Chapter 7 - Configuring Network Attached Storage
Create a NAS Storage Pool
3.
Configure the storage pool as required for your environment. As you make changes, the
screen updates to show the characteristics of the new pool.
For this option....
Name
Enter a name for the pool. Pool names are limited to 48 characters.
Notes:
• The combined storage pool and volume name must be 78 characters or
fewer. To avoid problems sharing volumes, Spectra Logic recommends a
pool name of 32 characters or fewer.
• Each pool name must be unique. This field is case sensitive. Only the
following special characters are allowed: hyphen (-), underscore (_), colon
(:), and period(.).
High Water Mark
Enter a percentage. When the used space on the pool reaches this
percentage, an alert is generated. Enter 0 if you do not want to set an alert
level.
Power Saving
Mode
Using the drop-down menu, select the desired
Power Saving Mode
. Enabling
the power saving mode sets the standby timer to 60 minutes for all drives in
the pool, but only if all drives in the pool are capable of using a standby
timer. When the disk pool is idle for 60 minutes, the drives spin-down to
conserve power.
Note:
SpectraLogic recommends leaving power saving mode
disabled
.
Select Drives To
Use
Use the drop-down menu to select the number of drives to include in the
pool. If your system contains more than one type of disk drive, multiple
drop-down menus are present, but only one type can be assigned to a pool.
Any drive not in a storage pool acts as a global spare. A global spare drive is
activated as soon as a drive configured in a storage pool fails.
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