Allocate Chambers And Drives - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions

Allocate Chambers and Drives

Use the following steps to allocate chambers and drives for the partition.
1. From the Spare Drives screen, click Next. The Chambers and Drives
Figure 89 The Chambers and Drives screen for a
library without Thin Provisioning enabled.
2. Complete the following information in the Chambers and Drives
For this field...
Storage Chambers
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screen displays.
screen.
Do the following...
Enter the number of storage chambers to assign to the storage pool for this
partition. If Thin Provisioning is not enabled in the library, the screen displays
how many chambers are available for the partition. If Thin Provisioning is
enabled, the screen displays how many elements (storage slots + entry/exit slots
+ drives) are allowed.
Notes:
 Each chamber accommodates one TeraPack magazine. Each magazine has
slots for either ten LTO cartridges or nine TS11xx technology cartridges.
 If Thin Provisioning is enabled it is possible for the combined configured
number of storage slots in all partitions to exceed the licensed or physically
available number of slots.
 If Thin Provisioning is not enabled:
 If you plan to create multiple partitions, be sure to reserve enough
chambers to configure the other partitions.
 If you licensed all of the chambers in the library and want to use a cleaning
partition, be sure to reserve enough chambers for the cleaning partition. If
you did not license all of the chambers in the library, the unlicensed
chambers are available for use in cleaning partitions.
Figure 90 The Chambers and Drives screen for a
library with Thin Provisioning enabled.
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