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Redistributing Data
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Setting Workspace Access Privileges
You can set access privileges for users and user groups when the client accounts are first created (see “Adding
Users” on page 93
and “Adding User Groups” on page 98). You can also change access in the Users dialog box (see
“Modifying Users” on page 94). The Workspaces page, however, allows you to set, modify, and monitor access
privileges to Workspaces without having to modify individual client accounts.
To set user or user group access to a Workspace:
1. From the Management Console home page, click Workspaces in the System section.
The Workspaces page opens.
2. In the Workspaces list, select a Workspace.
3. If the Details panel is not visible, do one of the following:
t Click Details.
t Double-click the Workspace name.
The Workspaces Details panel displays all the information on the selected Workspace.
4. In the User Access panel, select a user or a user group. Ctrl+click (Windows and Linux) or Cmd+click
(Macintosh) to select multiple users and user groups. You can select all users and user groups by clicking Select
All.
5. Do one of the following:
t Click Read/Write to set both read and write Workspace access for the client.
t Click Read to set read-only Workspace access for the client.
t Click None to remove Workspace access privileges for the client.
6. (Option) Click Revert to undo any modifications made to the user access information.
7. Click Apply.
Redistributing Data
Redistribution is an operation that ensures all files on a Workspace are balanced evenly across the Storage Managers
in the Storage Group to provide optimal file system performance. Data chunks are distributed across multiple
Storage Managers to ensure redundancy and protect against data loss. When redistributing files in a Storage Group,
the redistribution applies to all Workspaces in that Storage Group.
There are several operations that involve redistribution of data:
• Adding or removing Storage Managers from a Storage Group
• Deleting or moving Workspaces
• Switching Workspaces between Mirrored protection and Unprotected
Configuration Changes
The configuration of a Storage Group is based on the Storage Managers that make up that group. When you add or
remove Storage Managers from the Storage Group two things happen: a configuration change is made and an
incremental redistribution is performed to balance the files in the Storage Group across the Storage Managers.
Deleting and moving Workspaces result in a redistribution but do not cause a configuration change. You can view
the number of configuration changes that have been applied to a Workspace in the Details panel of the Workspaces
page. For more information, see
“Viewing Workspace Details” on page 73.