Users can view the details of their Smart Cache devices within the WebUI settings. The Dashboard provides a high-level overview a list of devices and detailed information for each device. Storage, Persistence, and Caching policies are also accessible within the Smart Cache Devices section.
The dashboard is designed to monitor device utilization and optimization with clear visuals on connectivity, storage, CPU, and RAM usage. It is easy to spot underused or overburdened devices, track user activity, and quickly access detailed information, such as, connectivity, status, and version for each device. The categorized policies simplify managing caching, storage, and data persistence settings in one place.
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Access Devices Dashboard
Devices Overview
List of Devices
Policies
Access Devices Dashboard
Navigate to Settings -> Devices -> Smart Cache Devices.
Smart Cache devices dashboard will appear with Overview as the default tab.
Devices Overview
Devices Overview page provides a graphical representation of the following:
- Devices by connectivity
- Devices by Cache Effectiveness Score (CES)
- Devices by storage utilization
- Devices by active users
- Devices by CPU usage
- Devices by RAM usage
For each of the graphs included in the Overview page, users can hover over the specific section of the graph and click on the View list of these devices option.
The user will be re-directed to the List of Devices tab with selected filters already applied.
Devices by Connectivity
The chart represents the devices based on their connectivity as Online and Offline devices.
Devices by Cache Effectiveness Score
The chart represents the devices based on the utilization score from 1 to 10. Users can click on the i icon to learn more about the calculation involved in determining the Cache Effectiveness Score.
Cache effectiveness score is calculated by comparing the cache Hit Ratio (average % of user requests served from Smart Cache) with the Number of Users. The metrics are included along with the distribution of points to determine the status of the device.
Devices by Storage Utilization
The chart compares the devices based on their disk usage. The disk usage is calculated in percentage and displayed on the graph.
Devices by Active Users
The chart compares the online devices as per the count of active users utilising the devices. The active users range is then displayed for the number of devices.
Devices by CPU Usage
The graph provides information on the CPU Range usage (in percentage) against the number of devices.
Devices by RAM Usage
The graph compares online devices based on their RAM usage in percentage.
List of Devices
Click on the List of Devices tab to view the list of devices. The following details are included for each device.
- Device Name
- IP address
- Version
- Mode - DA Collaboration or SMB
- Last status update - Date and timestamp of the last status update
- Connectivity - Online or Offline
- Device status - Healthy, Error, or in Maintenance
- Disk usage (%)
- CPU usage (%)
- RAM usage (%)
Filter Options
Users can filter the list of devices by any of the fields.
- Click on Filters and search the devices by Device Name, IP address, and/or Version.
- Select the Mode as Any mode (default), SMB, or DA Collaboration.
- Filter the list of devices as per the Last status update in Any (default), Last 7 days, Last 30 days, or Last 90 days.
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Connectivity as Any (default), Online, or Offline
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Device Status as Any status (default), Healthy, Error, or Maintenance. For Error and Maintenance, users can also select a specific error or maintenance reason.
- User can filter by Disk usage (%), CPU Usage (%), and/or RAM usage (%) as Any or in specific ranges.
Export Device List
Click on Export device list to download the device list.
Device Details
Users can click on any of the devices listed and view the detailed information of the device. The Device Status, Disk Space utilization, and Active Users are listed along with the Cache Effectiveness Score, Cache Hit Ratio, and Folder Loading Ratio.
The Device Information, Sync details, and Folder Sync information is also included.
- Users can click on the Remove device option to remove the device from the list of devices.
- Click on Remove device to confirm removal.
Users can apply the filters to view the information from the Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, or Last 30 days (default). Users can also click on the Export report option to download the report in .csv format consisting of the information on Cache Effectiveness Score, Cache Hit Ratio, and Folder Loading Ratio for the selected timeframe.
Policies
Click on the Policies tab to view, edit, add, and delete the policies. The policies are classified in three categories as Storage, Persistence, and Caching.
View and Edit Policy Details
- To view details of any policy listed, hover over and click on Show Details.
- The details of the policy will appear. To make changes in the details, click on Edit Policy.
- Make the required changes and click on Save. Policy name cannot be edited.
Add Policy
- Users can add Storage or Persistence policy by clicking on Add Policy and selecting the desired option.
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- For Storage Policy, Enter the policy details as Policy Name, Description, and percentage of available HDD space. Click on the checkbox to make the policy as the default storage domain policy. Click on Add Policy.
- For Persistence Policy, enter the policy name, description, and days for which the files should be kept in Smart Cache after last use. Click on the checkbox to make the policy as the default persistence domain policy. Click on Add Policy.
- For Storage Policy, Enter the policy details as Policy Name, Description, and percentage of available HDD space. Click on the checkbox to make the policy as the default storage domain policy. Click on Add Policy.
- The policy will be successfully added.
Delete Policy
- To delete a policy, hover over the policy and click on Delete.
- Click on Delete Policy to confirm deletion.