Administrator Guide

View NAS Volumes
View the current NAS volumes.
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.
The NAS Volumes panel displays all the current NAS volumes.
Create a NAS Volume
Create a NAS volume to allocate storage that can be shared on the network. When a NAS volume is created, default values are applied.
1 In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2 Click the File System tab.
3 In the File System view, select NAS volume.
4 In the NAS Volumes panel, click Create NAS Volume.
The Create NAS Volume dialog box opens.
NOTE: The default security style is Windows for newly created NAS volumes. To change the security style, select Edit
Settings and then click the Interoperability tab.
5 In the Name eld, type a unique name for the NAS volume.
6 In the Size eld, type a size for the NAS volume in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
NOTE
: A NAS volume must have a minimum size of 20 MB.
7 In the Folder panel, select a parent folder for the NAS volume.
8 Click OK.
Rename a NAS Volume
Rename a NAS volume.
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 Name eld, type a new name for the NAS volume.
6 Click OK.
NOTE
: Renaming a NAS volume impacts current NFS clients. Those clients receive stale NFS le handle error messages.
You must unmount and then remount the NFS mount point with the new name of the volume.
Change Access Time Granularity for a NAS Volume
Change the access time granularity settings of a NAS volume to change the interval at which le-access timestamps are updated.
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.
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