- DIVA drive
- A drive which is hosted and managed by DIVA. The files on a DIVA drive are stored on a node. There are three types of DIVA drive: Basic, Avid Media, and Avid Projects.
- DIVA volume
- A volume which has been assigned to a license pool.
- Drive
- The drives created for use in DIVA are where you save and work with your files. Drives are mounted by users to their desktop computers using DIVA Client.
- Event
- An event is a record that something of note has occurred in the system.
- External drive
- A drive which is hosted external of the DIVA system, such as an FTP server on the internet, or a file share on a non-DIVA server on the network.
- Job
- A job is a background process that is initiated by a user action that is automatically queued and run. For example, an action may be to create a new drive on a node, or assign a user account access to a drive.
- License
- Your DIVA license determines how much drive space you can use.
- License pool
- There are two pools to a DIVA License, an Avid Pool and a Basic Pool. Volumes are assigned to a pool of a specific type, allowing different kinds of drives to be created on the volume.
- Node
- A node consists of one or more volumes. A computer or server that contains one or more storage device, is an example of a node.
- Password
- A password that is unique to each user account.
- Server
- The server is the computer running the DIVA Server and Fusion applications.
- User
- A user is a person who has been set up with a user account to use DIVA. Each user has a unique username. Each users ability to perform tasks and access drives is restricted by the user account.
- Username
- A code that is unique to each user of DIVA.
- Volume
- A hard disk (storage device) is an example of a volume. If a volume is assigned to a DIVA License, the volume is known as a DIVA Volume.
DIVA Administration
How to manage your system and keep it running smoothly.