Get Started
This section describes how you can get started learning about, installing, and using the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
Platform
This section contains conceptual information that can help you to understand and use the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Data Fabric UI
  Describes the graphical user interface for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
- Global Namespace (GNS)
  Describes the data plane that connects all of your HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric deployments.
- Single Sign-On (SSO) Support
  Describes how the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric supports single sign-on (SSO).
- Iceberg Support
  Describes support for Iceberg in HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric 7.6.x.
- Fabric Resources
  Describes fabric resources.
  - Volumes
    Brief conceptual information about volume.
  - Buckets
    Describes buckets and the objects that they store.
  - Topics
    Describes topics that are relevant to streaming data.
- Data Storage Management
  Summarizes options that the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric provides to give you access to your data.
- AWS Architecture Notes
  Describes architectural considerations for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform when deployed on Amazon AWS.
- HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics
  Describes the HPE Unified Analytics Software and provides a link to more information.
Administration
This section describes how to administer fabric resources in the global namespace of your HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric as-a-service platform.
Reference
Provides reference information for the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
Glossary
Definitions for commonly used terms in MapR Converged Data Platform environments.

Fabric Resources

Describes fabric resources.

What is a fabric resource?

Fabric resources are the entities or resources that are associated with a fabric.

Fabric resources are used to store organizational data. Organizational data is available in both structured and unstructured formats, in static and streaming format.

Different fabric resources can be used to store the organizational data, depending on the data format.

Fabric Resource Types

Following is the list of fabric resources supported by HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.

Volumes: Volumes are used to store static data or structured data.
Buckets: Buckets are used to store large objects or data that is disparate in nature such as audio files, video files, and images.
Topics: Topics are used to store streaming or real-time data.