Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual page 260

SnapServer 7.0 Administrator's Guide
Permissions
A security category, such as no access, read-only, or read-write, that determines what
operations a user or group can perform on folders or files.
Pool
A pool is a collection of RAID disks, grouped together by the RAID storage controller. iSCSI
volumes are created from these pools. New volumes can be created and existing volumes
can be extended, provided there is spare capacity in the pool from which the volume was
created.
PoP
Short for Proof of Purchase. The number used to obtain a license key for an upgrade to
third-party applications.
Port Name
This is an eight-byte hexadecimal number, uniquely identifying a single host
incorporates the World Wide Name and two additional bytes that are used to specify the
format and indicate the port number.
Portal
A target's IP address together with its TCP port number.
POSIX
Short for Portable Operating System Interface. A set of standard operating system
interfaces based on the Unix operating system. The need for standardization arose because
enterprises using computers wanted to develop programs that could run on multiple
platforms without the need to recode.
Preferred Path
The preferred path is the default path. When the path selection policy is set to
Failover/Failback, the preferred path is always used if it is available. If the preferred path
fails, I/O switches to another path. If it is later restored, I/O switches back to the preferred
path.
Protocol
A standardized set of rules that specifies the format, timing, sequencing, and/or error
checking for data transmissions.
PTP
Short for Point-to-Point. PTP is the common mode of attachment to a single host. PTP is
sometimes used to attach to a Fibre Channel switch for
Public Access Share
A share that allows all users read/write access to the filesystem.
Quota
A limit on the amount of storage space on a volume that a specific user or NIS group can
consume.
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