Manage Storage Volume

Manage Storage Volume

Create Storage Volume

Select a Storage Pool in the main interface, properties panel will show up for it.

Change to Volume page

Right click on the blank and select Create Volume, the Create Storage Volume Wizard Shows.

Type Volume Name

Specify Volume Size

Except RAW volume, as volume need additional data to store snapshots, need specify Volume Quota

Specify Volume Format, volume Format can be:

• RAW, will use the static allocated space crossing multiple devices, it is fast but not support snapshots.
• Thin Provisioning is dynamically allocating space while using, it supports unlimited zero-copy snapshots, and it is same performance after all data allocated.
• Log Structured is almost the same as Thin Provisioning, but all data writing is sequential, it is write optimizing for HDDs.

Press the Next button to continue.

Here user can create iSCSI target, iSER target or NVMe-oF target for the volume.

For iSCSI and iSER target, user can specify:
iSCSI target IQN.
CHAP, switch CHAP enabled or not.
IP Authorization, using client IP address for authorization.
Concurrent Access, allow multiple initiators log on to the same target.

For NVMe-oF target, user can specify:
NVMe over Fabrics subsystem NQN.
IP Authorization, using client IP address for authorization.
Concurrent Access, allow multiple initiators log on to the same target.

Press the Finish button create the volume.

The volume will be shown as follows.

Delete Storage Volume

Click on a volume right side X button, after confirm, volume will be deleted.

Expand Storage Volume

User can expand volume capacity, Click on a volume right side <-> button, then select Expand, the Expand Volume shows.

Enter new size and click the OK button to expand it.

Add and Remove target

User can modify storage interface on a volume, therefor can change interface between iSCSI target, iSER target and NVMe-oF target.

Click the Remove link on the target name, the target interface will be remove, then click the Add link.

Then the Add Target to Exsting Volume dialog shows.

Just same as the step in creating volume, user can create new storage interface for the volume.