Chapter 8 - Managing Network Attached Storage
Managing Volumes
For this option....
Do the following...
Name
Enter a new name for the volume. Volume names are limited to 62 characters
or fewer.
Notes:
• The combined storage pool and volume name must be 78 characters or
fewer.
• NFS does not allow spaces in share names. As a result, any spaces in the
volume name are replaced by underscores in the corresponding NFS
share name. The BlackPearl user interface displays the volume name
without the underscores. For example, for a volume named
Share One
,
the corresponding NFS share is named
Share_One
to external network
computers, but it is named
Share One
in the BlackPearl user interface.
• If you change the name of a volume that is being shared, the share point
is maintained after the volume name change.
Minimum Size
Select the desired unit size from the drop-down menu and enter a numerical
value for the minimum size in the text box to the left of the unit size drop-
down menu. This space is allocated immediately if there is sufficient space
available on the storage pool. If there is insufficient space available, saving
the modified volume fails.
Maximum Size
Select the desired unit size from the drop-down menu and enter a numerical
value for the maximum size in the text box to the left of the unit size drop-
down menu.
Notes:
• The maximum size must be greater than the current amount of used
space on the volume.
• Volumes are thin provisioned, so it is possible for the combined allocated
maximum storage of all volumes to exceed the physical space available.
Compression
If desired, select the check box to enable the system to compress data stored
in NAS.
Note:
Changing the compression setting only affects data written to the
volume after the compression setting is changed. It does not affect data
already on the volume.
Access Time
If desired, select the check box to configure the system to update the time
stamp of a file when it is read from the volume. Selecting
Access Time
may
slow performance.
Read Only
If desired, select the check box to configure the volume so that data can be
read, but not written to the volume.
NFI Volume Policy
If desired, edit the NFI Volume policy configurations. See
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