Configuring an All-Flash Storage Pool (BUI)

An all-flash storage pool utilizes SSDs as data devices and optional log devices, but does not contain read cache or meta devices. All-flash pools are suitable for virtualization environments or backup workloads.

Before You Begin

Follow the cabling guidelines for all-flash shelves described in Cabinet and Cabling Guidelines in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Cabling Guide, Release OS8.8.x.
For recommendations on how many drives to select per pool, as well as other considerations and guidelines, see Storage Pool Concepts.
To understand the different data profiles, see Data Profiles for Storage Pools.

Note:

Do not perform a pool configuration operation while a disk firmware upgrade is occurring. To check if an upgrade is in progress, from the Maintenance menu, select System.

From the Configuration menu, select Storage.
Click the add icon above the list of storage pools.
From the Verify and allocate devices screen, select storage type SSD, and then select a device size.
For each SSD disk shelf, select the number of drives to include in the pool.

Note:
An all-flash pool cannot contain read cache devices or meta devices.
Optional: Select log devices to add to the all-flash pool.
Click COMMIT.
On the Configure Added Storage screen, select the data profile appropriate for your workload that balances performance, availability, and capacity.

For a description of available profiles, see Data Profiles for Storage Pools.

Note:
For mandatory file retention, the storage pool profile must provide redundancy. Therefore, the striped profile cannot be used with storage pools that will contain files with the mandatory file retention policy. For more information, see File Retention Management.
Optional: If you allocated log devices, select an appropriate profile.
Click COMMIT.