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Mounting a Cloud Service Using File Cloud Gateway

File Cloud Gateway mode allows you to mount cloud services and use caching by creating a cache space.

Important:

QNE can access files in cloud storage and download those files to the cache space on the device. You may incur additional data transfer costs.

  1. Open HybridMount.
  2. Click Create Remote Mount.

    A dialog box appears.

  3. Click Create File Cloud Gateway.

    The File Cloud Gateway Wizard appears.

    Tip:

    You can also access the wizard by navigating to the Overview screen and clicking Create File Cloud Gateway under Cache Space.

  4. Select a cloud service.
  5. Configure the selected cloud service.
    Important:

    Depending on the selected cloud service provider, you may need to perform the following additional actions:

    • Sign in, authenticate, or configure settings through a third-party interface.

    • Select one or more folders as a destination folder.

  6. Specify a connection name that contains 1 to 64 characters.
  7. Select an upload policy.

    Policy

    Description

    Check for conflicts and rename local files

    Before uploading files, HybridMount checks if any of the files on the cloud have been modified by other users. If so, HybridMount renames the local versions of the modified files before uploading them so that important modifications are not overwritten in the cloud.

    Important:

    • Selecting this option may affect update speed.

    • You may incur additional costs when checking files on the cloud.

    Update files without checking

    HybridMount overwrites existing files in the cloud without checking for modifications.

    QNAP recommends selecting this option if no other user access the cloud service account.
  8. Optional: Configure the file list update schedule.

    You can set a schedule for automatically updating the list of cached files.

    Note:

    This option is not available for some cloud services.

    1. Select Enable scheduled updates for file lists.
      Note:

      If scheduled updates are disabled when the file list is created, HybridMount updates the list only once. You can manually update the file on the Mount Management screen.

    2. Select the frequency, days, and time period.
  9. Click Next.
  10. Create a cache space.
    1. Specify the capacity of the cache space.
    2. Click and drag the sliders to modify the proportion of allocated cache space.

      • Maximum reserved cache: Reserved cache is dedicated cache space for high-priority files, which are always kept in the local cache space.

      • Maximum write cache

      • Minimum read cache

  11. Select an auto-download option.

    • Pre-download all recently edited files: This option automatically downloads all recently edited files.

    • Download all new versions stored in the local cache: This option automatically downloads modified versions of existing files in the local cache.

    • Disable auto-download (Files will be downloaded only after they are accessed): This option does not automatically download any files.

  12. Click Create.

    The summary screen appears.

    Tip:

    This created mount automatically appears on the left panel of File Station. To hide a mount, go to Control Panel > Privilege > Shared Folders.

  13. Click Close.
    Tip:

    Click Create More to mount additional cloud services or remote devices.

  14. Click Close.