Bucket Settings

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Bucket settings are configurable properties that enable you to preserve and manage file versions. Through the Wasabi Cloud NAS (WCN) Configuration Interface, you can configure the following bucket settings:

Versioning — Enables users to store and retrieve a specific version of a replicated or modified file. Versioning preserves file modifications on the source by keeping the modified versions as a separate file on the bucket. When versioning is enabled, every version of your replicated files will be saved as a separate version. When versioning is disabled, WCN will overwrite the previous version of a file and replace it with the updated, modified version. For more detail, refer to Versioning: Enabling/Disabling.

Once versioning is enabled, you can configure a global versioning policy. A global versioning policy is used to limit the number of copies of the same file. While a global versioning policy is valid for all sources, you can overwrite the global policy by creating and assigning a specific policy to a specific source. If you configured a versioning policy for a source-target pair, WCN will not apply the global policy to that source. To configure a global versioning policy, refer to Configuring a Global Versioning Policy.

Compliance Mode — Prohibits the modification or deletion of files from the source. Configure the amount of time that objects in a bucket are retained. For more detail, refer to Compliance Mode: Enabling/Disabling.

Both versioning and compliance mode can be enabled at the same time. The following table provides scenarios about each setting:

Operation

When only Versioning is enabled

When only Compliance is enabled

When both Versioning and Compliance are enabled

Modify

Users can update the file at the source.

Users cannot update the file at the source until after the retention period is reached.

Users can update the file at the source.

Version

Each time the file at the source is updated, a new version is created both in the Wasabi Cloud and the source folder.

No new versions will be created either at the source or on the Wasabi Cloud.

Each time the file at the source is updated, a new version is created in both the Wasabi Cloud and the source folder.

Delete

Users can delete the original object, any version, and/or all the versions at either the source or in the Wasabi Cloud.

Users cannot delete the object until after the retention period.

Users cannot delete the original object, any version, and/or all the versions at the source or in the Wasabi Cloud.