Administrator Guide

Figure 24. PS Series Volumes
Table 10. PS Series Volumes
Callout Description
1 PS Series group
Storage area network (SAN) comprising one or more PS Series arrays connected to an IP network. Arrays are high-
performance (physical) block storage devices.
2 PS Series members
Each PS Series array is a member in the group and is assigned to a storage pool.
3 PS Series storage pools
Containers for storage resources (disk space, processing power, and network bandwidth).
4 PS Series single-member pool
A PS Series array represented as a member within a pool to which it is assigned.
5 PS Series multimember pool
Multiple PS Series arrays represented as individual members within a pool to which it is assigned.
6 Storage space
Space received from PS Series arrays to allocate data as needed through various structures (volumes, snapshots,
thin provisioning, replicas, containers, SMB/NFS, quotas, and local users and groups).
7 Volume
Provides the structure for the PS Series group.
8 Snapshot collections
A collection of snapshots within the PS Series group.
9 Snapshots
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