Investigating capacity trends for volumes

Use the capacity charts and the information that is shown in the tables to check the rate at which the thin-provisioned volumes consume capacity, the compression savings for the volumes that were converted to compressed volumes, and the changes in the distribution of Easy Tier® volumes across the SSD, Enterprise HDD, and Nearline HDD drives.

Procedure

  1. From the Storage menu, click Block Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the navigation pane, click Volumes.
  4. Click Capacity and select the volumes and the capacity metrics that you want to review.
    Capacity chart for volumes
    Tip: To check the distribution of Easy Tier volumes, click Select Chart Metrics Select chart metrics and add the Easy Tier metrics to the chart.