Volume configuration – HP StoreAll Storage User Manual
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Figure 3 Performance storage profile
Volume configuration
A volume is a logical partition of a pool and is exposed as block devices for operating system
access. Each volume can also be perceived as a storage representation of a segment. Since the
StoreAll file system imposes a limit of 8 TB for each segment, the volume sizes are also ensured to
be within this supported limit.
Volume configurations are dependent on drive type.
and
show the drive type for each storage layout with the MDS600 enclosure.
Table 6 Volume configuration for 2 TB drives
Performance
Maximum capacity
Balanced capacity
2 TB Drives
22
14
16
Number of volumes
22 x 4 TB
6 x 8 TB + 8 x 7 TB
12 x 6 TB + 4 x 7 TB
Volume size
Table 7 Volume configuration for 3 TB drives
Performance
Maximum capacity
Balanced capacity
3 TB Drives
33
21
24
Number of volumes
33 x 4 TB
9 x 8 TB + 12 x 7 TB
18 x 6 TB + 6 x 7 TB
Volume size
Storage configurations
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