If a pool's usage rate increases, you can expand the capacity of the pool to continue with your operations.
Add new drives to expand the capacity of a pool, as shown in the following workflow. Check the drive type and the drive speed in the details page of the pool. If you are using multiple pools, you can delete a pool that is not in use and reuse the drives from that pool, as shown in the subsequent workflow.
- When using the REST API:
- The following REST APIs can be executed to automate the operations:
- Getting the operating status of snapshots and pools
- Getting pool information
- Getting information about a specific pool
- Getting drive information
- Getting information about a specific drive
- Setting up a spare drive
- Expanding the capacity of a pool
- Deleting a pool