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- | ====== Top 5 things to know when using the Enterprise File Fabric ====== | ||
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- | If you are one of those people who hates looking at help pages and manuals then this very short guide is for you ! It details the top 5 things you should understand when using the SME File Fabric.\\ \\ The File Fabric enables the unification and access of private / public storage providers in one ' | ||
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- | ===== 1 Understanding the unified cloud file system ===== | ||
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- | Any Cloud Provider added is accessible from one "Cloud File System" | ||
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- | ===== 2 Understanding Smart Folders ===== | ||
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- | Smart Folders can store files from different clouds and they are created by the SME system on account creation. | ||
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- | The location of files stored in smart folder will be set to whatever your Default Cloud is set to in the Cloud DashBoard. You can also see this from your sidebar when logged into the web. | ||
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- | Any files uploaded to these smart folders will result in a folder being created on the primary cloud and files added stored. You can think of them as a view of files and can easily see which files are stored on which cloud from the icon next to the file. | ||
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- | You don't have to use Smart Folders at all but they can be very powerful for aggregating files from different clouds. | ||
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- | ===== 3 Why the Primary or default Cloud is important ===== | ||
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- | If you add more than one file store to The File Fabric, the first store you add will be what we term as the **//Primary Cloud//**. Basically this is the default cloud that will be used for the following actions:\\ \\ 1. Uploading files to Smart folders. " | ||
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- | ===== 4 Refreshing the view of File Stores ===== | ||
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- | When you first add a file store a cache is created to enable quick access to your files. No files are moved. They stay on your Clouds. This cache is merely information about files (metadata) ie. filename, datestamp, size etc. and enables you to view your data without the File Fabric continually asking the remote file store for the file list. This can be a very timely optimization particularly where large file lists are in place. The default mode is cached mode.\\ \\ You can choose to exit cached mode and work in real-time mode, which may be slower if the remote file list is large. You can activate real-time mode from the DashBoard.\\ \\ To obtain the latest view of your stored files when operating cached mode simply click **// | ||
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- | ===== 5 Deleting Files ===== | ||
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- | When you delete files using a File fabric client the files move to the " | ||
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- | If you then choose to remove them from the Trash or empty the Trash then the files are deleted on the file storage provider. | ||
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- | This is a safety feature to ensure you don't accidentally remove files. This can also offer some protection from Ransomware threats that update and lock files and delete the original file (see the [[https:// | ||
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- | There is no time limit to how long files will remain in trash. They will remain there until they are deleted or Trash is emptied. | ||
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- | If you wish to remove files as soon as they are deleted or let your storage provider handles files that are deleted then there is an option that can be accessed from " |