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Chapter 4: Storage
Creating a Volume
Network Storage System (NSS) Administrator Guide
Chapter
4
Creating a Volume
After you define at least one RAID array, you can create a volume. You need to create at least one
volume before you can create users, groups, or shares.
To create a volume:
1. From the
Manager Menu
, click
Storage
Volumes.
The
Storage Volumes
page appears.
2. From the
New Volume
area, set up the following fields:
•
Array:
Click the drop-down menu to select the array on which you want to create the volume.
•
Name:
Enter the name you want to give the volume. The volume name must consist of at least
one alphanumeric character, must begin with a letter, but cannot contain any spaces.
•
Size (in MB):
Enter the size for the volume. The unit is in megabytes (MB). The final size of the
shared volume will be less than the size you enter in this field due to filesystem overhead. The
minimum volume size is 32 MB. Volume sizes are rounded down to the nearest 32 MB
increment.
NOTE:
Once the volume is created, you can expand the volume but you cannot reduce its
size.
3. To encrypt the volume, select
Encrypted
. To create an unencrypted volume, go to step 6.