Select Pool window

Available Pools table

The following table lists the items in this table on the Select Pool window.

Item

Description

Pool Name (ID)

The pool name and identification number.

RAID Level

The RAID level of the pool.

Capacity

The pool capacity. If the pool-VOL belong to the parity group in which accelerated compression is enabled, is included in the pool, sometimes the capacity is displayed less than the possible capacity which can be written.

Values:

  • Total: The total pool capacity. If the pool-VOL belonging to the parity group for which accelerated compression, is included in the pool, the capacity available for writing data might be less than the displayed capacity.

  • Used: The amount of pool capacity that is used.

  • Used (%): The percentage of pool capacity that is use.

Note: This number is truncated to an integer.

Drive Type/RPM

The data drive type and RPM.

For more information about data drive type, see Pool creation and data drive type priority.

Encryption

The pool's encryption information.

  • Enabled: Encryption is enabled for a pool created by the pool volume.

  • Disabled: Encryption is disabled for a pool created by the pool volume.

  • Mixed: A pool contains both pool volumes for which encryption is enabled and ones for which encryption is disabled, or volumes for which encryption is specified and an external volume.

Note: Data encryption is not ensured in an LDEV with Mixed encryption status.

For pools created in external volumes, or blocked pools, a hyphen (-) is displayed.

User-Defined Threshold (%)

The threshold you configure.

Detail button

Click to open the Pool Property window.

For more information about this window, see the Provisioning Guide of your storage system.