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Installation and Setup Where to Go Next

5–2

Advanced Group Administration Tasks

Table 5-2 describes the advanced group administration tasks. These tasks are fully

documented in the PS Series Group Administration manual.

Table 5-2: Advanced Administration Tasks

Task Description

Add a member to the

group

Although a one-member group is fully functional, adding

more arrays expands capacity, increases network bandwidth,

and improves overall group performance, with no disruption

to data availability.

Create pools With multi-member groups, you can create multiple pools and

assign members and volumes to the pools for a tiered storage

solution.

Set up a dedicated

management network

You may want a separate management network for security

purposes.

Create snapshots of a

volume

Snapshots are point-in-time copies of volume data that can be

used for backups.

Create schedules for

snapshots or replicas

Schedules enable you to regularly create snapshots or replicas

of a volume.

Create collections Collections enable you to group multiple, related volumes for

the purpose of creating snapshots or replicas. The

administrator can then create a multi-volume snapshot or a

multi-volume replica in a single operation or through a single

schedule.

Enable thin provisioning

for a volume

Some environments can benefit from thin provisioning, which

enables you to allocate space to a volume according to usage

patterns.

Set up replication across

different groups

Replicas are point-in-time copies of volume data that are

stored on a different group.

Clone a volume or

snapshot

Cloning creates a new volume in the group.

Recover data from

snapshots or replicas

There are various options for recovering data from snapshots

or replicas.

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