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:
The File Systems Summary page is displayed.
The New File System wizard is displayed.
Depending on your specific needs, choose one or more of the following additional features:
Note - You cannot configure an archiving file system to be HA through the browser interface.
Note - You can configure a Sun QFS file system to be both archiving and shared. The archiver will only be configured on the metadata server.
Note - To create an HA-QFS configuration, you must also use the Sun Cluster management tool, Sun Cluster Manager, to configure the devices as part of a Sun Cluster resource group. SAM-QFS Manager includes ha in the description of file systems that are configured on cluster devices even if the devices are not part of a resource group and the file systems are not therefore truly highly available.
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.
Click the Help tab in the wizard for more information.