Dell NX3500 manual Capacity, Space Utilization, Current Tab Field Description

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Capacity

Space Utilization

The Space Utilization page displays the current space utilization and space utilization over time. The screen shows five tabs, including the current and four over time tabs: last day, last week, last month, and last year.

Current Tab

The Current tab displays a list of NAS volumes.

Table 4-11. Current Tab

Field

Description

 

 

NAS Volume

The name of the NAS volume.

 

 

Allocated Space

The space allocated for this NAS volume (GB).

 

 

Free Space

Space allocated to NAS volumes but not yet in use

 

(GB).

 

 

Used Space

Space allocated to NAS volumes and is in use (GB).

 

 

%Used by snapshot

Percentage of used space assigned to snapshots.

 

 

The last field of the NAS volume row displays a graph of the space utilization for each one of the volumes.

The end of the table provides a summary (total) row with the total for Allocated Space, Used Space, and Free Space.

The last row displays the total unallocated space. This is the space available for creation of new NAS volumes.

Table 4-12. NAS Volume

Color

Legend

Description

 

 

 

Blue

Used space

Space allocated to the NAS volume and used for live

 

non-snapshot

data.

 

 

 

Purple

Used space

Space allocated to the NAS volume and used for

 

snapshots

snapshots.

 

 

 

Green

Free space

Space allocated to the NAS volume but not yet in use.

 

 

 

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Dell NX3500 manual Capacity, Space Utilization, Current Tab Field Description, NAS Volume Color Description

NX3500 specifications

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