An Isilon customer has an 8-node cluster of older X-Series nodes. They plan to upgrade the nodes over the next three years in the following stages: Stage 1: Add 2 X-Series nodes to meet performance growth Stage 2: Add 4 NL-Series nodes to meet archive capacity growth Stage 3: Add 10 New X-Series nodes as a hardware refresh Stage 4: Remove older X-Series nodes At which point will a SmartPool license be required?

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A SmartPool license is required when different node types (e.g., X-Series and NL-Series) are mixed in the same cluster to manage data across different performance tiers.

An Isilon Customer Has an 8-Node Cluster of Older X-Series