Measures reported by PzStatSMBTest

The Panzura architecture brings together a single namespace and global file system to manage file creation, locking, storage, security and replication across all locations in real time, making the latest versions of any file visible and available to anywhere regardless of where it was created or last edited. High-performance global file locking is managed dynamically with minimal overhead, preventing data collisions and ensuring data integrity regardless of the numbers of users, file sizes, or user locations. Globally locking files or groups of files helps to better control the stored files in the file system and to avoid problems associated with simultaneous remote access or conflicting multiple access requests for the same files. Panzura supports use of NFS and SMB file protocols for connecting to compute farm servers and user workstations. File-locking services are present locally for read/write access at each filer regardless of the protocol used. Distributed global read/write locking services are available as needed for workflows that use the SMB protocol.

This test tracks the number of SMB users connected to the cloud controller and the number of files locked by the connected users. Thereby helps administrators to keep an eye on the load on the controller. In addition, this test also helps them to analyse the file locking operations by the users and detect any abnormalities before the performance and user experience is affected.

Outputs of the test: One set of results for the target appliance being monitored.

The measures made by this test are as follows: