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12 Using volumes
A volume is a logical entity that is made up of storage on one or more storage systems. Servers
can use volumes as raw data storage or they can be formatted with a file system. Create volumes
on clusters that contain one or more storage systems.
Before creating volumes, plan your strategies for using the volume:
How you plan to use it
Its size
How servers will access it
How you will manage backups of the data
Whether you will use snapshots and/or Remote Copy
Volumes and server access
After you create a volume, assign it to one or more servers to provide access to the volume by the
application servers. For detailed information, see “Controlling server access to volumes” (page 199).
Prerequisites for creating a volume
Before you create a volume, you must create a management group and at least one cluster. For
more information, see the following:
“Working with management groups” (page 104)
“Creating a cluster” (page 133)
Planning volumes
Planning volumes takes into account multiple factors:
The number of volumes you need
The size for each volume
Whether you plan to use snapshots
The level of data protection required
Whether you want to use full or thin provisioning
Whether you plan to use Adaptive Optimization on the volume
NOTE: Microsoft Windows 2008 and later supports dynamic disks. The use of Dynamic Disks
is not recommended as HP StoreVirtual Storage provides this functionality.
TIP: If you plan to create multiple file systems for a server, create a volume for each file system.
This allows the file systems mounted on a server to grow independently.
Number of volumes
For information about the recommended maximum number of volumes and snapshots that can be
created in a management group, see “Configuration Summary overview” (page 107).
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