Dell Unity: How To Address A Pool Full Scenario (User Correctable)
Summary: This article provides options for when a pool becomes 100% consumed.
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Instructions
- When a Storage Pool reaches 100% full, a Storage Processor (SP) can panic and reboot.
Dell Unity: Storage Processor Panic During A Pool Full Event
- There are a few options to address a full pool scenario:
- Delete Snapshots
- Expand the storage pool (using existing drives or purchasing additional drives if there are slots available)
- Remove unneeded resources (LUNs/Filesystems)
- Run the space reclaim procedure (from the host-side) to potentially free-up space which has not been zeroed-out on the array side
- Investigate pre-allocated space concerns
- Dell Unity: Pool space issues due to large levels of preallocation space
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Affected Products
Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC Unity XT 380, Dell EMC Unity XT 380F, Dell EMC Unity XT 480, Dell EMC Unity XT 480F, Dell EMC Unity XT 680, Dell EMC Unity XT 680F, Dell EMC Unity XT 880, Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity HybridProducts
Dell Unity 450F DC, Dell Unity 300 DC, Dell Unity 350F DC, Dell Unity 400 DC, Dell EMC Unity XT 880F, Dell Unity Operating Environment (OE)Article Properties
Article Number: 000276486
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 04 سبتمبر 2026
Version: 2
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