System use summary – HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software User Manual

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Table 40 Information on the Volume Use tab (continued)

Description

Category

to see the space saved number decrease as data on
the volume increases.

Full provisioning allocates the full amount of space for
the size of the volume. Reclaimable space is the amount
of space that you can get back if this fully provisioned
volume is changed to thinly provisioned.

Amount of space used by actual data volumes or snapshots.
The consumed space is the amount you can regain if you

Consumed Space

delete the volume and its snapshots. If the volume has
SmartClone clone points below it, the clone point and any
snapshot below it comprise the Shared Space listed next
to the consumed space. To regain the Shared Space, you
must delete the clone point and any snapshots below it.
For instructions on deleting clone points, see

“Deleting the

clone point ” (page 194)

Deleting files or data from client applications does not
decrease the used space. For more information, see

“Measuring disk capacity and volume size” (page 152)

.

Figure 65 Viewing the space saved or reclaimable in the Volume Use tab

1. Space saved or reclaimable displayed here

System Use summary

The System Use window presents a representation of the space provisioned on the storage systems
in the cluster.

Figure 66 Viewing the System Use tab

Ongoing capacity management

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