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# Storage Manager Service

## What are Storage Templates in Zmanda Pro?

The **Storage** section under your **Settings** is used to manage default storage options which are available when requesting a new Storage Vault for a user. When adding a Storage Vault for a new or existing account, you can simply assign a Storage Template instead of manually creating a storage location per account. Zmanda Pro will automatically separate user data and therefore there is no need to create separate bucket locations manually.

<figure><img src="https://1846973900-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPSSsZ7NTpC1G3n2CzF9L%2Fuploads%2FmrQ9fkEeLlnWaGgHofEF%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=8c5410b4-21b9-4411-ad8c-d43cca04e0ec" alt=""><figcaption><p>Zmanda Pro Server Settings Tab - Storage Template Addition</p></figcaption></figure>

### Zmanda Pro Storagemanager Service

The Zmanda Pro Storagemanager Service is an add-on that automates the creation of storage templates which can be configured in the Zmanda Pro Setup Package. The Storagemanager Service is a Linux systemd service and requires *root* permissions to create `Storage Vaults`

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As of v1.0.0 of the Storagemanager Service, it supports SFTP storage templates
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### SFTP Storage Templates

The Zmanda Pro Storagemanager service allows for automating the creation of SFTP Storage templates. For every instance of the storage template provisioned, a new `Linux` user is created and the Storage Vault for that instance will be protected by leveraging *Linux User and Group Permissions* of the created Linux user.

Note that any number of SFTP Storage Template instances can be provisioned for 1 backup user on the Zmanda Pro Server.