About this task
The pool is a logical space that contains volumes, file systems and snapshots. The pool allocates physical and virtual storage space for these entities. The pool also determines a policy for automatic extension in case of space depletion. The physical and virtual capacity counters are graphically displayed on the InfiniBox Management Console.
This task creates a pool and provisions physical and virtual capacity. You can later on create datasets (volumes and filesystems) in the pool. For a broad explanation of provisioning terminology, refer to Overview of pools.
Prerequisites
- None
Before you begin
On the GUI, click the Pools icon on the toolbar on the left. The Pools screen opens.
GUI instructions
- Click Create. The Create Pool screen opens.
- Provide the following parameters:
- Pool name
- Physical capacity and virtual capacity
- The default setting is identical physical and virtual capacities.
You can click the link to virtual capacity in order to set a capacity that is different than the physical capacity.
- The default setting is identical physical and virtual capacities.
- Click Advanced to change the values of the following default settings:
- Emergency buffer - the default value is Unlimited. You can set the value to be either Disabled or Limited. The emergency buffer works as follows:
- Unlimited - The pool is allowed to extend without limitation
- Limited - The pool will extend within a predefined limitation
- Disabled - The pool is not allowed to extend at all.
- Notification thresholds - the default values are 80% for Warning and 90% for critical.
- SSD cache - the default is to allow entities that belong to this pool to use the InfiniBox SSD drives.
- Pool admins - select users that will be provided with PoolAdmin rights to this pool.
- Emergency buffer - the default value is Unlimited. You can set the value to be either Disabled or Limited. The emergency buffer works as follows:
- Click Create.
The pool is created and is visible on the screen.
InfiniShell instructions
Use the pool.create
command.
Last edited: 2021-11-17 17:08:30 UTC
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