Step Five: Configure SAN Volume
This section allows you to configure a SAN Volume and a SAN Target on to
the StorTrends® iTX Storage Appliance. If you have configured this
storage appliance as a NAS Only unit, SKIP THIS STEP by clicking the
SKIP button and go to Step Six: Summary View.
The next page allows you to Create SAN Volume and Target.
Thin or Exact Provisioning
Select the type of provisioning that you want to use.
If you select Thin, the volume can be assigned a size greater than the actual physical size
of the storage device. For example, if the storage device has an actual physical size of
500 GB, the user can assign a size of up to 8 TB per box. Based on the consumption of
the storage device's physical capacity, more physical drive capacity can be added later as
desired.
If you select Exact, the volume size cannot exceed the actual physical space available in
the storage device.
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