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 the 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
3. Enter a new capacity and click OK. Table 1 describes the parameters.

   Table 1 Capacity expansion parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Current Capacity	Current storage capacity of the file system
   New Capacity	New storage capacity of the file system Value constraints: For a General file system, the minimum expansion increment is 100 GB. A Standard or Performance file system can be expanded to up to 32 TB, and a Standard - Enhanced or Performance - Enhanced file system can be expanded to up to 320 TB.

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