3.6.1 HP PolyServe Matrix Server Administration Guide (T5392-96018, August 2008)

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NOTE: Although the “Disk Management” pane of the Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) limits volume labels on non-NTFS
filesystems to 11 characters, the Matrix Server tools allow PSFS
filesystem labels to be up to 32 characters long.
Available Volumes: This part of the window lists the basic or dynamic
volumes that are currently unused. Subdevices belonging to unimported
volumes that are on imported disks are also included. Select one of these
volumes for the filesystem. The minimum size for a PSFS filesystem is 64
MB.
NOTE: The Create a Filesystem window identifies volumes by their
Matrix Server names such as psd1p2. To match these names to
their local Windows names, open the Disk Info window (select the
server on the Servers tab, right-click, and then select View Local
Disk Info).
NOTE: If you selected a subdevice that is associated with an unimported
volume, when you click OK to create the filesystem you will see a
message reporting that the subdevice contains a volume
signature. The message asks whether you want to destroy the
affected unimported dynamic volume and reuse this subdevice in
the new filesystem you are creating. Be sure that you do not need
the unimported dynamic volume before doing this. If the
unimported volume associated with the subdevice is in a
“duplicate” state, the attempt to destroy the volume will fail. See
“Unimportable Volumes” on page 92 for more information.
Filesystem Options
The filesystem options that can be configured from on the Filesystem
Options window include setting the block size and enabling and
configuring quotas. Click the Options button to see the Filesystem
Options window.
The General tab allows you to set the block size (either 4 or 8 KB). If you
are using HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, the block size
must be 8 KB.