Dell NX3500 manual Managing NAS Volumes

This solution provides the following advantages:

•It is logically easy to manage the NAS volumes.

•The NAS volumes are created to match the exact needs of the department.

The disadvantage of this option is that the NAS volumes become difficult to manage if the number of departments in the organization increases.

Solution 2

Group departments that have similar security requirements into NAS volumes. The administrator creates three NAS volumes, one for NFS, one for CIFS, and another for mixed. The advantage is that the NAS volumes work separately between Windows and Linux. This solution has the following disadvantages:

•All files in a NAS volume are backed up.

•Unwanted services may be provided to certain departments. If a CIFS volume is created to backup data for the administration and finance departments, the press and legal departments will also get backups even though they do not require it.

Solution 3

NAS volumes can also be created based on the feature. The disadvantage of this solution is that user mapping is required. A user needs to choose one security style, either NTFS or UNIX, and based on the security style chosen the correct mapping for other users is set.

Managing NAS Volumes

You can view the current status of all NAS volumes, add new NAS volumes, and remove or modify existing NAS volumes.

To view the currently defined NAS volumes, select User Access→ NAS Volumes→ Configuration. The NAS volumes list is displayed.

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