Dell PowerVault DR4100 Dell DR Series System Administrator's Guide - Page 23
OpenStorage Technology (OST): DR Series System, Read Extended Attributes EAs
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(NTFS) uses ACLs as part of the security descriptor (SD) process, which requires permissions to access such filesystem objects as files and directories. ACLs support two levels of users: • Owners • Groups Both Owners and Groups have Security IDs (SIDs) that define and identify an object owner or the group owning an object. ACEs in an ACL consist of a SID, a specific permission that either allows or denies access and also defines which of the following inheritance settings apply: • IO-inherit-only: not used for access checking. • OI-object inherit: new files get this ACE added. • CI-container inherit: new directories get this ACE added. Windows NTFS ACLs include the following read, write, append, execute, and delete permissions that allow users to: • Synchronize access • Read data or list the directory • Write data or add a file • Append data or add a folder • Read Extended Attributes (EAs) • Write EAs • Execute file or traverse folders • Delete child or delete folders • Delete a file The Owner user type has two default permissions: • Write discretionary ACL • Read control OpenStorage Technology (OST): DR Series System OpenStorage Technology (OST), was developed by Symantec and provides a logical disk interface for use with network storage devices. The DR Series system appliance can use OST via plug-in software to integrate its data storage operations with a number of data management applications (DMAs). OST allows for better coordination and integration between DR Series system backup, restore, and optimized duplication operations and the following supported DMA types: • NetBackup • Backup Exec Integration is done via a Dell OST plug-in developed for the DR Series system, through which NetBackup and Backup Exec can control when the backup images are created, duplicated, and deleted. The major benefit of OST is that it allows the deduplication and compression operations to happen on the client-side so that network traffic can be reduced. OST via the Dell OST plug-in allows NetBackup and Backup Exec to take full advantage of such DR Series system features as data deduplication, replication, and energy efficiency. DR Series systems can access the OpenStorage API code through the plug-in, which can be installed on the media server platform choice you make (Windows or Linux). The OST protocol allows the supported backup applications to communicate directly with the DR Series system and determine whether a specific chunk of data already exists on the system. This process means that if the data already 23
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