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Important Notes:
- Volume size does not represent how much actual storage space is available on
your Drobo B800i. It represents virtual storage space. For example, your Drobo
B800i may be loaded with 4TB of hard drive space, but you can create a volume
of 16TB. What this enables you to do is add more capacity to your Drobo B800i
(by inserting an additional drive or replacing a smaller capacity drive with a
larger capacity one) without having to format an additional volume. The additional
capacity becomes part of the same volume you formatted originally.
- Your operating system may show the virtual space you have available on your
Drobo device, as defined by the volume size.
- If the amount of available, protected storage space in your Drobo B800i ever
exceeds the size of the volume that you chose (this may occur when you add one
or more additional hard disks to your Drobo B800i), then Drobo Dashboard will
automatically create a new volume (or volumes) of the same size as the original
volume. Drobo Dashboard will notify you when this occurs and ask you to format
and name the new volume(s).
- You can create and manage multiple volumes, each with its own size and
supported file format. After creating your volumes, each will display uniquely,
rather than as a single volume. On the Drobo B800i, you can create up to 255
volumes of up to 16TB each.
- If you are using your Drobo B800i in a virtual environment, you can create up to 128
volumes of up to 2TB each.
- You can also set a Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) password
for any volume you would like to protect.
Tip:
For most customers, we recommend choosing the largest volume size available
for the selected file system. Note, however, that smaller volume sizes can be more
efficient and manageable in certain situations, such as when indexing, scanning or
searching volumes.