Administrator Guide

feature is disabled by default, and can be enabled at any time during system operation. Metadata tiering is disabled when the system is
updated from an older version of the rmware.
About this task
When creating or expanding a NAS pool, administrators can select the percentage of the FluidFS NAS pool capacity to be allocated for the
metadata tier. For example, High Priority (Tier 1) stores approximately 12.5 percent of the storage for FluidFS in the metadata tier whereas
Low Priority (Tier 3) stores approximately 3 percent of the storage for FluidFS in the metadata tier.
Steps
1 In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2 Click the NAS Pool tab.
3 In the Storage Subsystems panel, click Change Storage Prole.
The Select Storage Prole window opens.
4 Select a storage prole and NAS pool percentage to allocate for metadata.
5 Click OK.
Enable or Disable the NAS Pool Used Space Alert
You can enable or disable an alert that is triggered when a specied percentage of the NAS pool space has been used.
1 In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2 Click the Summary tab.
3 In the Summary panel, click Edit NAS Pool Settings.
The Edit NAS Pool Settings dialog box opens.
4 Enable or disable the NAS pool used space alert:
• To enable the NAS pool used space alert, select the Used Space Alert checkbox.
• To disable the NAS pool used space alert, clear the Used Space Alert checkbox.
5 If the Used Space Alert checkbox is enabled, in the Used Space Threshold eld, type a number (from 0 to 100) to specify the
percentage of used NAS pool space that triggers an alert.
6 Click OK.
Enable or Disable the NAS Pool Unused Space Alert
You can enable or disable an alert that is triggered when the remaining unused NAS pool space is below a specied size.
1 In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2 Click the Summary tab.
3 In the Summary panel, click Edit NAS Pool Settings.
The Set NAS Pool Space Settings dialog box opens.
4 Enable or disable the NAS pool unused space alert:
• To enable the NAS pool used space alert, select the Unused Space Alert checkbox.
• To disable the NAS pool used space alert, clear the Unused Space Alert checkbox.
5 If the Unused Space Alert checkbox is enabled, in the Unused Space Threshold eld, type a number (from 0 to 100) to specify the
percentage of unused NAS pool space that triggers an alert.
6 Click OK.
FluidFS Administration
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