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Disk Devices provide the underlying storage for SoftNAS and Storage Pools. Disk devices are attached to SoftNAS at the virtualization platform layer, often as virtual hard disks (e.g., VMDK in VMware, EBS volumes in EC2).

When a new disk device is attached, it usually starts out in a raw, unpartitioned state. Before it can be used, the disk device must be partitioned. The Disk Devices panel provides a list of disk devices, their status and the ability to manage the devices. 

Table of Contents

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1. Partition All

The Partition All button finds

  1. Partition All finds all devices without a partition and creates a partition on each device.

    Info

    Devices which are in use or already contain a partition are ignored.

 

2. Create Partition

The Create Partition button

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  1. Create Partition adds a partition to a device that does not contain a partition
. First, select a device in the device list grid by choosing a row, then press the Create Partition button
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3. Remove Partition


5. Refresh

Press the Refresh button to

  1. Remove Partition removes an unused partition.

    Info
    Devices which are marked as "Used in pool" are not eligible for partition removal.

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4. Unmount

Unmount the disk device.

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  1. Refresh will rescan the available devices and display
the currently available devices.

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6. Add device

Certain types of devices can be added at run-time. Click Add Device and choose the type of device to add, then follow the on-screen instructions for adding the device.

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7. Delete Device

Certain types of dynamic devices can be removed at run-time. To
  1. up-to-date information.

  2. Add Device will add a new device configured to your liking.

    Note

    On VMware, this option will not be present.


  3. Edit Device allows you to edit certain configuration settings of devices.

  4. Delete Device will delete a dynamic device that is no longer in use

within a pool, select the device in the list to choose its grid row, then press the Delete Device button and confirm deletion of the device

  1. .

note
  1. Warning

    Many devices

, once deleted, may

  1. might not be recoverable

.

  1. once deleted!


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8. Import Device

It is possible to import an existing disk. To import an existing disk, click Import, and follow the prompts.

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9. Device

List
  1. Device shows a list of devices.
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10. Total size


  1. Total size shows the amount of data storage available on the raw device
,
  1. before partitioning and
addition 11.
  1. adding to a storage pool.

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  1. Make and

modelThe make (vendor)

  1. model shows the vendor and model of the device

, with the

12. Device Usage

How

  1. .

    Info

    The type of device is shown in parenthesis.

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  1. Device Usage provides details about how the device is currently used

,

  1. or what

it needs to become useful.

  1. is necessary to make the device usable.

    Info

    The device can be in one of

several

  1. three states:

    • Needs partitioning
    • Available to assign to a storage pool.
    • Used in a pool
, along with the name of the pool in which it is used

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13. Extra Disk Info

Some devices have additional information available. For example, S3 Cloud Disk devices are associated with an S3 bucket, which is displayed.

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  2. On some devices, Extra Disk Info will provide additional information.

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