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FlashArray File Multi-Server

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pavel_bucek
Everpure
1 year ago

Purity version 6.8.7 brings one of most demanded feature - ability to join multiple Active Directories or use multiple LDAP servers to authenticate clients.

File support on FlashArray gets another high demanded feature. With version 6.8.7, purity introduces a concept of Server, which connects exports and directory services and all other necessary objects...
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Michal
Novice I
6 months ago

Is it possible to use Flasharray servers with Realms   Multi tenancy?

Requirements:

Per-tenant Active Directory/LDAP integration for SMB/CIFS authentication (M)
Per-tenant storage protocol configuration (enabling/disabling individual protocols per tenant)
Each tenant must be assigned dedicated logical network interfaces

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pavel_bucek
Everpure
5 months ago

Hi Michal,

good question, but I'd need a bit more details to be able to answer or confirm that your requirements are achievable.

  1. Server in Realms (FA) are going to be ready in 6.12.x release version.
  2. You might be able to do what you need even on 6.10 / 6.11 branch, since Server do provide a reasonable isolation from the client perspective (i.e., Servers already define what is and is not available for individual clients, each Server can be joined in to different AD domain and has separate networking configuration, ..)