Expand Pool window

Use this window to add LDEVs to a pool to expand the pool to increase pool capacity.

Item

Description

Drive Type/RPM

The Drive Type/RPM of the selected pool or Mixable is displayed. When the volume is the external volume, Drive Type displays External Storage.

RAID Level

Set the RAID level of the selected pool. If the level is not set, Mixable appears. If External Storage is selected in the Drive Type/RPM field, a hyphen (-) is displayed.

Select Pool VOLs

Opens the Select Pool VOLs window.

Total Selected Pool Volumes

Total number of the pool-VOLs selected for this pool.

Total Selected Capacity

Total capacity of the pool-VOLs selected for this pool.

Enable Accelerated Compression for FMD parity group

This item can be selected when all of the following conditions are met:

  • All pool volumes in the pool to be expanded and all pool volumes to be added are created using parity groups of SSD, FMD DC2.
  • If the pool volumes in the pool to be expanded and the pool volumes to be added are created using an accelerated compression-disabled parity group, the accelerated compression setting of the parity group can be enabled.
  • At least one pool volume is selected, and at least one pool volume created using accelerated compression-disabled parity group is contained in the pool volumes of the target pool or in the selected pool volumes.

When this item is selected, FMD compression effect can be achieved.