EMC Celerra: virtual file system vs. file system group?

What is the difference between a virtual file system and a file system group in the EMC Celerra? They seem to perform similar functions.

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A virtual file system allows you to consolidate multiple individual file systems within Celerra to a single namespace. File system groups are logical entities without the single namespace. EMC has a good paper that explains how Celerra handles the namespace. You can view it here.

Typically, you cannot remotely access a file on a file server if the domain controller is not available. A NAS device is usually more stable and has much less administration than a standard server used as a file server. You might want to set up a separate domain controller for the environment that you are thinking about.

Many of the NAS devices that are based on Microsoft Windows Storage Server have file serving along with NAS functionality. This reduces the number you need and is generally a good idea for the Windows environments that they are used in. In this case, you would need a separate Exchange server.

This was first published in August 2005

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