openstack-manuals/doc/admin-guide-cloud/source/shared_file_systems_share_management.rst
Jane Zadorozhna 61c744c2c5 Cloud Admin Guide: Shared File Systems updated information
After the technical review the Shared File Systems service
documentation in the Cloud Admin Guide needs to be updated.

Read and fixed some typos and incorrect English constructions in
the sentences of all sections. Fixed indentations in code, tip
and note directives. Also updated the following info:
* Removed references to the Generic driver, because it is default
  only on Devstack. And even for Devstack the default driver is going
  to be changed.
* Divided 'Create share' subsection on 3 subsections: added general
  concepts and info of creating a share in 2 back end modes.
* Added info that with StandaloneNetworkPlugin the Shared File Systems
  service can be configured without Networking and Compute services.
* Added export paths for GlusterFS and HDFS.
* Added notes what driver in what mode you use in examples and a noted
  what modes exist and can be configured.
* Added a console sample for "manila rate-limits" command and described
  how to add API rate limits.
* Removed information and samples about a quota classes because they are
  not used in the Shared File Systems service and are not working
  properly for the current moment (in Liberty release).
* Added second purpose of the share types.
* Removed '/etc/manila/' in manila.conf file, because its path can be
  customly changed.
* Said that consistency groups is the experimental part of API starting
  with Liberty release.
* Updated a sample in shared_file_systems_multi_backend.html file.
* Removed 'Storage' from the Shared File Systems service official name
  according to [1] document.

[1] http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/projects.yaml

Change-Id: I0530ea3c6bf74311e271cdabca26cd10afcddc92
Closes-Bug: #1508457
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Share management

A share is a remote, mountable file system. You can mount a share to and access a share from several hosts by several users at a time.

You can create a share and associate it with a network, list shares, and show information for, update, and delete a specified share. You can also create snapshots of shares. To create a snapshot, you specify the ID of the share that you want to snapshot.

The shares are based on of the supported Shared File Systems protocols:

  • NFS. Network File System (NFS).
  • CIFS. Common Internet File System (CIFS).
  • GLUSTERFS. Gluster file system (GlusterFS).
  • HDFS. Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).

The Shared File Systems service provides set of drivers that enable you to use various network file storage devices, instead of the base implementation. That is the real purpose of the Shared File Systems service service in production.

shared_file_systems_crud_share.rst shared_file_systems_manage_and_unmanage_share.rst shared_file_systems_share_resize.rst shared_file_systems_quotas.rst