Creating block pools in provider cluster

Before you begin

  • You must have administrator access to Red Hat OpenShift console.

  • Fusion Data Foundation operator is installed and Fusion Data Foundation storage cluster in provider mode is created.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Click Storage → Data Foundation.
  2. In the Storage systems tab, select the storage system and then click the BlockPools tab.
  3. Click Create Block Pool.
  4. Enter Pool name.
  5. Select Data protection policy as 3-way Replication.
  6. Optional: Select Enable compression check box if you need to compress the data.

    Enabling compression can impact application performance and might prove ineffective when data to be written is already compressed or encrypted. Data written before enabling compression is not compressed.

  7. Click Create.