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The user can enter the required information for Parallel File Storage through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, select detailed options, and create the service.

Parallel File Storage Create

You can create and use the Parallel File Storage service from the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To create Parallel File Storage, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > Parallel File Storage Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Parallel File Storage.
  2. Click the Create Parallel File Storage button on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Create Parallel File Storage page.
  3. Parallel File Storage creation On the page, enter the information required to create the service.
Category
Required
Detailed description
Volume NameRequiredEnter volume name
  • Start with a lowercase English letter
  • Use lowercase letters, numbers, special character (_) to input 3 ~ 21 characters
  • Generated in the form ‘user input value+{6-character UUID composed of lowercase English letters and numbers}’
  • Cannot be modified after service creation
CapacityRequiredEnter the capacity to use
  • 1 ~ 1000 TB available
  • Only expansion is possible after service creation
TagSelectAdd Tag
  • Up to 50 can be added per resource
  • After clicking the Add Tag button, enter or select Key, Value values
Table. Parallel File Storage Service Creation Information Input Items
  1. Check the detailed information and estimated billing amount generated in the summary panel, and click the Complete button.
  2. When the popup notifying creation opens, click the Confirm button.
    • When creation is complete, check the created resources on the Parallel File Storage list page.
Reference
Parallel File Storage creation can take more than several tens of minutes depending on the service scale.

Parallel File Storage Check Detailed Information

Parallel File Storage service can view and edit the full resource list and detailed information.
Parallel File Storage If you want to check the detailed information of the service, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > Parallel File Storage Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Parallel File Storage.
  2. Click the Parallel File Storage menu on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Parallel File Storage list page.
  3. Parallel File Storage List page, click the resource to view detailed information. It navigates to the Parallel File Storage Details page.
    • Parallel File Storage Details page displays status information and additional feature information, and consists of Details, Snapshot List, Tags, Operation History tabs.
      CategoryDetailed description
      Volume StatusRepresents the status of the volume
      • Creating: In creation
      • Available: Creation complete, server connection possible
      • Extending: Capacity expansion in progress
      • Deleting: Service termination in progress
      • Error Deleting: Abnormal state during deletion
      • Error: Abnormal state during creation
      • Error Extending: Abnormal state during capacity expansion
      Snapshot CreationImmediately create a snapshot at the time of creation
      • Up to 50 can be created
      Service cancellationButton to cancel the service
      Table. Parallel File Storage status information and additional features

Detailed Information

On the Parallel File Storage List page, you can view the detailed information of the selected resource and, if necessary, edit the information.

CategoryDetailed description
serviceservice name
Resource TypeResource Type
SRNUnique resource ID in Samsung Cloud Platform
  • In the Parallel File Storage service, it refers to a volume SRN
Resource NameResource Name
  • In the Parallel File Storage service, it refers to the volume name
Resource IDService’s unique resource ID
CreatorUser who created the service
Creation timeDate/time the service was created
Volume nameVolume name
CapacityVolume Capacity
  • Click the Edit button to change the capacity
Mount InformationMount Information
  • Mount Name: Mount name per volume for server connection
    • {Storage IP}:/{Volume Name} is created
  • Mount Account: View button after clicking, entering the password allows you to view the account information and verify the password
Connected ResourcesList of connected resources (Multi-node GPU Server)
  • Resource Type: Service type of the connected resource
  • Resource Name: Name of the connected resource
  • IP: Connected resource IP information
  • Resource Status: Status of the connected resource
  • Connection Status: Connection status of the resource
    • If the connection status is partially successful, verify that the two N/W interfaces for Parallel File Storage connection in the Multi-node GPU Cluster are functioning properly, then disconnect and reconnect in Parallel File Storage to check the status
  • Resources can be added up to a maximum of 300
Table. Parallel File Storage Details - Detail Tab Items

Snapshot List

You can view the snapshot of the selected resource on the Parallel File Storage List page.

Reference
  • How to create and manage snapshots, please refer to Using Snapshots.
  • You can restore data on a per-file basis using snapshots. For more details, see File-level Restore.
CategoryDetailed description
Snapshot usageTotal capacity of stored snapshots
Snapshot NameSnapshot Name
CapacitySnapshot Capacity
Creation date and timeSnapshot creation date and time
StatusSnapshot status
  • Available: Creation completed, recoverable
  • Creating: Creating
  • Error: Abnormal state
  • Deleting: Deleting
  • Error Deleting: Abnormal state while deleting
  • Restoring: Restoring
MoreSnapshot Management Button
  • Delete: Delete Snapshot
Table. Parallel File Storage Details - Snapshot Tab Items
Reference
Snapshots can be created up to a maximum of 50.

Tag

Parallel File Storage List on the page, you can view the tag information of the selected resource, and you can add, modify, or delete it.

CategoryDetailed description
Tag ListTag List
  • Tag’s Key, Value information can be checked
  • Up to 50 tags can be added per resource
  • When entering tags, search and select from the existing list of created Keys and Values
Table. Parallel File Storage Details - Tag Tab Items

Work History

On the Parallel File Storage List page, you can view the operation history of the selected resource.

CategoryDetailed description
Work History ListResource Change History
  • Task date/time, resource type, resource ID, resource name, task details, event topic, task result, verify operator information
Table. Parallel File Storage Details - Job History Tab Items

Parallel File Storage Resource Management

If you need to modify settings in Parallel File Storage or add or delete a connected server, you can perform the operation on the Parallel File Storage Details page.

Edit Capacity

You can expand the capacity of Parallel File Storage.

To modify the capacity, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > Parallel File Storage Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Parallel File Storage.
  2. Click the Parallel File Storage menu on the Service Home page. Go to the Parallel File Storage list page.
  3. Parallel File Storage List page, click the resource to modify the capacity. Parallel File Storage Details page, navigate.
  4. Click the Edit button of the Capacity item. The Capacity Edit popup window opens.
  5. After entering the capacity to be expanded, click the Confirm button.
    • You can expand up to a maximum of 1000 TB, including the existing capacity.
  6. When a popup notifying capacity expansion opens, click the Confirm button.

Edit Connected Resources

You can connect resources to Parallel File Storage or disconnect the connected resources.

Notice
  • You cannot modify the linked resource while the linked resource modification is in progress.
  • If communication with the target resource is lost or the connection is impossible, you cannot modify the connection resource.
  • When connecting resources, you can connect up to 300 resources at the same location. If you exceed 300, use the API.

To modify the connection resource, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > Parallel File Storage Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Parallel File Storage.
  2. Click the Parallel File Storage menu on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Parallel File Storage list page.
  3. Parallel File Storage List page, click the resource to edit the connected resource. Move to the Parallel File Storage Details page.
  4. Click the Edit button of the Connected Resource item. The Select Connected Resource popup window opens.
  5. After selecting the resource to connect or unchecking the resource to disconnect, click the Confirm button.
    • You can select multiple resources at the same time.
Caution
  • Multi-node GPU Cluster server is connected to Parallel File Storage through two N/W interfaces. To optimize storage performance, please check that both N/W are properly connected.
    • Parallel File Storage Details page, if the resource’s connection status is Partial Success, follow the steps below to verify.
      1. Verify that the 2 N/W interfaces for connecting Parallel File Storage in the Multi-node GPU Cluster are functioning properly.
      2. After disconnecting from Parallel File Storage, reconnect.
      3. Parallel File Storage Details Check the connection status of the resource on the page.
  • When disconnecting, you must first access the server and perform the disconnect operation (Umount, disconnect network drive).
    • If you disconnect without OS operation, a status error (Hang) may occur on the connection server.
    • For detailed information about the server unmount operation, please refer to Unmount Server.
  • When adding a connected server, you must first perform the connection tasks (Mount, network drive connection) on the server.

Parallel File Storage Cancel

You can cancel unused Parallel File Storage to reduce operating costs.
However, if you cancel the service, the service currently in operation may be terminated immediately, so you should proceed with the cancellation after fully considering the impact that may occur when the service is discontinued.

Caution
  • Be careful because data cannot be recovered after termination.
  • If there are resources connected to Parallel File Storage, you cannot cancel. Remove all connected resources before canceling the service.
  • You can only delete when the volume status is Available or Error.

To cancel Parallel File Storage, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > Parallel File Storage Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Parallel File Storage.
  2. Click the Parallel File Storage menu on the Service Home page. Go to the Parallel File Storage list page.
  3. Parallel File Storage list On the page, select the resource to cancel, and click the Cancel Service button.
    • You can go to the Parallel File Storage Details page of the resource to be terminated and delete it individually.
  4. If a popup notifying termination opens, click the Confirm button.
  5. When the termination is completed, check on the Parallel File Storage list page whether the resource has been terminated.
Overview
Using Snapshots