@MattSpeller said:
Have not yet contacted support as I suspect this may be related to the really crappy networking I gave it. I will let it sit and stew for another day as I have no time to poke it today.
support will be reaching out to you to look at the secondary. Better to be proactive than reactive 
@MattSpeller thanks for the update.
We do support SMB3, but we haven't optimized for IOPS so aren't a good fit for virtual servers (yet).
regarding your other points/questions
yes, this will be fixed with the 2.3.1 release that will be available later this week or early next week
in the area of replication and capacity reclamation is where the bug fixes are coming in for the 2.3.1 release
@MattSpeller it's not a performance test, but have you tried out the continuous data protection feature?
@MattSpeller said:
One minor complaint I have is that searching it seems to take much longer than our NAS. I will have a tough time quantifying that so please take that as opinion only.
yes, smartOne will be slow as this is a database that currently has more than 5.5 million data points from every disk drive used across the Exablox installed base. We are actively working to dramatically improve its responsiveness.
@MattSpeller said:
I've spent more time poking around and I found some cool stuff to share. I'll let the screen shots speak for themselves!
Apparently they have an internal SSD!
you found a OneSystem easter egg
@nadnerB said:
Going by your Experience, I'll look into Exablox when I'm looking for a new backup target
Granted it won't be for a while but they are "on the list" of potential candidates
@nadnerB, happy to hear we're on your shortlist! When you're ready just let us know.
www.exablox.com or [email protected]
@scottalanmiller Exablox replication does not provide global file locking across multiple locations. Our replication works on a per share basis so you can decide all, some, or a few shares (r/w) in the primary OneBlox Ring are replicated to shares (r/o) secondary OneBlox Ring.
@Dashrender sshhhh. bi-directional replication is coming shortly from Exablox.
@art_of_shred said:
I dealt with something like this once, and I am trying to recall the finer details. It was a Unitrends installation, and the customer was archiving daily to a local Exablox device, which copied to a remote Exablox. I'm thinking that it wasn't replication in that case, but warm storage to cold storage. We even had a couple conference calls with support reps from Exablox and myself (representing Unitrends), to hammer out how both pieces would behave. I just wish I could clearly recall it all.
Yes, this is a very common use case for Exablox. Hunger Task Force is currently doing this with Unitrends. https://www.exablox.com/whats-happening/press-releases/140422-hunger_task_force.php.
Works the same way with Veeam, Backup Exec, NetBackup, others....
