Capacity Expansion

Scenarios

You can expand the capacity of a file system when needed.

Constraints

SFS Turbo file systems can only have their capacities expanded, not reduced. And only In-use file systems can be expanded.

Procedure

1. Log in to SFS Console.
2. In the file system list, click Expand Capacity in the row of the desired file system. The following dialog box is displayed. See Figure 1.
   Figure 1 Resizing a file system
   

3. Enter a new maximum capacity of the file system based on service requirements, and click OK. Table 1 describes the parameters.

   Table 1 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   Used Capacity (GB)	Used capacity of the current file system
   Maximum Capacity (GB)	Maximum capacity of the current file system
   New Maximum Capacity (GB)	Target maximum capacity of the file system after expanding The value ranges from 1 GB to 512,000 GB.

4. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the information and click OK.
5. In the file system list, check the capacity information after resizing.