Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide

Pools table

The pools table shows the following information. The system is limited to two virtual pools, which are named A and B. When you create a linear disk group, the system automatically creates a linear pool with the same name that you designated for the disk group. The system supports up to 64 linear pools and disk groups.

• Name – Shows the name of the pool.
• Health – Shows the health of the pool: OK, Degraded, Fault, N/A, or Unknown.
• Size – Shows the storage capacity defined for the pool when it was created.
• Class – Shows the storage type for the pool: virtual or linear.
• Avail – Shows the storage capacity presently available for the pool.
• Volumes – Shows the number of volumes defined for the disk groups of the pool.
• Disk Groups – Shows the number of disk groups in the pool.

To see more information about a pool, hover the cursor over the pool in the table. The Pool Information panel that appears contains the following information:

For more information about and to manage the above overcommit, low threshold, mid threshold, and high threshold settings, see Changing pool settings.