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Version: FCP 25.11

Usage Guide

Permissions​

See Permissions.

File Systems​

Create a file system​

  • Billing type: Select a billing type:
    • Pay-as-you-go: Billed by actual usage duration. Suitable for short-term elastic needs. Can be converted to monthly subscription.
    • Monthly subscription: Auto-renews monthly upon expiration. Suitable for medium to long-term stable usage. Monthly subscription cannot be converted back to pay-as-you-go. If you no longer need it, release it manually in advance.
  • File system name: Auto-generated; you can modify it. Must be globally unique.
  • File system edition: Faststor Essential (Base) / Faststor Essential (Performance).
  • Capacity: Minimum 1 TB, maximum 50 TB.
  • Protocol: NFS.
  • Subnet: Select the subnet for the file system.

File system list​

  • File system status:

    • Creating: The file system is being created.
    • Running: The file system is running.
    • Releasing: The file system is being released.
    • Released: The file system has been released.
    • Expanding: The file system is being expanded.
    • Error: An error occurred during creation/release/expansion.

  • Actions:

    • Release: Permanently destroys the file system and its related data.
    • Expand: Expand in 1 TB increments. Each expansion can be up to 16 TB. Maximum capacity is 50 TB. Up to 15 expansions are supported; the remaining expansion count is shown. Capacity cannot be reduced.
    • Release protection: Prevent accidental release due to mistakes or communication delays. When enabled, the file system cannot be released directly.
      • For new file systems, release protection is enabled by default and cannot be disabled during creation.
      • For existing file systems, release protection is enabled by default.
    • Convert pay-as-you-go to monthly: Available when status is Running and billing type is pay-as-you-go.
      • Click Convert to monthly and confirm the prompt. After confirmation, the file system is converted to monthly subscription and billing switches to monthly mode.

File system overview​

  • Name: File system name.
  • Edition: Base / Performance.
  • Protocol: NFSv3 only.
  • Billing type: Current billing type.
  • Status: Current status.
  • Created at: Creation time.
  • Subnet: Subnet where the file system resides.
  • Security group: Security group attached to the file system. You can add rules but cannot delete or modify default rules.
  • Shared directory count: Number of shared directories. Up to 20 are supported.
  • Remaining expansions: Up to 15 expansions are supported.
  • IP address: File system IP address.
  • Capacity: Total capacity.

Performance Monitoring​

  • You can view file system performance monitoring for a selected time range (5 min / 15 min / 30 min / ...). The page refreshes every 30 seconds by default.
  • Average calculation window: 10 seconds. For example, IOPS (ops/s) is averaged over the last 10 seconds.
  • Metrics include IOPS, throughput, latency, and capacity (available and total).
    • IOPS (ops/s)
      • Read IOPS: Average read IOPS per second in the window.
      • Write IOPS: Average write IOPS per second in the window.
    • Bandwidth (bytes/s)
      • Read throughput: Average read bandwidth per second in the window.
      • Write throughput: Average write bandwidth per second in the window.
    • Latency (ms)
      • Read latency: Average total I/O time per operation (queue + disk I/O) in the window.
      • Write latency: Average total I/O time per operation (queue + disk I/O) in the window.
    • Capacity
      • Shows file system name, protocol, IP address, total capacity, available capacity, and usage percent.

Security groups​

Default rules​

ProtocolPortSourceDescription
TCP2112VPC CIDRFile system management service
TCP50060VPC CIDR
TCP8020VPC CIDR
TCP9400VPC CIDR
TCP9182VPC CIDR
TCP9100VPC CIDR
TCP8060VPC CIDR
TCP8040VPC CIDR
TCP8010VPC CIDR
TCP25057-50078VPC CIDR
TCP5000-5001VPC CIDR
TCP50023VPC CIDR
TCP7000VPC CIDR
TCP6817VPC CIDR
TCP5900-5999VPC CIDR
TCP4003-4004VPC CIDR
TCP3389VPC CIDR
TCP22VPC CIDR
TCP2000VPC CIDR

Operations​

  • Edit security group rules.

  • Default security group rules cannot be modified or deleted. You can add new rules.

Shared directories​

Add a shared directory​

  • Shared directory: Only supports second-level directories starting with /storage. Duplicate shared directories are not allowed.
  • Authorized CIDR #1: Required. You can input multiple CIDRs separated by commas, such as 192.168.3.0/24,192.168.1.0/24.
  • Read/write permission #1: Required. Choose Read-only or Read/Write. Default is Read/Write.
  • Authorized CIDR #2: Optional. Multiple CIDRs separated by commas.
  • Read/write permission #2: Optional. Read-only or Read/Write. Default is Read/Write.
  • User permission: Default is no_root_squash (root is not anonymized). Options:
    • no_root_squash: root is not anonymized; root maps to root on the share.
    • root_squash: root is anonymized; root maps to nobody on the share.
  • Description: Optional.

Shared directory list​

  • Status

    • Available: The share can be mounted.
    • Configuring: The share is being configured.
    • Deleting: The share is being deleted.
    • Error: An error occurred during create/delete/update.

  • Actions

    • Delete: Deleting a shared directory deletes all data under it.
    • Edit: You can update authorized CIDRs, read/write permissions, user permission, and description.

Note: After you change authorized CIDRs, clients within the allowed CIDRs continue to work, while clients outside the allowed CIDRs can no longer access the shared directory.