- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Additional Resources
- Overview
- Create NAS servers
- Additional NAS Server Features
- Create file systems and SMB shares
- More file system features
- NAS Server replication
- Using CEPA with PowerStore
A file system must be created on the NAS server before you can create an SMB share.
Ensure that there is a NAS server that is configured to support the SMB protocol as described in Configuring NAS servers.
Option | Description |
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Select Type | Select General file system type |
Select NAS Server | Select a NAS server enabled for SMB. |
Advanced SMB Settings | Optionally choose from the following:
For details see File system advanced settings for SMB shares. |
File System Details | Provide the file system name, and the size of the file system.
The file system size can be from 3 GB to 256 TB. NOTE:All thin file systems, regardless of size, have 1.5 GB reserved for metadata upon creation. For example, after creating a 100GB thin file system,
PowerStore T model and
PowerStore Q model immediately show 1.5 GB used. When the file system is mounted to a host, it shows 98.5 GB of usable capacity.
This is because the metadata space is reserved from the usable file system capacity. |
File-Level Retention | Optionally, select file-retention type:
NOTE:FLR state and file-retention type are set at file system creation and cannot be modified.
Set the retention periods:
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SMB Share | Optionally, configure the initial SMB Share. You can add shares to the file system after the initial file system configuration.
For details about the SMB Share options, see: Create an SMB share. |
Protection Policy | Optionally, provide a protection policy for the file system. PowerStore supports both snapshots and replication for file storage protection. |
Summary | Review the summary. Go back to make necessary updates. |