1.
Click
Volumes
in the left navigation menu.
2.
Click + add icon in the
Volumes
page.
3.
Enter the name for a volume in the
Create Volume
page.
Use a backslash as required as part of volume names. For example,
DataVolume
. They are not case-
sensitive. Do not use the reserved characters like,
<
(less than),
>
(greater than),
"
(double quote),
/
(forward slash),
|
(vertical bar),
?
(question mark) and
*
(asterisk).
4.
Select the Virtual Disk from the
Virtual Disk
drop-down menu on which the volume will be created.
To add new virtual disk, click
Create new Virtual Disk
. For the detailed procedure, refer to
.
5.
Click
Create
.
To create a volume with advanced configurations, perform the following steps:
1.
Click
Volumes
in the left navigation menu.
2.
Click + add icon in the
Volumes
page.
3.
Select
Show Advanced configuration options
in the
Create Volume
page.
4.
Enter the name for a volume in the
Name
section.
Use a backslash as required as part of volume names. For example,
DataVolume
. They are not case-
sensitive. Do not use the reserved characters like,
<
(less than),
>
(greater than),
"
(double quote),
/
(forward slash),
|
(vertical bar),
?
(question mark) and
*
(asterisk).
5.
Select the Virtual Disk from the
Virtual Disk
drop-down menu on which the volume will be created.
To add new virtual disk, click
Create new Virtual Disk
. For the detailed procedure, refer to
6.
Click
edit icon in the
Deduplication
section to configure deduplication.
Data deduplication optimizes free space on a volume. It looks for duplicated portions on the volume and
compress it for additional savings.
7.
Select any of the following modes of deduplication from the
Mode
drop-down menu and click
OK
:
• Disabled: Data deduplication is disabled.
• General Purpose File Server: Reduces the storage capacity utilization by half (2:1).
• VDI Server: Hosts a desktop operating system on a centralized server. Reduces the storage utilization
by 20:1 ratio.
• Virtualized backup server
NOTE:
The files will be deduplicated and optimized in the background only. To configure additional throughput
optimization schedules, use Server Manager or PowerShell. Deduplication is not supported on the ReFS
system.
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