Configuring Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation dynamic storage

You can configure Red Hat® OpenShift® Data Foundation storage from the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

1. In the Data Foundation page, click Configure.
   The OpenShift Container Platform web console gets displayed and you can configure from there.
2. Complete the configuration in OpenShift Container Platform web console.
   Example procedure to deploy Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation on OpenShift Container Platform using dynamic storage devices provided by Amazon Web Services, see Deploy OpenShift Data Foundation using dynamic storage devices.

   After you complete the configuration in the OpenShift Container Platform web console, the Data Foundation page now includes Capacity, Health, and Storage nodes sections:

   Capacity

   The total capacity is represented in a line graph. The block, file and object are distinguished by different colors.

   Health

   It includes Storage cluster and Data resiliency. The status gets displayed only after the provisioning is complete. You can check in the Storage > Data Foundation. Go to Storage Systems to see the created storage file system. Open the file system and in the Overview tab. In the Storage > Persistent Volumes page, you can view the local persistent volumes based on the selected disk.

   Storage nodes

   It includes the list of all nodes used in your local storage configuration. The node details listed in the table are Name, Status, Zone, CPU, and Memory (GiB). You can use the search option to filter and search for nodes. You can add nodes to scale up. For the procedure to add nodes, see Adding nodes to your Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation local storage

   For the procedure, please see

3. You can expand the storage capacity of OpenShift Data Foundation by either scale up or scale out. For the procedure, see Scaling storage.