QoreStor 5.1.0 - User Guide

Adding additional storage

Additional storage can be added through the QoreStor UI or via the system --storage command in the QoreStor CLI. Refer to the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide for more information on the system --storage command.

To add storage

Before adding storage, ensure that the storage is mounted to the QoreStor server as an XFS filesystem. Refer to Guidelines for configuring additional storage for additional guidelines and requirements.

1. On the navigation menu, click System Configuration. Scroll to the Storage Enclosure section.
2. Click Add Path.
3. Enter the mount path for the additional storage. Click Add.

Managing containers

In QoreStor, data is stored in containers, which are stored in storage groups. Some containers function like a shared file system. These types of containers can be assigned a specific connection type, for example, NFS/CIFS or RDA (including both OST and RDS clients). These containers are then accessed via NFS, CIFS, and RDA protocols.

In QoreStor you can manage your storage groups and data containers, including viewing storage groups and containers, creating new storage groups and containers, modifying or deleting them, moving data into containers, and viewing current statistics. Management for containers can be done either through the GUI or the command line.

Viewing containers

You can easily view a list of containers in your QoreStor instance on the Storage Containers page, or by using the container command in the QoreStor CLI.

Viewing containers in the GUI

1. In the navigation menu, click Storage Groups, and then select the storage group that has the containers you want to view. (If you only have the DefaultGroup storage group, you will not need to select a group.) The Containers page is displayed.
2. You can view the following columns of information about the containers.
   • Storage Group—The storage group to which the container belongs.
   • Container—The name of the container.
   • Marker Type—The marker type that supports your Data Management Application (DMA).
   • Access Protocol—the connection type/access protocol for the container:
     • NFS
     • CIFS
     • RDA
     • OST

Viewing containers via the CLI

To view the list of containers, follow these steps.

1. Access the QoreStor CLI. Refer to Using the QoreStor command line for more information.
2. To view the containers on this QoreStor instance, use the command

   container --show [--name <name>] [--verbose]

   Refer to the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide for more information.

Viewing container statistics

1. On the navigation menu, click Storage Groups, and then select the storage group that contains the container you want to view. (If you are only using the DefaultGroup storage group, you do not need to select a group.)
2. In the list of containers, select the container for which you want to view statistics, and then click Container details.
3. The Container details page contains the following sections:
   • In the Active and Throughput charts, you can view current statistics for the container.

     The Active chart displays the number of active files ingested based on time (in minutes), and the number of active bytes ingested based on time (in minutes). The Throughput chart displays the number of read data in Mebibytes/per second (MiB/s) based on time (in minutes), and the number of write data in MiB/s based on time (in minutes).

     NOTE: The values in the Active and Throughput charts refresh automatically every 15 seconds.

   • In the Connection pane, you can view information about the configured connection type for the selected container. The type of information displayed can be different depending on the connection type. For example, for an RDS container, the following information is displayed:
     • Type
     • Enabled
     • Status
     • Quota
     • Used Capacity
   • In the Quota and duplication pane, you can view detailed information on the capacity, inbound throughput, and outbound throughput.
   • The Client statistics pane lists ingest and network information.