Changing the Volume Allocation Strategy
You can change the allocation strategy for a volume to choose how storage for new
files or additional storage for existing files is allocated on the storage pools that
belong to the volume.
To change the allocation strategy:
1
In Xsan Admin, select Volumes in the SAN Assets list.
2
Select the volume in the list and choose Edit Volume Settings from the Action (gear)
pop-up menu.
3
Choose an allocation strategy from the pop-up menu:
Round Robin: Each request for space is assigned to the next available storage pool in
the volume.
Fill: All data is stored on the first storage pool until it’s full, then on the next storage
pool, and so on.
Balance: New data is written to the storage pool that has the most free space.
4
Click OK.