HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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Contents
Thin Provisioning concepts .............................................................................................19
When to use Thin Provisioning........................................................................................19
Thin Provisioning advantages..........................................................................................19
Thin Provisioning advantage example..............................................................................20
Thin Provisioning example..............................................................................................20
Thin Provisioning work flow............................................................................................21
Data retention strategies..........................................................................................................24
Resource groups strategies.......................................................................................................24
Key terms..............................................................................................................................24
Before you begin....................................................................................................................25
System requirements...........................................................................................................25
Shared memory requirements..............................................................................................25
Overall provisioning workflow.............................................................................................26
Example of resource groups sharing a port............................................................................27
Example of resource groups not sharing ports........................................................................29
Meta_resource.......................................................................................................................30
Resource lock.........................................................................................................................30
User groups...........................................................................................................................30
Resource group assignments.....................................................................................................30
Resource group license requirements.........................................................................................31
Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines........................................................................31
Creating a resource group.......................................................................................................31
Adding resources to a resource group.......................................................................................32
Removing resources from a resource group.................................................................................32
Managing Resource Groups.....................................................................................................33
Snapshot..........................................................................................................................34
Thin Provisioning................................................................................................................35
DKA Encryption.................................................................................................................35
External Storage Access Manager........................................................................................35
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