Resting spaces

During a space's lifecycle, you'll often have periods when you don't need to access the data, but you still want to keep it on Nuvolos for future use.

The resting feature helps you save on storage costs by moving data you don't need right now to more affordable storage. When you're ready to work with it again, just one click brings it back to the high-performance Nuvolos Filesystem.

Resting states

Your space can be in one of these five states:

• Awake: The normal state—your files are stored on the Nuvolos Filesystem and ready to use

• Pre-resting: Your space meets the criteria to be rested within 24 hours, and preparations are underway. Your files are still accessible. Want to stay awake? Just start any application in the space to stop the transition.

• Resting: A brief transitional state (a few minutes) while your space moves from pre-resting to rested. No actions allowed during this time.

• Rested: Your data has been moved to more affordable storage. You can still download or distribute files, but you can't access them through Nuvolos applications.

• Waking: Your data is moving back from resting storage to the Nuvolos Filesystem. This can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, depending on how much data you have stored.

Finding rested spaces

Rested spaces are hidden from your navigation panel by default. To see them, simply toggle the visibility option:

Use the toggle to show rested spaces

Rested snapshots

When your space enters pre-resting, we automatically create special 'rested' snapshots. These snapshots use more affordable storage than the Nuvolos Filesystem and are isolated from regular backups. Once your space is rested, all data exists only in regular or rested snapshots. You can check snapshot sizes in the snapshots view of any instance.

Resuming work in a rested state

Ready to work with your data again? Trigger the wake-up process to transfer your files back to the Nuvolos Filesystem. Here are two easy ways:

Option 1: Use the wake up button

Click the wake up button in the blue banner at the top:

Wake up the space with the dedicated button

You'll receive an email notification when your space is ready to use.

Option 2: Start an application

Start any application in the Current State of any instance in your space:

Wake up space by starting an application

You'll get an email when the space wakes up and the application starts initializing. Keep in mind that the application may need additional time to come online (just like any normal application start).

How long does waking up take? It depends on your data volume—anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. The size of your rested snapshots will give you a good estimate.

Configuration

Currently, the resting feature can only be configured at the organization level by organization managers.

Organization managers: Contact Nuvolos support to enable resting and configure these settings:

• Eligible spaces: Choose whether to enable resting for all spaces in your organization or just specific ones

• Activity threshold: We check each eligible space daily for activity. If no applications have started in any instance since the last check (and the time exceeds your threshold), the space enters pre-resting. We recommend setting the threshold between 30 days and 1 year based on your usage patterns.

Monitoring resting storage

Resource pool managers can track resting storage consumption in the resources dashboard.

Pricing

The resting feature is available in two ways:

• Subscription component: Prepay for resting storage as part of your subscription

• Pay-as-you-go: Pay with credits for only what you use

Contact our support team to learn about pricing for both models.