Create a Folder

  1. From Manage → Data Storage, click Folders.
  2. Click the plus sign to create a new folder.
  3. In the Create Folder dialog box, enter the folder name and description.
  4. Select the pool from the Pool dropdown.
  5. From the Management Type dropdown, choose None, VMware virtual volumes, or Microsoft SCVMM (SMI-S).
    • If you choose vVols, choose a vCenter from the vCenter Server dropdown. For multi-protocol array groups, you must also specify Fibre Channel or iSCSI in the Protocol dropdown.
    • If you choose Microsoft SCVMM (SMI-S), choose a policy from the Performance Policy dropdown.
  6. From the Space Limit dropdown, choose No limit, Based on usage or Based on provisioning.
    • If you choose Based on usage, enter a limit and select MiB, GiB, or TiB from the dropdown.

      To enable existing volumes in the folder to exceed the usage limit, select the Allow overdraft limit checkbox and set a percent. The overdraft limit is the percentage by which the folder can exceed the usage limit.

    • If you choose Based on provisioning, enter a limit and select MiB, GiB, or TiB from the dropdown.
  7. From the IOPS Limit and MIB/S Limit dropdowns, choose No Limit or Set Limit.
    When either the IOPS limit or the MBP/S limit is met, input/output requests are throttled.
    • If you choose Set Limit for IOPS, enter a value of 256 or greater.
    • If you choose Set Limit for MBP/S, enter a value equal to or greater than the IOPS limit multiplied by the volume block size.
  8. Click Create.