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Analytics
=========

Smart probes
------------
Coming soon...
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Pool
----

A pool is a collection of disks with predefined redundancy strategy. Available
redundancy options include RAID0, RAID1 and RAID10. Redundancy strategy must
be chosen during pool creation but cannot be changed afterwards.
A pool is a collection of disks with predefined redundancy strategy. Available
redundancy options include RAID0, RAID1 and RAID10. Redundancy strategy must be
chosen during pool creation but cannot be changed afterwards.

A pool can be resized at anytime by adding or removing drives. Obviously,
success of these operations depends on the state of the pool including current
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filesystem, snapshots are created instantly and take up no extra space when
created.

WebUI
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Web UI
------

The easiest way to manage your storage with Rockstor is via it's WebUI. It can
The easiest way to manage your storage with Rockstor is via it's web-ui. It can
be accessed by visiting the appliance's management IP over https using the
Firefox browser. Note that other browsers are not supported.

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Feature overview
================

User friendly WebUI
-------------------
User friendly web-ui
--------------------

Rockstor WebUI is designed to efficiently manage large and complex storage
infrastructure. It is also designed for elegent user experience, which
Rockstor web-ui is designed to efficiently manage large and complex storage
infrastructure. It is also designed for intuitive user experience, which
eliminates the need to read extensive documentation and learning to be able to
use it. Below are the feature highlights. See :ref:`webui` for a more detailed
explanation.

* Secure via SSL
* Secure access via HTTPS.

* Efficiently perform storage management operations including pool and share
* Efficiently perform storage management including pool and share
creation, snapshots, nfs exports, etc..

* Efficiently perform necessary system management operations including
* Efficiently perform necessary system management including
directory services, user management etc..

* Customize dashboard per admin user by choosing relevent widgets and their
* Customize dashboard per admin user by choosing relevant widgets and their
layout.

* Visualize smart probe data for deep insight into the infrastructure.
* Visualize smart probe data for deeper insights.

* View other Rockstor appliances by quick switching.
* Manage other Rockstor appliances by quick switching.

User friendly CLI
-----------------
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overwhelming the user. All commands have documentation and examples. Below are
the feature highlights. See :ref:`cli` for a more detailed explanation.

* Secure via SSH
* Secure access via SSH

* Switch to specific consoles of subsystems like pools, shares, nfs, network
etc.. for a clean user experience.
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Online Pool management
-----------------------

* Create pools instantly using the WebUI or CLI.
* Create pools instantly using the web-ui or CLI.

* Resize pools online by adding or removing whole disk drives.

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Online Share and Snapshot management
------------------------------------

* Create shares instantly using the WebUI or CLI.
* Create shares instantly using the web-ui or CLI.

* Resize pools online, thin provision or over provision according to your
needs.
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* Rollback a share to one of it's snapshots.

Share replication
-----------------

* Replicate shares from one Rockstor appliance to others.

Directory services
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Coming soon...


Initial setup
-------------

Rockstor needs to be setup initially using the WebUI. Once the installation is
complete, go to https://<appliance_ip> using the Firefox browser.

1. cert download screenshot

2. initial setup screens screenshot

3. dashboard screenshot

Upgrading Rockstor
------------------

Rockstor is under heavy development. However, we strive to make most updates
non-disruptive. You can safely update Rockstor anytime with the following
command::
Rockstor is under continuous development. However, we strive to make most
updates non-disruptive. You can safely update Rockstor anytime with the
following command::

[root@localhost ~]# yum update rockstor

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