The ParaScale Cloud Storage (PCS) was designed for efficient management to reduce operating expenses. A part-time administrator can manage a large ParaScale deployment because on-going tasks (e.g., data replication and migration) are automated. The administrator sets policies and data movement is managed by the rules-based policy engine on the control node.

ParaScale provides both a command-line interface and a browser-based graphical user interface—both leveraging one underlying command infrastructure. The command-line interface is ideal for automating tasks through scripting and for integrating PCS administration with other tools.

The graphical user interface is ideal for managing one-off events and other exceptions. Typical one-off operations are disk evacuation (to allow for a disk upgrade, server upgrade, or OS maintenance) and disk or server expansion (to provide more capacity). Some one-off events, such as increased file replication to anticipate upcoming read load, are best handled by modifying the rules that direct the policy engine.

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