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Dell FluidFS V3 NAS Solutions For PowerVault NX3500, NX3600, And NX3610Administrator's Guide

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Enabling or Disabling Zero Disk Usage Reporting for a NAS Volume

When zero disk usage reporting is enabled for a NAS volume, the DU (Disk Usage) command reports 0 when the actual allocated size of a file is unknown (as compatible with VMWare thin provisioning).
  1. Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.
  2. Click the All NAS Volumes tab on the top.
  3. In the All NAS Volumes pane, click Settings icon. in the row of the volume you want to modify.
  4. Click View Details. The volume’s Space view is displayed.
  5. In the NAS Volume Advanced Settings pane, click Settings icon..
  6. Click Modify DU Compatibility. The Modify DU Compatibility for NAS Volume dialog box appears.
  7. Select one of the following reporting options:
    • The size of the file as the allocated size
    • Zero (0) as the allocated size (VMWare thin provisioning compatible)
  8. Click OK.

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