1. Click Volumes in the left navigation menu.
2. Click + add icon in the Volumes page.
3. Enter the name for a volume in the Create Volume page.
Use a backslash as required as part of volume names. For example, DataVolume. They are not case-
sensitive. Do not use the reserved characters like, < (less than), > (greater than), " (double quote), /
(forward slash), | (vertical bar),? (question mark) and * (asterisk).
4. Select the Virtual Disk from the Virtual Disk drop-down menu on which the volume will be created.
To add new virtual disk, click Create new Virtual Disk. For the detailed procedure, refer to Create a
virtual disk.
5. Click Create.
To create a volume with advanced configurations, perform the following steps:
1. Click Volumes in the left navigation menu.
2. Click + add icon in the Volumes page.
3. Select Show Advanced configuration options in the Create Volume page.
4. Enter the name for a volume in the Name section.
Use a backslash as required as part of volume names. For example, DataVolume. They are not case-
sensitive. Do not use the reserved characters like, < (less than), > (greater than), " (double quote), /
(forward slash), | (vertical bar),? (question mark) and * (asterisk).
5. Select the Virtual Disk from the Virtual Disk drop-down menu on which the volume will be created.
To add new virtual disk, click Create new Virtual Disk. For the detailed procedure, refer to
Create a
virtual disk.
6. Click edit icon in the Deduplication section to configure deduplication.
Data deduplication optimizes free space on a volume. It looks for duplicated portions on the volume and
compress it for additional savings.
7. Select any of the following modes of deduplication from the Mode drop-down menu and click OK:
• Disabled: Data deduplication is disabled.
• General Purpose File Server: Reduces the storage capacity utilization by half (2:1).
• VDI Server: Hosts a desktop operating system on a centralized server. Reduces the storage utilization
by 20:1 ratio.
• Virtualized backup server
NOTE:
The files will be deduplicated and optimized in the background only. To configure additional throughput
optimization schedules, use Server Manager or PowerShell. Deduplication is not supported on the ReFS
system.
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