Synchronous and asynchronous applications

There are many possible uses for FPolicy applications, both asynchronous and synchronous.

Asynchronous applications are ones where the external FPolicy server does not alter access to files or directories or modify data on the storage virtual machine (SVM). For example:

• File access and audit logging
• Storage resource management

Synchronous applications are ones where data access is altered or data is modified by the external FPolicy server. For example:

• Quota management
• File access blocking
• File archiving and hierarchical storage management
• Encryption and decryption services
• Compression and decompression services

You can use the SDK for FPolicy to identify and implement other applications as well.