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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. For information about APEX File Storage Services, see the Dell Technologies APEX File Storage Services Administration Guide.
- Scale-out NAS overviewThe scale-out NAS storage platform combines modular hardware with unified software to harness unstructured data. The OneFS operating system powers the platform to deliver a scalable pool of storage with a global namespace.
- Where to get help
- 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
  - Deduplication overviewSmartDedupe enables you to save storage space on your cluster by reducing redundant data. Deduplication maximizes the efficiency of your cluster by decreasing the amount of storage that is required to store multiple files with identical blocks.
  - Deduplication jobsA deduplication system maintenance job deduplicates data on a cluster. You can monitor and control deduplication jobs as you would any other maintenance job on the cluster. Although the overall performance impact of deduplication is minimal, the deduplication job consumes 400 MB of memory per node.
  - Data replication and backup with deduplicationWhen deduplicated files are replicated to another PowerScale cluster or backed up to a tape device, the deduplicated files no longer share blocks on the target PowerScale cluster or backup device. However, although you can deduplicate data on a target PowerScale cluster, you cannot deduplicate data on an NDMP backup device.
  - Snapshots with deduplicationYou cannot deduplicate the data stored in a snapshot. However, you can create snapshots of deduplicated data.
  - Deduplication considerationsDeduplication can significantly increase the efficiency at which you store data. However, the effect of deduplication varies depending on the cluster.
  - Shadow-store considerationsShadow stores are hidden files that are referenced by cloned and deduplicated files. Files that reference shadow stores behave differently than other files.
  - SmartDedupe license functionalityYou can deduplicate data only if you activate a SmartDedupe license on a cluster. However, you can assess deduplication savings without activating a SmartDedupe license.
  - Managing deduplicationYou can manage deduplication on a cluster by first assessing how much space you can save by deduplicating individual directories. After you determine which directories are worth deduplicating, you can configure SmartDedupe to deduplicate those directories specifically. You can then monitor the actual amount of disk space you are saving.
- Data replication with SyncIQ
- Data layout with FlexProtect
- 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 Monitoring
- 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.
Deduplication with SmartDedupe

Deduplication with SmartDedupe