Dell ObjectScale 1.3 Administration Guide

Vertically expand the capacity of an object store

You can expand the capacity of each storage server replica by increasing the number of Volumes per Storage Server Replica within the existing object store.

1. From the ObjectScale Portal user interface, click Administration > ObjectScale.
   The list of Object Stores in the selected namespace that the user is authorized to view is displayed.
2. Select the appropriate namespace from the namespace drop-down on the upper right the ObjectScale Portal user interface.
3. Record the information about the current capacity of the object store by:
   1. In the table of object stores, click the name of object store whose volumes you want to increase.
   2. Click the object store Summary tab and locate the Volumes per Storage Server Replica value in the Storage details table.
   3. Click to close this view.
   Total Utilized Capacity of object stores can be recorded, and it increases after vertical expansion is complete.
4. To vertically expand the object store:
   1. In the table of object stores, reselect the object store using the checkbox to the left of the object store.
   2. Click EDIT to modify the object store.
   3. In the Edit Object Stores wizard, click to the Storage portion of the wizard.
   4. Expand CUSTOMIZE(OPTIONAL) and then increase the number of Volumes per Storage Server Replica and then click Save.
      It takes a few minutes for ObjectScale to expand the object store. Once the expansion is completed, the object store Health returns to Available.
5. Return to the object store Summary tab and locate the Volumes per Storage Server Replica in the Storage details table for the object store.
   The number of PVCs has increased to accommodate the new capacity added.

   NOTE:During vertical expansion, each SS replica is restarted in turn. This may cause a drop in overall I/O throughput while the pods restart and the cluster stabilizes.
6. Click to close this view.