Reasons for using FlexClone LUNs
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- Cluster administration
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Volume administration
- Logical storage management with the CLI
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NAS storage management
- Configure NFS with the CLI
- Manage NFS with the CLI
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Manage SMB with the CLI
- Manage file access using SMB
- SAN storage management
- Security and data encryption
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Data protection and disaster recovery
- Data protection with the CLI
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Creating your file...
You can use FlexClone LUNs to create multiple read/write copies of a LUN.
You might want to do this for the following reasons:
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You need to create a temporary copy of a LUN for testing purposes.
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You need to make a copy of your data available to additional users without giving them access to the production data.
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You want to create a clone of a database for manipulation and projection operations, while preserving the original data in an unaltered form.
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You want to access a specific subset of a LUN's data (a specific logical volume or file system in a volume group, or a specific file or set of files in a file system) and copy it to the original LUN, without restoring the rest of the data in the original LUN. This works on operating systems that support mounting a LUN and a clone of the LUN at the same time. SnapDrive for UNIX supports this with the
snap connect
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You need multiple SAN boot hosts with the same operating system.