Working with storage pools in the ECS Portal

You can use storage pools to organize storage resources based on business requirements. For example, if you require physical separation of data, you can partition the storage into multiple storage pools.

You can use the Storage Pool Management page available from Manage > Storage Pools to view the details of existing storage pools, to create storage pools, and to edit existing storage pools. You cannot delete storage pools in this release.

You can use the Storage Pool Management page available from Manage > Storage Pools to:

You cannot delete storage pools in this release.

Figure 1. Storage Pool Management page

Table 1. Storage pool properties
Field Description
Name The name of the storage pool.
Nodes The number of nodes that are assigned to the storage pool.
Status The state of the storage pool and of the nodes.
  • Ready: At least four nodes are installed and all nodes are in the ready to use state.
  • Not Ready: A node in the storage pool is not in the ready to use state.
  • Partially Ready: Less than four nodes, and all nodes are in the ready to use state.
Host The fully qualified host name that is assigned to the node.
Data IP The public IP address that is assigned to the node or the data IP address in network separation environment.
Rack ID The name that is assigned to the rack that contains the nodes.
Actions The actions that can be completed for the storage pool.
  • Edit: Change the storage pool name or modify the set of nodes that are included in the storage pool.
  • Delete: Used by Customer Support to delete the storage pool. System Administrators or root users should not attempt to delete the storage pool. If you attempt this operation in the ECS Portal, you receive an error message that states this operation is not supported. If you must delete a storage pool, contact your customer support representative.
Cold Storage A storage pool that is specified as Cold Storage. Cold Storage pools use an erasure coding (EC) scheme that is more efficient for infrequently accessed objects. Cold Storage is also known as a Cold Archive. After a storage pool is created, this setting cannot be changed.

This topic provides conceptual information on storage pools, VDCs, and replication groups: