Ops Center Administrator uses the following best practices in file pool creation:
- For creation of the related block pool, use of RAID6 with a minimum of four parity groups for SAS or one parity group for SSD, FMD, FMD DC2, SSD NVMe, or SSD(RI). Note: You should use this best practice. If capacity is chosen from non-conforming parity groups during file pool creation, a warning displays.
- Creation of a Thin pool that comprises each selected tier (either one or two).
- Minimum disk requirements for file pool creation:
- 24 disks for SAS 10K, 15K
- 48 disks for SAS 7.2K
- 8 disks for FMD, FMD DC2, SSD, SSD NVMe, SSD(RI)
When a user creates a file pool in Ops Center Administrator, the system automatically does the following:
- Identifies parity groups.
- Creates a block pool.
- Creates volumes and attaches them to NAS modules.
- Configures volumes as system drives.
- Creates a file pool.