• Static Volume

  Static Volumes are created directly on a RAID group. They give the best performance for random file access (up to 20% faster than other disk volumes). This option is suitable for creating high-performance storage spaces for file sharing or online collaboration.

• Thick Volume

  Thick Volumes are created from pre-allocated storage pool space. The capacity is reserved and expandable. This option is suitable for general usage.

• Thin Volume

  Thin Volumes can be created with more space than the usable storage capacity, and take physical space from the storage pool only as data is written to the volume. Thin provisioning maximizes storage utilization and is useful for dynamic storage spaces and limited storage shared by multiple users.

• Block-based iSCSI LUN

  Besides storing data, the volume can be utilized as an iSCSI LUN. The block-level iSCSI LUN provides less overhead which improves the overall read/write performance. It also supports virtualization applications (such as VAAI thin provisioning and storage reclaim and Microsoft® ODX) as an ideal choice for iSCSI storage solution.

Note: Thin volumes require close attention to storage utilization to prevent downtime due to insufficient storage space. Space of thin volumes means the maximized potential capacity. Other volumes may utilize the physical space. If the usable space is insufficient for snapshot reversion, the snapshot reversion operation will not function.