A Scrub policy is an administrative policy in Filefly FileFly to clean up unused data in the destination storage.
It is recommended to run a scrub policy regularly to avoid keeping unnecessary files indefinitleyindefinitely.
A scrub will only delete data after it has passed its grace period.
The ‘grace period’ is the period of time that Filefly FileFly will keep data to protect against accidental deletion or aid with a backup recovery.
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Check the global grace period
Create a scrub policy
Run / Schedule
Extra considerations
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Check the grace period
First log into the Filefly FileFly admin console.
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When logged in, select the small gear icon on the top ribbon at the right.
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This will take you to the settings screen.
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scroll Scroll to the bottom.
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Here you can set the minimum grace period. The lowest value it can be on a production license is 1day.
So when we create our scrub policy the data must at a minimum be deleted for 24hrs before it will be deleted by FileflyFileFly.
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Create a Scrub policy
First in the Admin portal go to ‘Policies’
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Fill out the details to match your environment like below. The Name and comments are free form fields so you can enter any text in there but try make it something memorable.
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Run / Schedule the Scrub.
Every policy needs a task in filefly FileFly to actually run.
A task is just a grouping with a schedule. I It would be possible run multiple scrub policies at once if they were grouped into different tasks.
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You can schedule or disable the schedule here and if you have email details entered in your settings panel in Filefly FileFly you can select ‘Notify’ for an email notification.
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And when it finishes you will see your summary here.
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The task log can be quite verbose so if there is data that is not deleted you can go to the log to check why some files weren’t deleted.
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Extra considerations
Scrub policies are useful to avoid storing unneeded data.
When a file is migrated via filefly FileFly it creates a file with metadata on swarm Swarm / other storage. If the same file is demigrated and edited in any way the next time that file is migrated it will create a new version / new file on the destination storage.
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