Do I need a default storage pool?

This topic provides information to help you determine whether you need to a default storage pool and what storage pools can be used.

If you intend to configure all SAN File System clients to see all storage volumes, you can set one storage pool to be the default storage pool. Files created by a client that do not meet any of the rules in the active policy set will be stored in this storage pool.

If you configure your SAN clients and storage volumes into zones so that clients can see only a subset of all storage volumes, you will not be able to set a default storage pool. In this case, you will can choose from a couple of different options:

If a client attempts to create a file and there is no policy set rule for placing that file into a storage pool, the SAN File System will generate an error.

Parent topic: Planning the file management strategy

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