Create Volume Page

Use the Create Volume page to:

  • Create a new ASM volume by specifying its name and size

  • Set the redundancy and striping attributes for the ASM Volume in the Show Advanced Options section.

Element Description
Volume Specify a name for the ASM volume.
Disk Group Name ASM disk group name for the volume. Select a disk group on which you want to create the ASM volume, from the drop-down box.
Disk Group Free Space (GB) Indicates the amount of free space (in GB) available in the disk group that can be safely utilized.
Disk Group Usable Space (GB) Indicates the usage (in GB) that is specified for this volume. It need not be ACFS only.
Size ASM volume size in GB, MB, or TB.
Redundancy By default, an ASM volume inherits its redundancy attribute from the disk group. You can also change the default value set to High, Normal, or External redundancy.

External Redundancy disk groups support only UNPROTECTED volumes and High Redundancy disk groups support only high redundancy volumes.

Striping The following attributes can be set for striping.
  • Stripe Width. Specified in units of KB and MB. The values are powers of two ranging from 4KB to 1MB. The default value is 128K.

  • Stripe Columns. The values can range from 1 through 8. The default value is 1.


Related Topics

ASM Volume Device

Creating ASM Volumes

Configuring ASM Volumes using ASMCA