Use this page to configure filters for NAS file servers, including NFS exports and CIFS/SMB shares.
NAS common patterns
| Filter pattern |
Description |
Example |
Behavior |
** |
Matches directory levels across shares |
/vol/data/**/cache/* |
Filters nested folders |
*** |
Matches full directory tree |
/share/*** |
Filters entire share |
* |
Matches file patterns |
*.log |
Filters log files |
NAS path-based filters
| Use case |
Pattern |
Description |
Behavior |
| Filter NFS export |
/vol/data/*** |
Filters full export path |
Filters export |
| Filter CIFS share |
\\filer\share\** |
Filters SMB share |
Filters share |
| Filter subdirectory |
/share/projects/*** |
Filters specific directory |
Filters project folder |
NAS snapshot filters
| Scenario |
Pattern |
Description |
Behavior |
| NetApp snapshot |
**\.snapshot\*** |
Snapshot directories |
Excluded by default |
| Generic snapshot |
**\~snapshot\*** |
Snapshot folders |
Excluded by default |
| Include snapshots |
<BIF,-Snapshots> |
Overrides exclusion |
Includes snapshots |
NAS-specific filtering scenarios
| Scenario |
Pattern |
Behavior |
| Exclude entire NAS share |
/share/*** |
Filters all data |
| Exclude archive directories |
/share/archive/*** |
Filters archive data |
| Exclude cache directories |
/share/**/cache/* |
Filters cache folders |
| Exclude temp files |
~$* |
Filters temporary files |
| Exclude system metadata |
.DS_Store, thumbs.db |
Filters OS-generated files |
NAS filtering behavior
| Behavior |
Description |
| Snapshot handling |
Snapshot directories excluded by default |
| Recursive filtering |
Use *** for full traversal |
| Pattern matching |
Works across directory levels |
| Protocol support |
Supports NFS and CIFS formats |
| Case sensitivity |
Filters are not case-sensitive |