About This Documentation

This guide describes how to administer and manage a Hammerspace system after it has been installed and licensed. It covers the management interfaces, infrastructure monitoring, client data-access protocols (NFS, SMB, S3), data management features, storage management, user administration, and system maintenance tasks such as backup, restore, and upgrades.

Technology preview features — including NVMe-oF storage connectivity — are documented in a dedicated section.

This guide is intended for system administrators responsible for the day-to-day operation of a Hammerspace deployment. Readers should be familiar with general storage and networking concepts. For initial installation and licensing, see the Hammerspace Installation and Licensing Guide.

For support resources, see the Hammerspace Support Hub and the Hammerspace Licensing and Delivery Portal.

Do not install additional or third-party software, agents, or packages directly on Hammerspace Anvil (metadata) or DSX (data) nodes. These nodes run a managed appliance software stack; anything installed outside that stack is unsupported and is removed during a software upgrade. Such software can also interfere with node operation. If you need monitoring or integration with an external tool, contact Hammerspace Support for a supported approach.

How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is organized into three parts plus reference appendices:

Part 1 — Introduction. What Hammerspace is and how you interact with it. Start here.
Part 2 — Monitoring the Cluster. Observe the health of the cluster, storage, and events. Go to Monitoring.
Part 3 — Managing the Cluster. Configure and administer client access, data, storage, users, and the system. Go to Managing.
Appendices. Technology Preview, Event Listing, Terminology, and more.