PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 CloudPools Administration Guide

Managing cloud policies

CloudPools takes advantage of the SmartPools infrastructure, and applies file pool policies to determine which files are to be archived to the cloud.

Therefore, you must activate both a SmartPools and a CloudPools license to store data in the cloud.

By defining file pool policies, you can have OneFS automatically archive files to the cloud when they match certain characteristics, such as age, size, type, or location.

File pool policies are both for SmartPools and CloudPools purposes. A file pool policy can specify a local storage target, a cloud storage target, or both. If you create a policy that specifies both local and cloud targets, the policy moves file data to the cloud, and applies the local settings to the SmartLink files retained on the local cluster.

If the purpose of a file pool policy is to move files to a local node pool or tier, do not configure a cloud target. Conversely, if the purpose of a policy is to archive files to the cloud, configuring a local target. In this case, the system uses the settings of the default file pool policy to store the local SmartLink files which may or may not meet the needs for the local parameters.