What's New in CTERA Portal Version 8.0.x

CTERA Portal version 8.0.x includes a number of new features for global and team portal administrators and for end users.

Global Administration

Global administrator features:

• Administrator Role for WORM Compliance: CTERA Vault
• Setting Up Access to Portal Content Using the S3 API: CTERA Fusion
• Storage Node Changes
• Ability to Enable Zones From the User Interface

Administrator Role for WORM Compliance: CTERA Vault

WORM (write once, read many) compliance ensures that data cannot be tampered with or deleted.

CTERA provides a role, Compliance Officer, and a permission, Manage Compliance Settings, that you use to manage compliance. You can also set the Manage Compliance Settings permission for a Read/Write Administrator.

Only administrators with the Manage Compliance Settings can set up the CTERA Vault on a folder.

For details, see Customizing Administrator Roles.

Setting Up Access to Portal Content Using the S3 API: CTERA Fusion

Portal content can be accessed using the S3 API either using supported S3 operations in programs or using an S3 browser application like FileZilla, WinSCP, Cyberduck, CloudBerry, and S3 Browser.

A portal server must be designated as an S3 endpoint. For details, see the description of the S3 Endpoint field in Editing Server Settings:General Settings.

Storage Node Changes

The EMC ViPR (S3) storage node is no longer supported.

The following new storage node is available: Hitachi Vantara HCP (S3).

Ability to Enable Zones From the User Interface

Zones can be enabled from the Global Settings window, accessed from the Control Panel by clicking SETTINGS > Global Settings.

Team Portal Administration

Team administrator features:

• WORM Compliance: CTERA Vault
• Setting Up Access to Portal Content Using the S3 API: CTERA Fusion

WORM Compliance: CTERA Vault

WORM (write once, read many) compliance ensures that data cannot be tampered with or deleted. In may industries, and especially regulated industries such as financial services and government sectors, organizations are required to store certain types of data in unalterable formats. CTERA Vault uses WORM technology to prevent editing, overwriting, renaming or erasing this data.

When a cloud drive folder is defined with folder compliance, after an initial, optional, grace period, the contents of the folder can be protected from any attempt to change the folder content such as by renaming, moving, modifying, or deleting content for a specified retention period.

CTERA Edge Filer must be 7.6.3111.5 or higher.

For details, see Folder (WORM) Compliance: CTERA Vault.

Setting Up Access to Portal Content Using the S3 API: CTERA Fusion

CTERA Fusion enables the content of cloud folders to be accessed using the S3 API, either using supported S3 operations in programs or using an S3 browser application like FileZilla, WinSCP, Cyberduck, CloudBerry, and S3 Browser.

The capabilities of CTERA Fusion include:
In-Place Read/Write – Enables reading and writing directly to a global file system using the S3 protocol eliminating expensive and time-consuming processes of copying data to external S3 buckets.
Single Namespace Across File and Object – Interact with data generated at the edge using standard object storage S3 protocols, or access cloud-generated data from the edge using NAS protocols. Data is available where you need it, when you need it.
Support for Multipart Uploads and Presigned URLs – Benefit from advanced data transfer capabilities like multipart uploads and pre-signed URLs, making ingestion and sharing of large files even more efficient.
Robust Security – All data is secured in transit via TLS and encrypted at rest, providing an added layer of protection.

A new Folder option, Buckets, is listable by S3 and by CTTP.

For details, see Setting Up Buckets to Enable Accessing Data from an S3 Browser.

End User Portal View

End user features:

• Item Details
• Using an S3 Browser to Access Cloud Drive Folders: CTERA Fusion
• Ability to Change the Content View

Item Details

When selecting one or more folders or files, you can click in the top menu to display folder or file details.

Single File Details	Single Folder Details	Multiple Item Details

Using an S3 Browser to Access Cloud Drive Folders: CTERA Fusion

Portal content can be accessed using the S3 API. The content is the same content that is available using the WebDAV protocol, for example using CTERA Drive Connect. This enables you to browse and modify the data using applications like FileZilla, WinSCP, Cyberduck, CloudBerry, and S3 Browser.

For details, see Using an S3 Browser.

Ability to Change the Content View

The user can view the portal content as follows:

List

Files are listed with the following details:

• The user who created or last modified the content with the date and time.
• For files: The size of the file in gigabytes, megabytes, or kilobytes.

Details

Files are listed with the following details:

• The user who created or last modified the content with the date and time.
• For files:
  • The file type.
  • The size of the file in both gigabytes, megabytes or kilobytes, and bytes.

Tiles

Files are tiled.