HP NetStorage 6000 - Manual (Page 12)

Overview
HP NetStorage 6000 Hardware
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Partitions and File Volumes
Logical drives are further broken down into as many as four partitions with
each partition consisting of 256GB of drive space or less. Once you have
partitioned your logical drive, you can create file volumes for storing your
data.
File volumes are the basic unit of logical storage for a file system on the HP
NetStorage 6000. When you create a file volume, it uses one partition on
one logical drive. Because you are limited to four partitions, the maximum
number of file volumes that can be created on a logical drive is four.
Note The HP NetStorage 6000 has a limit of 256GB (262144 MB) per partition.
The user interface does not warn you of this limitation. If you attempt to
create a partition greater than 256GB, the operation fails.
Initially, each partition is assigned to a file volume. However, file volumes
can expand to span several partitions if extra storage space becomes
necessary.
Figure 1.3 File Volume and Partition Example