How to Create a Shared File System

Before you can create a shared file system, you must have prepared your configuration as described in Planning a Shared File System.

You might also want to change how your configuration entries are saved. For more information, see How to Enable Pop-Up Windows.

To create a shared file system:

  1. From the Manage Hosts menu or the Managed Hosts page, choose the name of the server on which you want the shared file system to reside.

    The File Systems Summary page is displayed.

  2. Click New File System.

    The New File System wizard is displayed.

  3. To create a shared file system, select the QFS option in the first step of the wizard.

    Depending on your specific needs, choose one or more of the following additional features:

    This creates a default file system type with a default DAU size. To modify the DAU size or specify that metadata and data reside on separate devices, choose Change Defaults in the next wizard step.


    Note - For general-purpose workloads, storing metadata and file data on the same device provides the best system performance.


  4. Complete the steps in the New File System wizard.

    Click the Help tab in the wizard for more information.