If you access a file stored in a General-purpose NAS file system less than twice a month, you can transfer the file to the lower-cost Infrequent Access (IA) storage medium. To do so, you can use the lifecycle management feature of NAS. This topic describes how to manage a lifecycle management policy in the Apsara File Storage NAS console.
Create a lifecycle management policy
View lifecycle management policies
- Log on to the NAS console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- On the Life Cycle Management page, you can view all the lifecycle management policies in the region.
View the IA storage usage of the file system
Modify the lifecycle management policy
- Log on to the NAS console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- On the Life Cycle Management page, find the lifecycle management policy and click Modify in the Operations column. You can modify only the Management Rules parameter. Other parameters cannot be modified.
- Click OK.
Delete the lifecycle management policy
- Log on to the NAS console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- On the Life Cycle Management page, find the lifecycle management policy, click Delete in the Operations column, and then delete the policy as prompted. The data that is transferred to the IA storage medium remains in the IA storage medium.