8.
Click
edit icon in the
Snapshot Size Limit
section and select either of the following options to
configure the snapshot size limit:
• No Limit
• Use Limit
Snapshot is a backup copy created at a particular point in time. Snapshot size limits the amount of
volume capacity used to store backup copies. Size limit is capacity on volume that can be used to store
these backups. To create a snapshot, you need a minimum of 300 MiB space.
9.
Click
OK
.
10.
Select either of the following file systems from the
File System
section:
• NTFS (default): Provides continuously available volumes that can be accessed simultaneously from
multiple nodes of a failover cluster. It continuously monitors and updates the issues in the background
without taking the volume offline. For more information, see
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
library/dn466522(v=ws.11).aspx
• ReFS: Resilient File System (ReFS) has additional file system features. For more information, see
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831724(v=ws.11).aspx
11.
Select the drive letter from the
Drive Letter
drop-down menu.
12.
Select the allocation unit from the
Allocation Unit
drop-down menu and click
Create
.
Creating Volumes using Server Manager
The following table describes the fields that are available on Create Volume page through Server Manager:
Field
Description
Volume
Name of the Volume
Status
Represents the state of the volume
File System Label
Label assigned to a specific volume
Provisioning
Type of provisioning. For example, Thin or Fixed
Capacity
Total capacity of the volume
Free Space
Available free space
Deduplication rate
Deduplication Savings
Percent Used
Horizontal graph representing the utilized storage
space
You can create new volume using Server Manager:
1.
Go to
Windows Server Manager
>
File and Storage Services
>
Volumes
.
2.
Click
Tasks
, located at the right corner.
3.
Select
New Volume...
.
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