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  • WEKA v4.0 documentation
  • WEKA System Overview
    • About the WEKA system
    • SSD capacity management
    • Filesystems, object stores, and filesystem groups
    • Weka networking
    • Data lifecycle management
    • Weka client and mount modes
    • Weka containers architecture overview
    • Glossary
  • Getting Started with Weka
    • Quick installation guide
    • Manage the system using the Weka CLI
    • Manage the system using the Weka GUI
    • Run first IOs with WekaFS
    • Getting started with Weka REST API
  • Planning & Installation
    • Prerequisites for installation
    • Weka installation on bare metal
      • Planning a Weka System Installation
      • Prepare the system for Weka installation
        • SR-IOV enablement
      • Obtain the Weka software installation package
      • Weka cluster installation
      • WEKA legacy system installation process
      • Add clients
    • Weka installation on AWS
      • Self-service portal
      • CloudFormation template generator
      • Deployment types
      • AWS outposts deployment
      • Supported EC2 instance types
      • Add clients
      • Auto scaling group
      • Troubleshooting
  • Performance
    • Weka performance tests
      • Test environment details
  • WekaFS Filesystems & Object Stores
    • Manage object stores
      • Manage object stores using the GUI
      • Manage object stores using the CLI
    • Manage filesystem groups
      • Manage filesystem groups using the GUI
      • Manage filesystem groups using the CLI
    • Manage filesystems
      • Manage filesystems using the GUI
      • Manage filesystems using the CLI
    • Attach or detach object store buckets
      • Attach or detach object store bucket using the GUI
      • Attach or detach object store buckets using the CLI
    • Advanced data lifecycle management
      • Advanced time-based policies for data storage location
      • Data management in tiered filesystems
      • Transition between tiered and SSD-only filesystems
      • Manual fetch and release of data
    • Mount filesystems
    • Snapshots
      • Manage snapshots using the GUI
      • Manage snapshots using the CLI
    • Snap-To-Object
      • Manage Snap-To-Object using the GUI
      • Manage Snap-To-Object using the CLI
    • Quota management
  • Additional Protocols
    • NFS
      • Manage NFS networking using the GUI
      • Manage NFS networking using the CLI
    • SMB
      • Manage SMB using the GUI
      • Manage SMB using the CLI
    • S3
      • S3 cluster management
        • Manage the S3 service using the GUI
        • Manage the S3 service using the CLI
      • S3 buckets management
        • Manage S3 buckets using the GUI
        • Manage S3 buckets using the CLI
      • S3 users and authentication
        • Manage S3 users and authentication using the CLI
        • Manage S3 service accounts using the CLI
      • S3 rules information lifecycle management (ILM)
        • Manage S3 rules using the CLI
      • Audit S3 APIs
        • Configure audit webhook using the GUI
        • Configure audit webhook using the CLI
        • Example: How to use Splunk to audit S3
      • S3 supported APIs and limitations
      • S3 examples using boto3
  • Operation Guide
    • Alerts
      • Manage alerts using the GUI
      • Manage alerts using the CLI
      • List of alerts and corrective actions
    • Events
      • Manage events using the GUI
      • Manage events using the CLI
      • List of events
    • Statistics
      • Manage statistics using the GUI
      • Manage statistics using the CLI
      • List of statistics
    • System congestion
    • Security management
      • Obtain authentication tokens
      • KMS management
        • Manage KMS using the GUI
        • Manage KMS using the CLI
      • TLS certificate management
        • Manage the TLS certificate using the GUI
        • Manage the TLS certificate using the CLI
      • CA certificate management
        • Manage the CA certificate using the GUI
        • Manage the CA certificate using the CLI
      • Account lockout threshold policy management
        • Manage the account lockout threshold policy using GUI
        • Manage the account lockout threshold policy using CLI
      • Manage the login banner
        • Manage the login banner using the GUI
        • Manage the login banner using the CLI
    • User management
      • Manage users using the GUI
      • Manage users using the CLI
    • Organizations management
      • Manage organizations using the GUI
      • Manage organizations using the CLI
      • Mount authentication for organization filesystems
    • Expand and shrink cluster resources
      • Expand and shrink overview
      • Workflow: Add a backend host
      • Expansion of specific resources
      • Shrink a Cluster
    • Background tasks
    • Upgrade Weka versions
  • Billing & Licensing
    • License overview
    • Classic license
    • Pay-As-You-Go license
  • Support
    • Prerequisites and compatibility
    • Get support for your Weka system
    • Diagnostics management
      • Traces management
        • Manage traces using the GUI
        • Manage traces using the CLI
      • Protocols debug level management
        • Manage protocols debug level using the GUI
        • Manage protocols debug level using the CLI
      • Collect and upload diagnostics data
    • Weka Home - The Weka support cloud
      • Local Weka Home overview
      • Local Weka Home deployment
      • Set the Local Weka Home to send alerts or events
      • Download the Usage Report or Analytics
  • Appendix
    • Weka CSI Plugin
    • Set up the Weka-mon external monitoring
    • Set up the SnapTool external snapshots manager
  • REST API Reference Guide
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  • Agent
  • B
  • Backend Host
  • C
  • Client
  • Cluster
  • Container
  • Converged Deployment
  • D
  • Data Retention Period
  • Data Stripe Width
  • Dedicated Deployment
  • F
  • Failure Domain
  • Filesystem Group
  • Frontend
  • H
  • Hot Data
  • Host
  • N
  • Net Capacity
  • Node
  • P
  • POSIX
  • Provisioned Capacity
  • Prefetch
  • R
  • Raw Capacity
  • Retention Period
  • Releasing
  • Rehydrating
  • S
  • Server
  • Stem Mode
  • Snap-To-Object
  • T
  • Tiered Weka Configuration
  • Tiering
  • Tiering Cue
  • U
  • Unprovisioned Capacity
  • V
  • VF
  • W
  • Warm Data
  1. WEKA System Overview

Glossary

A

Agent

The Weka agent is software installed on user application servers that need access to the Weka file services. When using the Stateless Client feature, the agent is responsible for ensuring that the correct client software version is installed (depending on the cluster version) and that the client connects to the correct cluster.

B

Backend Host

A host that runs the Weka software and is installed with SSD drives dedicated to the Weka system, providing services to client hosts. A group of backend hosts forms a storage cluster.

C

Client

The Weka client is software installed on user application servers that need access to Weka file services. The Weka client implements a kernel-based filesystem driver and the logic and networking stack to connect to the Weka backend hosts and be part of a cluster. In general industry terms, "client" may also refer to an NFS, SMB, or S3 client that uses those protocols to access the Weka filesystem. For NFS, SMB, and S3 the Weka client is not required to be installed in conjunction with those protocols.

Cluster

A collection of Weka backend hosts, together with Weka clients installed on the application servers, forming one sharable, distributed, and scalable file storage system.

Container

Weka uses Linux containers (LXC) as the mechanism for holding one node or keeping multiple nodes together. Containers can have different nodes within them. They can have frontend nodes and associated DPDK libraries within the container, or backend nodes, drive nodes, management node, and DPDK libraries, or can have NFS, SMB, or S3 services nodes running within them. A host can have multiple containers running on it at any time.

Converged Deployment

A Weka configuration in which Weka backend nodes run on the same host with applications.

D

Data Retention Period

The target period of time for tiered data to be retained on an SSD.

Data Stripe Width

The number of data blocks in each logical data protection group.

Dedicated Deployment

A Weka configuration that dedicates complete servers and all of their allocated resources to Weka backends, as opposed to a converged deployment.

F

Failure Domain

A collection of hardware components that can fail together due to a single root cause.

Filesystem Group

A collection of filesystems that share a common tiering policy to object-store.

Frontend

Is the collection of Weka software that runs on a client and accesses storage services and IO from the Weka storage cluster. The frontend consists of a frontend node that delivers IO to the Weka driver, a DPDK library, and the Weka POSIX driver.

H

Hot Data

Frequently used data (as opposed to warm data), usually residing on SSDs.

Host

N

Net Capacity

Amount of space available for user data on SSDs in a configured Weka system.

Node

A software instance that Weka uses to run and manage WekaFS. Nodes are dedicated to managing different functions such as (1) NVMe Drives and IO to the drives, (2) compute nodes for filesystems and cluster-level functions and IO from clients, (3) frontend nodes for POSIX client access and sending IO to the backend nodes, and (4) management nodes for managing the overall cluster. In general industry terms, a node also may be referenced as a discrete component in a hardware or software cluster. Sometimes when referring to hardware, the term host may be used instead.

P

POSIX

Provisioned Capacity

The total capacity that is assigned to filesystems. This includes both SSD and object store capacity.

Prefetch

The Weka process of rehydrating data from an object store to an SSD, based on a prediction of future data access.

R

Raw Capacity

Total SSD capacity owned by the user.

Retention Period

The target time for data to be stored on SSDs before releasing from the SSDs to an object-store.

Releasing

The deletion of the SSD copy of data that has been tiered to the object-store.

Rehydrating

The creation of an SSD copy of data stored only on the object-store.

S

Server

In Weka terms, a physical or virtual instantiation of hardware on which software runs and provides compute or storage services. In general industry terms, a server may also refer to a software process that provides a service to another process, whether on the same host or to a client (e.g. NFS server, SMB server, etc.).

Stem Mode

A mode of the Weka software that has been installed and is running, but has not been attached to a cluster.

Snap-To-Object

A Weka feature for uploading snapshots to object stores.

T

Tiered Weka Configuration

Weka configuration consisting of SSDs and object stores for data storage.

Tiering

Copying of data to an object store, while it still remains on the SSD.

Tiering Cue

The minimum time to wait before considering data for tiering from an SSD to an object-store.

U

Unprovisioned Capacity

The storage capacity that is available for new filesystems.

V

VF

Virtual Function

W

Warm Data

Less frequently-used data (as opposed to hot data), usually residing on an object-store.

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A physical or virtual server that has hardware resources allocated to it and software running on it that provides compute or storage services. Weka uses in conjunction with to deliver storage services. In general industry terms, in a cluster of hosts, sometimes "" is used instead.

The Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) is a family of standards specified by the EEE Computer Society for maintaining compatibility between operating systems. The WekaFS client is POSIX compliant, which means that it presents data to the OS on which it is installed in a manner that conforms to the POSIX standard. The WekaFS client is sometimes informally referred to as the POSIX client or POSIX driver when describing the overall storage system architecture.

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