Help on File System > File System Explorer
The following information and controls appear on .
- File System Explorer
- Displays directories on the cluster.
- Path
- Displays files and directories contained under
<path>.
- Create Directory
- Opens a dialog box that allows you to add a directory under <path>.
- Directory name
- Determines the name of the directory.
- User
- Determines the user that will be granted the permissions specified below.
- Group
- Determines the group that will be granted the permissions specified below.
- Permissions
- Determines what permissions will be granted to the specified user, group, and other users that access the directory.
- Create Directory
- Creates the directory according to the specified settings.
- Cancel
- Cancels directory creation.
- Search
- Searches <path> for a directory or file name that contains the given string.
- Name
- Displays the name of the file or directory.
- Size
- Displays the size of the file or directory.
- Actions
- Displays actions that you can perform on the file or directory.
- View / Edit
- Opens a dialog box that allows you to view and edit the properties of the file or directory.
- Path
- Displays the full path of the file or directory.
- File size
- Displays the size of the file or directory.
- Space used
- Displays the amount of space that the file or directory consumes on the cluster, including protection.
- Last modified
- Displays the date when the file or directory was last modified.
- Last accessed
- Displays the date when the file or directory was last accessed.
- UNIX Permissions
- User
- Specifies the owner of the file or directory.
- Group
- Specifies the group of the file or directory.
- Permissions
- Specifies the basic permissions for the file or directory.
- Protection settings
- Protection
- Specifies whether protection settings are managed manually or by SmartPools. If you modify any of the protection settings, this property automatically refreshes to Manually managed. If you specify Managed by SmartPools, the protection settings will automatically refresh to match the SmartPools specifications the next time the SmartPools job is run.
- Data storage target
The disk pool whose requested protection is applied if SmartPools is configured to manage protection settings. This property is available only if SmartPools is licensed and enabled on the cluster.
- SSD strategy
- Displays the SSD strategy that will be used for user data and metadata if solid-state drives (SSDs) are available. The following SSD strategies are available:
- Use SSDs for metadata read acceleration
- Writes both file data and metadata to HDDs. One mirror of the metadata for the file is on SSD storage if possible, but the strategy for data is to avoid SSD storage.
- Use SSDs for metadata read/write acceleration
- Writes file data to HDDs and metadata to SSDs, when available. All copies of metadata for the file are on SSD storage if possible, and the strategy for data is to avoid SSD storage.
- Use SSDs for data and metadata
- Uses SSD node pools for both data and metadata. Both the metadata for the file and user data, one copy if using mirrored protection and all blocks if FEC, are on SSD storage if possible.
- Avoid SSDs
- Writes all associated file data and metadata to HDDs only. The data and metadata of the file are stored so that SSD storage is avoided, unless doing so would result in an out-of-space condition.
- Requested protection
- The FlexProtect or data-mirroring requested protection for this file or directory. If SmartPools is licensed and enabled on the cluster, the default requested protection for files and directories is inherited from the specified disk pool.
- I/O Optimization Settings
- I/O Optimization
- Specifies whether I/O Optimization Settings are managed manually or by SmartPools. If you specify Managed by SmartPools, the I/O optimization settings values will automatically refresh to match the SmartPools specifications the next time the SmartPools job is run.
- SmartCache
- Specifies whether write caching with SmartCache is enabled for this file or directory.
- Data access pattern
- Specifies the optimization settings for accessing data. The following data access patterns are available:
- Concurrency
- File or directory is optimized to support many clients simultaneously.
- Streaming
- File or directory is optimized for high-speed streaming of a single file. For example, this pattern can be useful if a single client needs to read very quickly from a single file.
- Random
- File or directory is optimized for unpredictable access.
- Save Changes
- Saves modifications of the file or directory properties.
- Cancel
- Cancels modifications of the file or directory properties.