Administrator Guide

3. Click the Data Reduction tab.
4. Select the Enable data reduction checkbox. A conrmation message is displayed.
5. Click Yes to conrm enabling data reduction.
6. Review the data reduction policy shown on the dialog box.
7. (Optional) If you want to modify the policy settings for the container, click the Modify policy button to open the dialog box.
• Compression
By default, compression is disabled and only deduplication is enabled.
• Access Time
The access time is the minimum number of days that must pass since the le was last accessed before the le is eligible for
data reduction. This value must be in the range of 30 to 365 if compression is enabled. If compression is disabled, the range
is 5 to 365 days, inclusive. By default, the value for both times is 30 days.
• Modify Time
The modify time is the minimum number of days that must pass since the le was last modied before the le is eligible for
data reduction. This value must be in the range of 30 to 365 if compression is enabled. If compression is disabled, the range
is 5 to 365 days, inclusive. By default, the value for both times is 30 days. By default, the value for both times is 30 days.
8. Click OK.
9. In the Modify Settings dialog box, click OK. A conrmation message is displayed.
10. Click Yes to apply the container settings.
NOTE: The status of the lter is listed as File filters….disabled if the ignore-lters option was set through the
CLI. If the status is
File filters…disabled, any lters that have been congured through the GUI (or CLI) for
Access Time or Modify Time have been disabled and all les are candidates for data reduction. Specifying the ignore-
filters
ag enables data reduction on a container with archive data without waiting for the minimum Access Time/
Modify Time data-reduction policy. Dell recommends that you not use this setting on containers with live data. That is,
you should use this setting only on containers with archive data.
Modify NAS Container Data Reduction Settings
NOTE: To change data reduction settings of an existing NAS container, you must have group administrator (grpadmin)
privileges.
1. Click NAS, expand NAS Clusters and Local Containers, and then select the NAS container name.
2. In the Activities panel, click Modify settings.
3. In the Modify settings dialog box, type or select the appropriate data.
For information about the elds and description in each tab, see Create a NAS Container.
Modify NAS Cluster Default Data Reduction Settings
1. Click Group, expand Group Conguration, and select a NAS cluster.
2. Click the Data Reduction tab.
3. Click the Modify link to change data reduction schedule settings.
4. If you want to perform compression as part of data reduction, select Enable compression.
5. (Optional) To change the access time policy, enter a new value in Access Time. After modifying the access time, click the Save
icon to save the changes. The access time is the minimum number of days that must pass since the le was last accessed
before the le is eligible for data reduction. This value must be in the range of 30 to 365 if compression is enabled. If
compression is disabled, the range is 5 to 365 days, inclusive. By default, this value is 30 days.
6. (Optional) To change the modication policy, enter a new value in Modify Time. After modifying the modify time, click the Save
icon to save the changes. The modify time is the minimum number of days that must pass since the le was last modied
before the le is eligible for data reduction. This value must be in the range of 30 to 365 if compression is enabled. If
compression is disabled, the range is 5 to 365 days, inclusive. By default, this value is 30 days.
7. Click the Save all changes icon in the toolbar.
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