Add / Edit Storage Locations
1. Setup menu > Storage > Extensible Storage.
2. To add a new Storage Location, click Add.
To edit an existing Storage Location, highlight it from the list and click Edit.
3. The New / Edit Storage Location screen appears.
- F1 Help: See "New / Edit Storage Location".
4. Enter / Update the required information about the Storage Location.
- Path: This must be a valid path visible to the DS-System computer.
- Total Size: Select the total size (in GB or MB) available at the corresponding path.
- Guard Size: Select a reserve amount (in GB or MB) to keep as a free space buffer for the corresponding path (for allocation tables).
- Maximum Size: This field is calculated automatically, based on the entries in Total Size and Guard Size fields. Once DS-System reaches 100% of the Maximum Size for any of the DS-System's storage locations, DS-System will enter a "Read-Only" state and will reject all backup activities until some additional storage space is added to that storage location or some space is freed up on that storage location.
- Maximum Files: Select the maximum number of individual files that should normally be stored on that location. This number should be based on the recommendations for the storage location's file system. This number is used to balance the data between different Extensible Storage locations (of the same Storage Group).
- Storage Group: You must associate the Storage Location with a Storage Group (otherwise the <DEFAULT> Storage Group is selected).
- To edit the list of Storage Groups, click [...] beside the Storage Group dropdown list. (See "Define Storage Groups".).
- Storage Volume: The default selection is <None>. Do not make any selections in this field unless you are integrating this DS-System Extensible Storage Location with a specific storage vendor's solution (separate purchase and configuration required). (For more information, see the Knowledge Base article "Map Extensible Storage location to a Storage Volume (for integration with Storage Volume Snapshots)".)
5. You can associate one Storage Group with multiple Extensible Storage Locations:
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