media improves the overall system performance, as it allows for faster access to the metadata, reducing the latency and the number of I/O operations needed to access it.