Administrator Guide

Change Access Time Granularity for a NAS Volume
Change the access time granularity settings of a NAS volume to change the interval at which file-access timestamps are updated.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes and then select a NAS volume.
4. In the NAS Volumes panel, click Edit Settings.
The Edit NAS Volume Settings dialog box opens.
5. Click Advanced Settings.
6. In the Update File Access Time area, select the interval at which file-access timestamps are updated by selecting the appropriate
option: Always, Every Five Minutes, Once an Hour, and Once a Day.
7. Click OK.
Change Permissions Interoperability for a NAS Volume
Change the permissions interoperability (file security style) settings of a NAS volume to change the file access security style for the NAS
volume. Modifying the file security style of a NAS volume affects only the files and directories created after the modification.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes and then select a NAS volume.
4. In the NAS Volumes panel, click Edit Settings.
The Edit NAS Volume Settings dialog box opens.
5. In the Interoperability area, select the file permissions interoperability for the NAS volume.
6. Click OK.
Change the Space Settings of a NAS Volume
Change the space settings of a NAS volume, including provisioning, size, and reserved space.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes and then select a NAS volume.
4. In the NAS Volumes panel, click Edit Settings.
The Edit NAS Volume Settings dialog box opens.
5. From the Space Provisioning drop-down list, select the space provisioning type (Thick or Thin). These options are described in the
online help.
6. In the Size field, type a new size for the NAS volume in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
NOTE: The new size must be larger than the space used by the NAS volume.
7. (For thin NAS volumes) In the Reserved Space field, type the size of the storage that is statically allocated to the NAS volume in
megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
NOTE: The reserved space must be smaller than the configured size of the NAS volume.
8. Click OK.
SCSI Unmap
When the SCSI Unmap featured is enabled, deleted pages are returned to the storage pool as block or file storage.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
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