Terminology and components

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Source Slicestor® device
Device transferring data.
Destination Slicestor® device
Device receiving transferred data.
Data Evacuation
Copying all user data from Source Slicestor® device to Destination Slicestor® device.
Namespace
The IBM Cloud Object Storage System™’s address structure to uniquely identify and locate objects, slices, vaults, and servers in a system.

A namespace is an address range in which slices can be stored. Namespaces are not filled and can be subdivided to simplify I/O operations.