Management Tools

GUI
Nextra's simple GUI is designed to allow administrators to manage and monitor all aspects of the system quickly and easily, with next to no learning curve. The most important operational aspects, such as overall configuration changes, volume creation, volume deletion, snapshot definitions, and more are just a few clicks away using the Nextra system's highly intuitive and user-friendly GUI.

A set of wizards guides the administrator through the various steps of system configuration, allowing complex administration tasks to be completed without any prior learning.

Defining a volume, for example, requires little more than specifying the size — an action easily handled via the straightforward GUI. Nextra's management module works behind the scenes, automatically handling all important and complex considerations of load balance, redundancy, and data distribution. The system's transparent self-management spares administrators from such tasks and does so without requiring their intervention whatsoever.

CLI (Command Line Interface)
A powerful command line interface tool enables the writing of complex scripts for high-level system administration and integration with hosts and applications.

Event notification
Nextra's powerful event notification engine sends system alerts via email, SMS, or SNMP traps. Alerts can be filtered and sent to the various destinations based on severity or type. Event notifications can be configured to be sent repeatedly or to escalate to a wider distribution list should events not be handled within a specific time frame.

Nextra's simple GUI makes for
easy management and monitoring