PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Web Administration Guide

File filtering in an access zone

In an access zone, you can use file filtering only for SMB protocol to allow or deny file writes based on file type.

If some file types might cause throughput issues, security problems, storage clutter, or productivity disruptions on your cluster, or if your organization must adhere to specific file policies, you can restrict writes to specified file types or only allow writes to a specified list of file types. When you enable file filtering in an access zone, OneFS applies file filtering rules only to files in that access zone.

• If you choose to deny file writes, you can specify file types by extension that are not allowed to be written. OneFS permits all other file types to be written.
• If you choose to allow file writes, you can specify file types by extension that are allowed to be written. OneFS denies all other file types to be written.

You can apply additional file filtering at the SMB share level. See "SMB file filtering" in the File sharing chapter of this guide.