PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 CloudPools Administration Guide

Combining cloud and local storage policy actions

You can specify both cloud and a local storage actions in the same file pool policy. The cloud actions are applied to the data of matching files, while the local actions apply to the SmartLink files that are created in place.

SmartPools settings can determine the target storage pool or tier, file protection level, I/O optimization, and data access optimization. The SmartLink files are processed according to the specified SmartPools parameters. If some settings are not specified in the custom file pool policy, the default file pool policy settings are applied to the SmartLink files.