Storage Volume Create From Tier
The "Create Storage Volume from Storage Tier" feature in QuantaStor allows administrators to create a new storage volume based on the characteristics and resources of a specific storage tier. A storage volume is a logical unit of storage that can be used by applications and systems to store data. By creating a volume from a storage tier, administrators ensure that the new volume inherits the performance, capacity, and other attributes of the selected tier.
Here's why you might use this feature:
- Performance Alignment: By creating a volume from a specific storage tier, administrators can ensure that the volume has the performance characteristics required for its intended use. For example, a volume created from a high-performance tier will be suitable for applications that require fast access times and high I/O throughput.
- Capacity Management: The storage tier determines the available capacity for the new volume. Creating a volume from a tier allows for efficient allocation of storage resources, ensuring that the volume is appropriately sized for its expected data load.
- Cost Efficiency: Different storage tiers can have different cost implications. By selecting an appropriate tier for creating a volume, administrators can control storage costs, using high-cost, high-performance tiers for critical data and more economical tiers for less critical data.
- Data Protection and Redundancy: Storage tiers can have different levels of redundancy and data protection features. Creating a volume from a tier with built-in redundancy ensures that the data stored in the volume benefits from those protection mechanisms.
- Simplified Management: Using tiers to manage storage resources simplifies the process of creating and managing volumes. Administrators can quickly create volumes with the desired attributes without needing to manually configure each volume's underlying storage characteristics.
- Consistency: Creating volumes from predefined tiers helps maintain consistency in performance and management across multiple volumes. This can be particularly important in environments with standardized service levels and performance expectations.
- Scalability: As storage needs grow, administrators can easily create additional volumes from the same tier, ensuring that new volumes are consistent with existing ones in terms of performance and capacity.
Steps typically involved in creating a storage volume from a storage tier:
- Select Storage Tier: Choose the appropriate storage tier based on the desired performance, capacity, and cost characteristics.
- Define Volume Parameters: Specify the size of the volume and other relevant parameters, such as the volume name and access permissions.
- Create Volume: Execute the creation process, during which QuantaStor allocates the necessary resources from the selected tier and configures the volume.
Overall, the purpose of the "Create Storage Volume from Storage Tier" feature in QuantaStor is to streamline the process of provisioning new storage volumes with predefined performance, capacity, and cost characteristics, ensuring efficient and consistent storage resource management.
Navigation: Storage Management --> Storage Pools --> [target storage tier pool] --> Create Storage Volume... (rightclick)
