You use volumes to manage data. There are two types of volumes: local volumes that are “owned” by the local Nasuni Edge Appliance, and remote volumes that belong to other Nasuni Edge Appliances.
If the NEA is not being managed by the NMC, a banner like the following appears:
You can configure volume features using the Nasuni Management Console (NMC). See NMC Guide.
Volume tasks that you can perform include the following:
Viewing the information and properties of “owned” local and remote volumes. See Volume List.
Adding or creating new "owned" local volumes using the SMB (CIFS) or NFS protocols. See Create Volume.
Connecting to remote volumes. See Connect to (and Disconnect from) a Remote Volume.
Initiating a snapshot. See Take Snapshot.
Viewing the Volume Properties for a volume. See Volume details.
Changing the properties of volumes, including volume name and quota (maximum capacity). See Changing volume name and Editing volume quota.
Creating and change SMB (CIFS) shares, NFS exports, and FTP/SFTP directories. See Creating shares, Creating exports, and Creating FTP directories.
Configuring snapshot scheduling. See Snapshot Schedule.
Enabling and disabling access to snapshot directories. See Snapshot Directory Access.
Adding, disabling, and enabling encryption keys for volumes. See Encryption Keys.
Configuring sync schedules. See Sync Schedule.
Configuring file auditing for the volume. See File System Auditing.
Configuring alerts for files with specified name patterns. See File System Auditing.
Deleting a volume. See Deleting a local volume.