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Dell ECS

Design

Design and size Dell ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage) object storage solutions — covering platform architecture, networking, data management, cluster access, compliance, and performance monitoring for enterprise deployments.

ECS Architecture Object Storage S3 Compatible Network Design Data Replication Multi-tenancy WORM / Compliance Load Balancing Capacity Sizing Performance Tuning

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D-ECS-DS-23 — ECS Object Storage Design

Modules

Complete D-ECS-DS-23 scope

18+ hrs

Duration

Self-paced learning

Design

Level

Specialist design tier

24/7

Support

Expert guidance

What You Will Learn

Five ECS Design Modules

Design end-to-end Dell ECS solutions — from hardware sizing and networking through data management, multi-tenant access control, and performance monitoring.

Module 01

ECS Solution Design — Platform Architecture

›End-to-end process of solutions design — assessment, proposal, BoM, and validation
›Node types — U-Series, X-Series, and virtual ECS node selection for given workflows
›Hardware requirements — CPU, memory, disk capacity, and network bandwidth for use cases
›Rack unit planning, power consumption, and cooling requirements for ECS deployments

Module 02

ECS Solution Design — Networking

›ECS networking solution design — front-end (public), back-end (private), and management networks
›Network separation deployments — bonding configurations and VLAN segmentation best practices
›Load balancer types — L4 (connection-based) vs L7 (content-based) and methods (round-robin, least-connection)
›MTU sizing, jumbo frames, and NIC teaming recommendations for ECS deployments

Module 03

ECS Solution Design — Data Management

›ECS storage abstractions — storage pools, virtual data centres (VDCs), replication groups, namespaces, and buckets
›Protection and replication configurations — CRS (Commoditised RAID Set) sizing and geo-federation
›Resilience design — failure domain analysis, rack-aware protection, and multi-site replication
›Erasure coding schemes — 12+4, 10+2, and local vs geo coding selection criteria

Module 04

ECS Solution Design — Cluster Access

›Client protocol use cases — S3, Swift, NFS, HDFS, CAS, and ECS Atmos protocol selection
›Multi-tenant solution design — namespace isolation, bucket ownership, and tenant onboarding workflow
›Access control — IAM-style policies, ACLs, secret key management, and LDAP/AD integration
›Data compliance and retention — WORM object lock, litigation hold, governance mode, and retention policies

Module 05

ECS Solution Design — Monitoring and Performance

›Monitoring capabilities — ECS portal dashboards, Elastic Cloud Storage Monitoring (ECSM), and API health endpoints
›Key performance indicators — throughput (MB/s), IOPS, latency percentiles, and erasure coding overhead
›Factors impacting performance — object size distribution, concurrent connections, and replication overhead
›Capacity planning — usable capacity vs raw capacity, overhead factors, and growth projection methodology

Full Curriculum

5-Module D-ECS-DS-23 Programme

Complete ECS design curriculum — from hardware architecture and networking through data management, access control, WORM compliance, and performance optimisation.

›End-to-end design activities — discovery, requirements analysis, BoM generation, validation, and sign-off
›Node type selection — U3000 (capacity), X-Series (all-flash performance), and ECSe for test/dev workloads
›Hardware sizing — cores, RAM, disk count/type, and network interface card selection per node type
›Rack planning — U-height, power draw, cooling BTU requirements, and TOR switch port planning
›Scalability roadmap — adding nodes to existing clusters and cross-site expansion considerations

›ECS network roles — front-end (client data access), back-end (inter-node replication), and management (admin) networks
›Network separation configurations — separate NICs, bonded NICs (802.3ad LACP), and VLAN tagging
›Load balancer selection — DNS round-robin vs hardware (F5, Citrix) vs software (HAProxy, Nginx) trade-offs
›Load balancing methods — round-robin, least-connections, IP hash, and health check configurations
›MTU and jumbo frames — enabling 9000 MTU for back-end network performance optimisation

›ECS storage hierarchy — storage pool (physical nodes) → VDC → replication group → namespace → bucket → object
›Protection schemes — Commoditised RAID Set (CRS) with 12+4 or 10+2 erasure coding configurations
›Geo-distributed federation — active-active multi-site replication with async geo-coding options
›Data resilience — rack-aware chunk placement, node failure tolerance, and site failure tolerance analysis
›Capacity calculations — raw capacity, CRS overhead, metadata overhead, and effective usable capacity formula

›Protocol selection guide — S3 (cloud-native apps), Swift (OpenStack), NFS (legacy), HDFS (big data), CAS (archiving)
›Namespace design — single namespace per tenant vs shared namespace with bucket prefixes
›Multi-tenant isolation — namespace-level network separation, storage quota enforcement, and audit logging
›IAM-style access policies — policy documents (bucket policy, object ACL), user/role assignments, and temporary credentials
›WORM compliance — governance mode vs compliance mode, object lock API (PUT Object Lock, Legal Hold), and retention rules

›ECS portal dashboards — cluster health, node status, storage capacity trends, and alert management
›ECS Monitoring (ECSM) — Prometheus metrics export, Grafana integration, and alerting thresholds
›Key metrics — throughput (GB/s), IOPS, p50/p95/p99 latency, and request error rates
›Performance factors — object size (small objects hurt performance), concurrency limits, and erasure coding overhead
›Capacity forecasting — historical growth trend analysis, tiered storage recommendation, and expansion planning

Live Training

Live Instructor

Mon–Fri · Weekend batches

Recording

Live class recording included

30 Days

1.5 hrs/day weekday · 3 hrs weekend

Course Materials

Study notes and resources

Tech Support

Call / WhatsApp support

Working Hours

Mon–Fri · 9 AM – 6 PM

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Design

Five ECS Design Modules

5-Module D-ECS-DS-23 Programme

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