ECS network infrastructure consists of top of rack switches allowing for the following types of network connections: Public network – connects ECS nodes to your organization's network, providing data. Internal private network – manages nodes and switches within the rack and across racks.

FAQ Section

Security & Networking

Q01ECS network?

ECS network infrastructure consists of top of rack switches allowing for the following types of network connections:

Public network – connects ECS nodes to your organization's network, providing data.
Internal private network – manages nodes and switches within the rack and across racks.

Q02How is the data protected with ECS?

ECS protects data within a site by mirroring the data onto multiple nodes, and by using erasure coding to break down data chunks into multiple fragments and distribute the fragments across nodes. Erasure coding (EC) reduces the storage overhead and ensures data durability and resilience against disk and node failures.

Q03Will this be able to handle multiple auth tokens for access to different buckets?

Yes it can, ECS calls these users

Q04Does ECS support encrypted storage?

Supported by D@RE - EMC's Enterprise Encryption

Which we license and enable on all ECS storage packages by default.

Q05Is ECS Storage ISO Regulated?

Yes this is