What's New in CTERA Edge Filer Version 7.11.x

CTERA Edge Filer version 7.11.x includes the following new features:

Additional Edge Filer Activity Graphs

The Dashboard graphs have been improved:

The Load graph CPU and RAM options can now be displayed separately.
The Cache Hits and Hit Rate graphs are displayed in the Cache Hits option.
A Disk Activity graph is available to monitor read and write activity to the local disk.
The Cloud I/O graph has been replaced with Cloud Sync with additional options to monitor the sync queue length and the active downloads in addition to the I/O.

For details, see Monitoring the CTERA Edge Filer.

Local Deduplication Log

The local deduplication log has been moved from the Local Deduplication page to a tab in the Log Viewer page. This change means that options available to all the logs are now also available to the local deduplication log, such as being able to export the log to a Microsoft Excel file.

For details, see Local Dedup Log.

User Interface Improvements

Sliders are continuing to be introduced to enable of disable features instead of additional pop-up windows. For example, connecting to Microsoft Active Directory domain in the Windows File Sharing page:

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Additional Notifications

Notifications are issued in the following situations:

When a full scan is running to check local quotas.
When a full scan fails.
When the Dashboard > Services page is not functioning.
When the Bitdefender signature DB version cannot be downloaded. If this happens, share file access is blocked as long as the antivirus service is enabled. Either allow access to Bitdefender to update the signature DB or disable the antivirus service, relying only on the portal antivirus service.
When global file locking is disabled on the edge filer.

SMB Audit Log Written to Cloud Drive Folder

Folder to use for SMB audit logging can now be a cloud drive folder.

Enabling the next generation file system

New CTERA Edge Filer installations require running commands before connecting the edge filer to a portal (before running the setup wizard). For details, contact CTERA Support.

For existing deployments, from edge filer version 7.6.x, after upgrading the edge filer, rebooting the edge filer automates the process of preparing the edge filer to use the next generation file system. to enable the next generation file system, contact CTERA Support.

Note

Currently, the next generation file system does not support using Spotlight on Mac computers.

Logging HTTP/HTTPS Requests

Every HTTP/HTTPS request can be logged and forwarded to the Syslog server, over UDP or TCP. To enable logging all HTTP/HTTPS requests, contact CTERA Support.

For details, see Configuring Syslog Settings.

Global File Locking

The global file locking mechanism can be disabled. Global file locking is still enabled on all other edge filers connected to the portal.

For details, see Manage File Locking for the Edge Filer.

Data Scrubbing

Data scrubbing for arrays has been deprecated.

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Changes to SMB Settings

The option to hide unreadable files and folders is no longer available and has been removed from the SMB settings.

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