Creating aggregates

You can create an aggregate or a Flash Pool to provide storage for one or more FlexVol volumes.

Before you begin

•	You must have homogeneous disk groups with disks of the same size.

•	If you want to create mirrored aggregates, the SyncMirror license must be enabled.

•	For a SnapLock aggregate, the SnapLock Compliance license, or the SnapLock Enterprise license, or both must be installed on the storage system.

About this task

Using the Create Aggregate wizard, you can perform the following:

•	Enable SnapLock for the aggregate if the SnapLock license is enabled.

•	Create a Flash Pool.

•	Specify the number of disks to include.

•	Specify the type of disks to include.

•	Specify the RAID type for the RAID groups on the aggregate.

•	Specify the RAID group size.

You cannot combine disks with different checksum types when creating an aggregate or a Flash Pool using System Manager. You can create aggregates with a single checksum type and add storage of a different checksum type later.

You should be aware of platform-specific and workload-specific best practices for the Flash Pool SSD tier size and configuration. For more information, see Technical Report 4070: NetApp Flash Pool Design and Implementation Guide.

Steps

1.	From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.

2.	In the navigation pane, click Storage > Aggregates.

3.	Click Create.

4.	Type or select information as prompted by the wizard.

5.	Confirm the details and click Finish to complete the wizard.

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