Hitachi VSP G200 System Administration Manual page 83

4. Click the plus sign (+) to open the Create Pool page and click
Advanced.
5. Enter a Pool Label.
Pool labels can contain only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and
underscores. Initial hyphens are not allowed.
6. Click the Type list and choose one of the following; Thin, Tiered, or
Snap.
7. Choose whether to enable active flash. Active flash enablement requires
capacity from the Platinum tier.
8. Click Tier Management to see the definitions of disk type, capacity, and
speed of each pool category.
9. Select one or more parity groups to use to create the pool. You can scroll
through the parity groups to use search and filter functions.
• For a Snap pool, select one or more parity groups with identical disk
types.
• For a Thin pool, select one or more parity groups with identical disk
types.
• For a Tiered pool, select one or more parity groups with two or three
disk types.
Storage Advisor shows the total size of the pool using the selected parity
groups.
10. Set the utilization thresholds, or use the default threshold settings. The
subscription limit can be set above 100%. Select the Subscription Limit
% checkbox to set the limit to Unlimited.
The thresholds are used as the Warning and Critical thresholds for
Capacity Monitoring.
11. Click Submit.
Result
A job is started to allocate the storage capacity and create the pool.
Configuring the storage system
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