Step 9 : Create Nas Volume - American Megatrends StorTrends 1300 User Manual

Step 9 : Create NAS Volume

A NAS Volume is a file-level volume. This volume can be assigned a greater size 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 virtual size of up to 256 TB. Based on the
consumption of the storage device's physical capacity, more physical drive capacity can
then be added later. This is called Thin Provisioning.
Step Action
1 Make sure that you are logged into the Storage Appliance and have already created a
Storage Pool. Expand the Pool node located in the storage tree menu.
2 Click on the NAS Volume node.
3 The Create NAS Volume page will open. 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 virtual size of up to 256 TB. Based on the consumption of the
storage device's physical capacity, more physical drive capacity can later be added.
If you select Exact, the volume size cannot exceed the actual physical space available in
the storage device.
4 In the Enter Name field, enter a name for your NAS Volume. The NAS Volume Name must
be alphanumeric, not have any spaces and be between one and 63 characters in length.
Note:
5 In the Enter the Size field, enter the size that you want to use for your NAS Volume. Use
the drop down menu to select either GB or TB depending on your desired configuration.
6 Redirect on Write (ROW) is the default Volume type.
7 Click on the Create button to create the NAS Volume.
8 Upon successful creation, the NAS Volume will become listed in the left frame under the
NAS Volume Node in the tree menu.
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If this volume is to be a part of a Snap-Assisted Replication pair, make sure that
this name and that of its container do not have any uppercase letters.