EMC VMAX – Disk Group & Pool Expansion
In order to expand a VMAX Thin Pool we must first create the additional Data Devices (TDATs) on the underlying physical Disk Group. This example outlines how to calculate and […]
EMC VMAX – Provisioning Meta Volumes and Binding to a Virtual Pool via Unisphere & SYMCLI
While I have covered Auto Meta here there are times when a more granular approach is needed. This may involve creating Meta Members with a different size than what is configured […]
EMC VMAX – Removal Of A TDEV
You may no longer have use for a specific TDEV volume in a Storage Pool and want to free this space to create a new volume or expand an existing volume. These are the steps involved to delete the TDEV and reclaim this space in the Pool. This example details how to delete a single TDEV volume in a Storage […]
EMC VNX – POOL PERFORMANCE PLANNING
In this post I will give a guideline on how to calculate the required drive count for a VNX Pool based on Throughput performance (IOPS). This is only a Rough-Order-of […]
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