Chapter 6 Managing the File System
Performing File System Expansion
Figure 96 Check File System
Status Screen
Performing File System Expansion
In practical terms, expanding an existing file system means allocating additional storage to that file system. You add additional storage by creating a new stripe group in the file system configuration file, and assigning new disks to the stripe group.
Here is an overview of the steps required to enable File System Expansion:
1.Define new disk LUNs and make them available across the fibre channel SAN to the metadata controller and StorNext clients.
2.Use the StorNext GUI to create a new stripe group from the LUNs.
3.Add the new stripe group to an existing file system.
After you perform these steps, StorNext automatically updates the available file system capacity and presents the expanded file system to the StorNext clients.
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