Maintaining A Large Namespace; Share Management; Share Considerations; Defining Access Control Lists - HP StoreEasy 1000 Administrator's Manual

2. If it is also necessary to take ownership of subfolders and files, enable the Replace owner
on subcontainers and objects box.
3. Click OK.

Maintaining a large namespace

1. Distributed File System N (DFS N) and Distributed File System (DFS R): DFS Namespaces:
It is a virtual view of shared folders in an organization. Shared folders located on different
servers can be grouped together into one or more logically structured namespaces.
DFS Replication: It is a multimaster replication engine that enables users to synchronize
folders on multiple servers across LAN or WAN network connections.
For more information, refer to the following link: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
library/jj127250.aspx
2. Volume mount points: For NFS, the Volume mount points are used as a workaround instead
of DFS-N.
For more information, refer to https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938934.aspx

Share management

There are several ways to set up and manage shares. Methods include using Windows Explorer,
a command line interface, or Server Manger.
NOTE: Select servers can be deployed in a clustered as well as a non-clustered configuration.
This chapter discusses share setup for a non-clustered deployment.
As previously mentioned, the file-sharing security model of HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage is
based on the NTFS file-level security model. Share security seamlessly integrates with file
security. In addition to discussing share management, this section discusses share security.

Share considerations

Planning the content, size, and distribution of shares on the HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage can
improve performance, manageability, and ease of use.
The content of shares should be carefully chosen to avoid two common pitfalls: either having too
many shares of a very specific nature, or of having very few shares of a generic nature. For
example, shares for general use are easier to set up in the beginning, but can cause problems
later. Frequently, a better approach is to create separate shares with a specific purpose or group
of users in mind. However, creating too many shares also has its drawbacks. For example, if it
is sufficient to create a single share for user home directories, create a "homes" share rather
than creating separate shares for each user.
By keeping the number of shares and other resources low, the performance of HPE StoreEasy
1000 Storage is optimized. For example, instead of sharing out each individual user's home
directory as its own share, share out the top-level directory and let the users map personal drives
to their own subdirectory.

Defining Access Control Lists

The Access Control List (ACL) contains the information that dictates which users and groups
have access to a share, as well as the type of access that is permitted. Each share on an NTFS
file system has one ACL with multiple associated user permissions. For example, an ACL can
define that User1 has read and write access to a share, User2 has read only access, and User3
has no access to the share. The ACL also includes group access information that applies to
every user in a configured group. ACLs are also referred to as permissions.
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