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Using Replication

You can create a replica of File Storage at another location and synchronize it periodically. You can perform tasks on the File Storage Details page and the Replication page.

Reference
  • kr-south region does not provide File Storage replication feature.

Create Clone

You can create a replica volume at a different location. To create a replica volume, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > File Storage Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
  2. Click the File Storage menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the File Storage list page.
  3. Click the resource to create a replica on the File Storage List page. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
  4. Click the Create Clone button. The Create Clone popup opens.
  5. Enter Replication Location and Replication Volume Name, Password, Replication Interval, and click the Confirm button. It creates a replica with the same disk type.
    • Replication Location: Select a location different from the original File Storage volume.
  • Clone Volume Name: Start with a lowercase English letter and use lowercase letters, numbers, and the special character (_) to enter 3 to 21 characters.
    • Password: This is the account password for accessing CIFS volumes. Enter 6 to 20 characters including letters, numbers, and special characters (excluding $%{}[]"\).
    • Replication cycle: 5 minutes, 1 hour, daily, weekly, monthly. Replication will be performed at the selected interval.
      • Daily: Daily 23:59:00
      • Weekly: Every Sunday 23:59:00
      • Monthly: 1st of each month 23:59:00
  1. Click the Clone page. Navigate to the Clone page.
  2. Check the replication information.
  • When selecting the volume name of the original or replica, you will be taken to the volume’s File Storage Details page.
Caution
When using replication, you cannot recover with a snapshot and can only create a recovery volume. If snapshot recovery is needed, delete the replication policy and recover with a snapshot.
Reference
  • When creating a replica, a replica with the same disk type and protocol is created.
  • One replica can be created per volume, and data transfer fees are added for cross-region replication.

Edit replication policy

Through modifying the replication policy, you can change the replication status. To modify the replication policy, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > File Storage Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
  2. Click the File Storage menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the File Storage list page.
  3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to modify the replication policy. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
  4. Click the Replication page. You will be taken to the File Storage Replication page.
  5. Click the Edit button of Replication Policy. The Edit Replication Policy popup window opens.
    • Use: Performs replication. If Pause, can be changed to Use.
    • Pause: Temporarily pauses replication. If use, it can be modified to Pause.
  • Delete: Deletes the replication. If Paused, it can be changed to Delete, and after deletion, replication cannot be used again.
  1. File Storage Replication on the page, please check the modified replication policy.
Caution
  • After deletion, the replica becomes the original, so you cannot replicate to the previous configuration again by modifying the replication policy.
  • Data stored only in the replica after pausing will be deleted if replication is used again.
  • When using replication policy, the replica is read only and data cannot be changed. Use replication after unmounting all connected resources.
Reference
  • If the replication policy is stopped or the replication status is completed, you can modify the policy and schedule in the replica.

Modify replication cycle

Through modifying the replication cycle, you can change the synchronization cycle between the original and the replica. To modify the replication cycle, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > File Storage Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
  2. Click the File Storage menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the File Storage list page.
  3. File Storage List on the page, click the resource to modify the replication cycle. File Storage Details navigate to the page.
  4. Replication Click the page. File Storage Replication Navigate to the page.
  5. Click the Edit button of Replication Cycle. The Replication Cycle Edit popup opens.
    • Replication Cycle: Choose from 5 minutes, 1 hour, daily, weekly, monthly. Replication will be performed at the selected interval.
      • Daily: Daily 23:59:00
      • Weekly: Every Sunday 23:59:00
      • Monthly: 1st of each month 23:59:00
  6. Check the modified Replication Cycle on the File Storage Replication page.
Reference
  • If the replication policy is stopped or the replication status is completed, you can modify the policy and schedule on the replica.
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