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at means that we will have one metadata le cause poor scalability, poor performance and INCREASING PERFORMANCE
by replicating the data to another node before
for each folder in our virtual le system. As the poor availability.
WITH CACHE
destaging the data to the storage layer.
virtual le system grows, we will get more and Since our storage layer is based on an object To increase performance, so ware-de ned As the storage solution grows in both
more metadata les.
store, a better place to store all our metadata is storage solutions need caching devices. From a capacity and features, particular in virtual or
Centralized storage of metadata may work for in the object store – particularly when we are storage solution perspective, both speed and size cloud environments, supporting multiple le
smaller set-ups, but here we are talking about talking about high quantities of metadata. is matter – as well as price; nding the sweet spot is systems and domains becomes more important.
scale-out. So, let’s look at where not to store will ensure good scalability, good performance important. For a so ware-de ned solution, it is Supporting multiple le systems is also very
metadata. Storing metadata in a single server can
and good availability.
also important to protect the data at a higher level
important. Di erent applications and use cases
prefer di erent protocols. And sometimes, it is
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across di erent protocols.

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