Creating a volume using HPE StoreEasy management console

Use HPE recommended: It is pre-configured default settings in Volume properties (Drive protection failure, File system, allocation unit, deduplication mode, and so on). A user can create a volume using these settings. It doesn't allow the user to edit Volume properties.

Edit Settings: It allows user to create customized volume by editing volume properties.

Select Volumes from the left navigation menu. The Volumes page will appears.

Click New Volume. Create a volume page will appear.

Enter the volume name.

Select Enclosure from the drop-down list.

Select the unit of the drive size (GiB, TiB). Then, select drive size by using the following buttons under Usable Volume Capacity option:

• + button: To increase the drive size.

• - button: To decrease the drive size.

• Alternatively, you can also increase or decrease the drive size by clicking on boxes.

Click Create Volume.

Select Volumes from the left navigation menu. The Volumes page will appears.

Click New Volume. Create a volume page will appear.

Enter the volume name.

Select Enclosure from the drop-down list.

Select the unit of the drive size (GiB, TiB). Then, select drive size by using the following buttons under Usable Volume Capacity option:

Select RAID level from Drive failure protection drop-down list.

Select Add new drives as hot-spare and then select drives from Select drives to be used as spares drop-down list. You can also select Do not assign hot-spare drive if you do not wish to add hot-spare drive.

Select File System, Drive Letter and Allocation Unit.

Select Deduplication mode from the drop-down list.

Select the number of days in Files Older Than (in days) field to determine the number of days that must pass before a file becomes eligible for deduplication.

Files Older Than (in days) field is not visible when deduplication mode is disabled.

Select the custom file extensions to be excluded.

Select Snapshot volume space allocation from drop-down-list.

Select Create Volume.