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Understanding the Storage Options, Containers

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Understanding the Storage Options The DR Series system stores backed up and deduplicated data that has been ingested by the system into easily accessible storage containers. A number of system storage operations are available in the DR Series system graphical user interface (GUI) that simplify the process for storing this type of data. The Storage section of the navigation panel of the DR Series system GUI contains the following areas of functionality: • Containers • Replication • Encryption • Clients Containers To display the Containers page, click Storage→ Containers. This page displays the total number of containers (Number of Containers) and the container path (Container Path: /containers). On this page, you can perform the following tasks: • Create - Create new containers • Edit - Edit existing containers • Delete - Delete existing containers • Display Statistics - Display container, connection, and replication statistics The Containers page also displays a Containers summary table that displays the following types of container-related information: • Containers - lists containers by name • Files - lists the number of files in each container • Marker Type - lists the marker type that supports your DMA • Access Protocol - lists the connection type/access protocol per container: - Network File System (NFS) - Common Internet File System (CIFS) - Rapid Data Access (RDA) - Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) (for VTL containers) - Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) (for VTL containers) • Replication - lists the current replication state per container: - Not Configured - Stopped - Disconnected - Trying to Connect - Online - N/A - Marked for Deletion NOTE: For newly created OST or RDS containers, the Replication status displays N/A. When replication data has been deleted from an existing OST or RDS container, the Replication status also displays N/A. For existing containers that are in the process of deleting a large amount of data, the Replication status displays Marked for Deletion to indicate that the data deletion process has not yet completed. 57

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Understanding the Storage Options
The DR Series system stores backed up and deduplicated data that has been ingested by the system into easily
accessible storage containers. A number of system storage operations are available in the DR Series system graphical
user interface (GUI) that simplify the process for storing this type of data. The
Storage
section of the navigation panel of
the DR Series system GUI contains the following areas of functionality:
•
Containers
•
Replication
•
Encryption
•
Clients
Containers
To display the
Containers
page, click
Storage
→
Containers
. This page displays the total number of containers (
Number
of Containers
) and the container path (
Container Path: /containers
). On this page, you can perform the following tasks:
•
Create
— Create new containers
•
Edit
— Edit existing containers
•
Delete
— Delete existing containers
•
Display Statistics
— Display container, connection, and replication statistics
The
Containers
page also displays a Containers summary table that displays the following types of container-related
information:
•
Containers
— lists containers by name
•
Files
— lists the number of files in each container
•
Marker Type
— lists the marker type that supports your DMA
•
Access Protocol
— lists the connection type/access protocol per container:
–
Network File System (NFS)
–
Common Internet File System (CIFS)
–
Rapid Data Access (RDA)
–
Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) (for VTL containers)
–
Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) (for VTL containers)
•
Replication
— lists the current replication state per container:
–
Not Configured
–
Stopped
–
Disconnected
–
Trying to Connect
–
Online
–
N/A
–
Marked for Deletion
NOTE:
For newly created OST or RDS containers, the Replication status displays
N/A
. When replication data has
been deleted from an existing OST or RDS container, the Replication status also displays
N/A
. For existing
containers that are in the process of deleting a large amount of data, the Replication status displays
Marked for
Deletion
to indicate that the data deletion process has not yet completed.
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