Chapter 6 Managing the File System

Performing File System Expansion

For more information about 2TB LUN requirements, see the

StorNext Installation Guide.

Label Help: Click this link to display guidelines for determining whether to select VTOC or EFI labels. (See figure 53 on page 87.)

Stripe breadth drop-down menu: The stripe breadth for the file system. The stripe breadth is the number of kilobytes (KB) that is read from or written to each disk in the stripe. For a typical StorNext installation, 64KB is the recommended setting.

Metadata or Data: Specify whether you plan to use the stripe group for data or for metadata.

8Click Next to continue. If you are entering more than one stripe group, your choices are saved and you are ready to make selections for the next stripe group. Repeat step 5 for each stripe group you are adding.

If you are adding only one stripe group, the Complete File System Task screen appears after you click Next.

Figure 102 Complete File

System Task Screen

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