Volumes; Volumes And The Snapshot Pool - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer GuardianOS 7.2 Administrator's Guide
Adding disks is limited based on the type of RAID it is being made a member of:
• Disks cannot be added to a RAID 0.
• Disks can only be added to a RAID 1 as full members.
• Disks can only be added to all other RAID types (5, 6, or 10) as local spares.
NOTE: Disk drives that have been previously configured can be added; they are indicated in the
Delete a RAID Set
Click the Delete RAID button at the bottom to completely delete the RAID set. This also
deletes the Volume and Shares, including any data on them. Click the Delete RAID button
again to complete the deletion.

Volumes

Use the Storage > Volumes page to manage the volumes that have been created on the RAID
set.
From this page, you can:
• Create a new volume.
• Edit or delete the volume (click the name).
• Enable/disable quotas on the volume (click the Quotas link on far right).

Volumes and the Snapshot Pool

The default capacity settings for the filesystem and future snapshot use are 80% for the
filesystem and the remaining 20% for snapshots. You may need to adjust this figure
depending on your snapshot strategy or expand the volume to all available space if you plan
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Storage > Disks list by the
been used in a different system. If you want to use the drive, add it to the RAID as you would
any other drive.
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