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title: "Viewing Storage Nodes"
slug: "viewing-storage-nodes"
tags: ["8.2", "Portal"]
updated: 2026-09-22T05:30:27Z
published: 2026-09-22T05:30:27Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/viewing-storage-nodes"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.ctera.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing Storage Nodes

**To view all storage nodes in the system:**

- In the global administration view, select **Main > Storage Nodes** in the navigation pane. The **Storage Nodes** page is displayed. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/2025-03-09_11-45-07(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A23%3A26Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A23%3A26Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=LuG3woFH2lpE34eFisS7PP0WIVPFr4CCOj8CcsqKcEI%3D) The following information is displayed for each storage node: **NAME** – The storage node's name.

**TYPE** – The storage node's type. **BUCKET** – The name of the storage node's bucket. **STORAGE CLASS** – The group of one or more storage nodes to which this storage node belongs. **DEDICATED TO** – The name of a single team portal to which the storage node is dedicated, if applicable. The storage node is used for this team portal and no other team portal uses it. The team portal will only write to storage nodes that are dedicated to it and not to other storage nodes. **OBJECT LOCK** – Whether the storage node has **Use S3 Object Lock** enabled. For more details, see [Object Lock Support: WORM Propagation](/v1/docs/managing-storage-nodes-6#object-lock-support-worm-propagation). **STATUS** – The storage node's current status. This can be either of the following:

The portal does not attempt to store new blocks in storage nodes that are not connected.

**STORAGE USAGE** – For storage like the **Local Filesystem** storage node, which is the default storage node when setting up the CTERA Portal, this field displays the amount of storage available, followed by the amount of used storage. For Amazon S3 storage, the amount used is displayed. For cloud storage and S3 storage other than Amazon S3, no usage is displayed. For all cloud storage, the amount of storage available is not displayed as it is unlimited, unless limited by the cloud provider.
  - **Status** (under the name) – Whether the storage node is read/write enabled or read and delete only.
  - Connected
  - Not Connected

**To view details of a specific node:**

1. In the global administration view, select **Main > Storage Nodes** in the navigation pane. The **Storage Nodes** page is displayed.
2. Click the storage node name. The storage node window is displayed with the storage node name as the window title. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-QGN35XBL.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A23%3A26Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A23%3A26Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=LuG3woFH2lpE34eFisS7PP0WIVPFr4CCOj8CcsqKcEI%3D)

The details displayed depend on the type of storage node.