I-ExaGrid System Yokukhetha Ye-Arch
“Sibheke bonke abadlali abakhulu okubalwa iData Domain, Quantum, ne-ExaGrid,” kusho uSmith. “Kube wuhlelo olude ngoba besifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi senza isinqumo esifanele, futhi sisijabulele isinqumo sethu. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi ukusekelwa kwangemuva kokuthengisa kwe-ExaGrid kwakukuhle, kodwa nokusekelwa kwangaphambi kokuthengisa nakho. Sikhetha kakhulu futhi sihlabeke umxhwele ngendlela ithimba langaphambi kokuthengisa belicophelela ngayo; babezimisele kakhulu ukwenza elinye imayela ukuze banelise imibuzo yethu. Asizange sizisole.”
USmith uthe izinto ezinkulu ezibe nomthelela esinqumweni sika-Arch sokufaka i-ExaGrid phezu komncintiswano inani lentengo, ukukhuphuka, nokusekelwa. “I-scalability ikakhulukazi ibaluleke kakhulu kithina. Sine-ExaGrid kusikhungo sedatha ngasinye kwezimbili zase-Bermudian, futhi okwamanje senza iziphindaphinda eziningana ngenhloso yokwengeza enye isistimu maduzane yokulungisa inhlekelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sinesistimu e-Dublin kanye neyodwa e-Zurich nayo ewela ukuphindaphinda. Sesivele sandise isistimu yethu ye-ExaGrid. Okwadingeka ngikwenze kwakuwukwengeza omunye umshini; besingekho isidingo sokwenza ngcono i-forklift,” usho kanje. Okunye okungeziwe kwaba ukuthi i-ExaGrid isebenza ngaphandle komthungo ngohlelo lwayo lokusebenza oluyisipele olukhona, i-Veritas Backup Exec.
Isistimu ye-ExaGrid ingakala kalula ukuze ihambisane nokukhula kwedatha. Isofthiwe yekhompuyutha ye-ExaGrid yenza isistimu ikhule kakhulu, futhi lapho ixhunywe kuswishi, izinto zikagesi zanoma ibuphi usayizi noma ubudala zingaxutshwa futhi zifaniswe kusistimu eyodwa enamandla afinyelela ku-2.7PB eyisipele esigcwele kanye nokugcinwa kanye nezinga lokukungenisa elifika ku- 488TB ngehora. Uma seziyi-virtual, zivela njengesistimu eyodwa kuseva eyisipele, futhi ukulinganisa kokulayisha kwayo yonke idatha kuwo wonke amaseva kuyazenzakalela.