Storage settings

Dataset storage settings allow configuring things like quotas and reservations as well as choosing a Storage Profile. Storage profiles define a number of settings optimized for a particular kind of workload. Each storage profile also has an associated Data Protection configuration.

Storage profiles

BrickStor SP provides predefined set of storage profiles optimizing dataset configuration for a particular workload. It also provides recommended Data Protection configurations for that particular profile.

Some settings can be overridden or a new, custom storage profile can be created. Here are some of the common storage profiles:

  1. General File System - optimized for general SMB/NFS/S3 workloads.

  2. VMware Virtual Machines - optimized for VMware virtual machine workloads.

  3. Hyper-V Virtual Machines - optimized for Hyper-V virtual machine workloads.

  4. Streaming Media File System - optimized for video streaming workloads.

  5. Custom File System - allows for creating a custom storage profile optimizing it for a specific application.

Quotas

Quotas are a way to limit the amount of storage that can be used by a dataset and its descendants. If no quota is configured, the dataset will inherit the quota from its parent.

There are two types of quotas:

  • Data Quota - limits the filesystem space without accounting for disk space consumed by snapshots and clones.

  • Quota - limits the filesystem space including snapshots and clones.

If unsure which quota to use, use the Data Quota.

Reservations

Reservation is a guaranteed allocation of disk space from the pool to a given dataset. The total amount of all reservations cannot exceed the amount of unused disk space in the pool.

There are two types of reservations:

  • Data Reservation - reserves the filesystem space without accounting for disk space consumed by snapshots and clones.

  • Reservation - reserves the filesystem space including snapshots and clones.

If unsure which reservation to use, use the Data Reservation.