Default Storage Providers

To access storage through Nasuni Access Anywhere the shares you are providing access to must be added and indexed as “storage providers”. Storage providers are added to organizations (tenants) and can be managed by designated organization administrators. Access Anywhere caches and indexes metadata, information about where and what files are available, and who has access. The files themselves are not cached or copied.

File shares are added using either the “Nasuni” or “SMB Single User” provider.

• The “SMB Single User” provider connects to an SMB share as a single system user. Non-admin users don't have access to these shares until they are granted permission within Access Anywhere through “Shared Folders”.
• The “Nasuni” provider connects to an SMB share as a system user for indexing but will connect as each specific user for data access. Additionally, the provider synchronizes permissions with the Nasuni Edge Application. Access Anywhere users will have access immediately based on their existing SMB permissions. For this provider you will also need to register an AD or SAML directory service. ## The Default Storage Provider

One storage provider is designated as the “default”. This should be a “SMB Single User” provider. The provider must not be “Nasuni” or “Multi User SMB”.

Default storage provides a location for storing files and folders created by each user in their root directory. This is also the default location for system files (thumbnails, previews, comment attachments and contacts).

The default provider can be changed at any time. This changes where future files are created. We recommend creating a Nasuni share just for default storage and adding it as a “SMB Single User” provider.

To limit use of default storage set a “Default Storage Quota” from the “Users” page. You can also set quotas for individual users.

The appliance administrator (appladmin) can establish an appliance default storage provider and make it available as a default provider for any Access Anywhere organization through a User Package.

When an organization account is added to a Access Anywhere site on which an appliance default storage provider has been configured, if the package that is assigned to that account allows use of the appliance default storage provider then it will automatically be the account's default provider to start with.