Previous Changes
| Section(s) | Content Changes | Date |
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| Major SANsymphony Features - Encryption |
Updated Updated with enhancements added with PSP11. |
August 2020 |
| Major SANsymphony Features - Snapshot | Updated
Updated with enhancements added with PSP11. |
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| CDP |
Added Added Best Practices for CDP, previously in the SANsymphony web help and FAQ 1516. Added additional Best Practices not in either location. |
April 2020 |
| Encryption |
Added Added Best Practices for encrypted Virtual Disks and Disk Pools. |
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| BIOS Settings | Added
Added recommendation to enable AES and disable Secure Boot. |
October 2019 |
| The Operating System |
Added Added statement on installing DataCore appliances on OEM versions of Windows. |
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| DataCore Software and Microsoft Software Updates |
Added Added recommended process for applying Windows Updates. |
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| Storage Allocation Unit Size |
Added Added statements about how SAU size affects performance and reclamation. |
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| Windows Hosts File / DNS Settings | Updated
Clarified DNS vs Hosts file preference and populating the Hosts file. |
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| The Disk Pool Catalog |
Updated Updated to include the change to pool catalog location handling as of 10.0 PSP9. |
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| General |
Removed Removed references to SANsymphony 9.0 PSP4 Update 4 as this release is now End-of-Life. |
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| DataCore Software and Microsoft Software Updates |
Removed Removed section on Windows Service Packs. |
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| CPUs |
Updated This section has been rewritten and simplified as some terminology was confusing. |
February 2018 |
| Windows Service Packs, Updates, Security, and Hotfixes |
Updated This section has been renamed and updated for Windows 2012 and 2016 with many of the explanations simplified. |
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| Disk Pools | Updated
Minor update, mainly clarity concerning existing Disk Pools vs new Disk Pools. |
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The DataCore Server – BIOS, Disk Pools, Snapshot |
Added New sections:
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August 2017 |
| The DataCore Server - CPU |
Updated Many parts of this section have been updated and expanded including the specifics regarding recommended numbers of CPUs in both Physical and Virtual DataCore Servers. |
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| Replication Recommendations |
Added A new section: Replication Recommendations This section details best practices for the asynchronous Replication feature. |
September 2015 |
| General |
Updated Initial re-publication. Major updates to all sections. High-level design objectives. Hardware configuration recommendations for the DataCore Server. Software configuration recommendations for the DataCore Server. |
August 2015 |