Adding a Disk

Scenario

This section describes how to add a data disk to a desktop.

Prerequisites

You can add data disks only to a running desktop.

Procedure

1. Log in to the console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Desktops > Desktops.

   The Desktops page is displayed.

3. Select the desktop to which a data disk is added and choose More > Disk > Add Disk.

   The page for adding a data disk is displayed.

4. Click Add a data disk and configure the data disk.
   • High I/O disks use serial attached SCSI (SAS) drives to store data. They are suitable for common workloads.
   • Ultra-high I/O disks use solid state disk (SSD) drives to store data. They are suitable for mission-critical enterprise services as well as high-throughput workloads demanding low latency.
   • General purpose SSD disks use SSD drives to store data. They are suitable for enterprise office applications requiring high throughput and low latency.
   

   • The data disk size is 10 to 8200 GB (the value must be an integer multiple of 10).
   • The maximum number of added data disks is 10 minus the number of existing data disks.

5. Select I understand the impact of this operation and are sure to add it
6. Click Next.
7. Confirm the information about the new disk and click OK. The data disk has been added.