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OneFS Web Administration Guide
OneFS Event Reference Guide

OneFS Web Administration GuideThe OneFS Web Administration Guide describes how to activate licenses, configure network interfaces, manage the file system, provision block storage, run system jobs, protect data, back up the cluster, set up storage pools, establish quotas, secure access, migrate data, integrate with other applications, and monitor PowerScale clusters.
- About this guideThis guide describes how the PowerScale OneFS web administration interface provides access to cluster configuration, management, and monitoring functionality.
- Scale-out NAS overviewThe scale-out NAS storage platform combines modular hardware with unified software to harness unstructured data. Powered by the OneFS operating system, a cluster delivers a scalable pool of storage with a global namespace.
- Where to go for support This topic contains resources for getting answers to questions about PowerScale products.
- PowerScale scale-out NASPowerScale OneFS combines the three layers of storage architecture—file system, volume manager, and data protection—into a scale-out NAS cluster.
- General cluster administration
- Access zones
- Authentication
- Administrative roles and privileges
- Identity management
- Home directoriesWhen you create a local user, OneFS automatically creates a home directory for the user.
- Data access controlOneFS supports two types of permissions data on files and directories that control who has access: Windows-style access control lists (ACLs) and POSIX mode bits (UNIX permissions).
- File sharingYou can access files and directories using SMB for Windows file sharing, NFS for Unix file sharing, secure shell (SSH), FTP, and HTTP.
- File filteringFile filtering enables you to allow or deny file writes based on file type.
- Auditing
- Snapshots
- Deduplication with SmartDedupe
- Data replication with SyncIQ
- Data layout with FlexProtect
  - FlexProtect overviewA PowerScale cluster is designed to continuously serve data, even when one or more components simultaneously fail. OneFS ensures data availability by striping or mirroring data across the cluster. If a cluster component fails, data that is stored on the failed component is available on another component. After a component failure, lost data is restored on healthy components by the FlexProtect proprietary system.
  - File stripingOneFS uses a PowerScale cluster's internal network to distribute data automatically across individual nodes and disks in the cluster. OneFS protects files as the data is being written. No separate action is necessary to protect data.
  - Requested data protectionThe requested protection of data determines the amount of redundant data created on the cluster to ensure that data is protected against component failures. OneFS enables you to modify the requested protection in real time while clients are reading and writing data on the cluster.
  - FlexProtect data recoveryOneFS uses the FlexProtect proprietary system to detect and repair files and directories that are in a degraded state due to node or drive failures.
  - Requesting data protectionYou can specify the protection of a file or directory by setting its requested protection. This flexibility enables you to protect distinct sets of data at higher than default levels.
  - Requested protection settingsRequested protection settings determine the level of hardware failure that a cluster can recover from without suffering data loss.
  - Requested protection disk space usageIncreasing the requested protection of data also increases the amount of space consumed by the data on the cluster.
- NDMP backup
- File retention with SmartLock
- Protection domains
- Data-at-rest encryption
- S3 Support
- SmartQuotas
- Storage pools
- Pool-based tree reporting in FSAnalyze (FSA)
- Job management
- Networking
- Partitioned Performance Performing for NFS
- Antivirus
- File system explorer
OneFS Event Reference Guide

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OneFS Web Administration GuideThe OneFS Web Administration Guide describes how to activate licenses, configure network interfaces, manage the file system, provision block storage, run system jobs, protect data, back up the cluster, set up storage pools, establish quotas, secure access, migrate data, integrate with other applications, and monitor PowerScale clusters.
Data layout with FlexProtect

Data layout with FlexProtect