Storage Pools - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer 7.0 Administrator's Guide

Storage Pools

If you chose the DynamicRAID option during the initial setup of your SnapServer, a storage
pool was also created by the wizard. When you navigate to Storage > Storage Pools , an
overview of that storage pool is shown. The SnapServer head unit supports only one storage
pool on which multiple volumes can be created.
All disk drives in a chassis are part of a storage pool. If disk drives are added to fill empty
slots, they become part of the same storage pool. If a new chassis is added, it is a new
storage pool.
Disk drives that have been previously configured can be added; they are indicated in the list
by the
system. This includes a drive that has any kind of storage configuration on it (from any
machine, including the current one) that is not recognized by the server. For example, the
drive was added; the drive was removed; the drive was in the server and added to a RAID;
or the RAID was deleted.
In addition, this applies to drives that are current RAID members and may have been
removed (possibly inadvertently); upon re-insertion, they will not be automatically
incorporated, regardless of whether automatic incorporation of unassigned drives is turned
on.
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