Karios DFS

Distributed File System - User Guide

Karios DFS Overview

What Is Karios DFS?

Karios DFS is the storage management module of the Karios platform. It provides one interface to create, manage, and monitor file, block, and object storage across your cluster without command-line operations.

Who This Guide Is For

This guide is written for first-time Karios DFS users. It focuses on click paths, required fields, and expected UI outcomes.

Note

Any names, paths, sizes, and sample values shown in this guide are examples. Use values that match your environment, policy, and workload requirements.

Your User Role Matters

Role

What You Can Do

Administrator

Full access: create, edit, and delete resources.

Operator

Create and edit resources; cannot delete.

Viewer

View and monitor only; no create/edit/delete actions.

Note

If action buttons (for example, + Create Pool or + Create Export) are missing or disabled, your role does not include that permission.

DFS Components

Module

Primary Purpose

Dashboard

Cluster health, capacity, and quick status overview.

Storage

Pools, File System, and NFS Shares workflows.

Block Storage

Block Images workflows (iSCSI and Mirroring are currently in beta).

Object Storage

Users, Gateway, and Buckets workflows.

Infrastructure

Hosts, Monitors, OSDs, Services, and Physical Disks.

Monitoring

Alerts, Performance, Logs, and Benchmark views.

Advanced

Configuration, Storage Topology (CRUSH Map), and Extensions (Manager Modules).

DFS Parts Overview

Part

Includes

Purpose

Karios DFS Overview (This Page)

What Is Karios DFS, Roles, Dependency Chain, Dashboard Health Check

First-stop orientation and readiness checks before configuration

Storage

Pools, File System, NFS Shares

Core storage provisioning and export workflows

Block Storage

Block Images

RBD virtual disk lifecycle for block workloads

Object Storage

Users, Gateway, Buckets

S3/Swift identity, endpoint, and bucket management

Infrastructure

Hosts, Monitors, OSDs, Services, Physical Disks

Cluster foundation and daemon/device health

Monitoring

Alerts, Performance, Logs, Benchmark

Cluster visibility, diagnosis, and validation

Advanced

Configuration, Storage Topology (CRUSH Map), Extensions (Manager Modules)

Expert tuning, placement control, and module management

Storage Dependency Chain

Every storage feature depends on the previous layer.

Step

What to Set Up

Must Exist First

1

Infrastructure (Hosts, Monitors, OSDs)

Nothing. Start here.

2

Storage Pools

Active OSDs in Infrastructure.

3

File System

At least one Pool.

4

NFS Shares (Exports)

A File System and deployed NFS cluster.

5

Block Images

At least one Pool.

6

Object Storage Buckets

At least one Pool and Object Gateway.

Dashboard (Quick Health Check)

Path: Left sidebar > Karios DFS > Dashboard

Always check Dashboard before creating or modifying storage resources. Use Dashboard as the canonical health-check runbook.

Note

Dashboard numbers shown in screenshots are examples for reference. Your counts and usage values will reflect your own cluster state.

Before making changes, complete the four-step health check on the Dashboard page:

  • cluster health banner

  • OSD state

  • monitor quorum

  • raw capacity

Warning

Do not continue with storage changes until the Dashboard health check passes.

Karios DFS Sections

Expected Outcome

After this section, you should be able to:

  • identify DFS modules and prerequisites

  • run dashboard health checks before changes

  • move through storage and dependent modules safely

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