IBM XIV User Manual

Listing Storage Pools
Lists all Storage Pools or the specified one.
pool_list [ pool=PoolName ]
Parameters:
Name Type Description Mandatory Default
pool Object name Name of a Storage
Pool.
N All pools.
This command lists all Storage Pools.
When the pool parameter is provided, only the specified Storage Pool is listed.
Example:
pool_list
Output:
Name Size (GB) Empty Space (GB)
default 24292 9225
DBPool 1013 1013
Id Name Default Position
name Name 1
soft_size Size (GB) 2
soft_size_MiB Size (MiB) N/A
hard_size Hard Size (GB) 6
hard_size_MiB Hard Size (MiB) N/A
snapshot_size Snap Size (GB) 4
snapshot_size_
MiB
Snap Size (MiB) N/A
total_volume_
size
Soft Vols (GB) 3
total_volume_
size_MiB
Soft Vols (MiB) N/A
empty_space_
soft
Soft Empty (GB) 5
empty_space_
soft_MiB
Soft Empty (MiB) N/A
empty_space_
hard
Hard Empty (GB) 10
Chapter 8. Storage Pool Management
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IBM XIV Specifications

General

Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Drive Type	SATA
Redundancy	Fully redundant components
Connectivity	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mounted
Cache	Distributed cache across modules
Data Protection	Snapshots, remote mirroring
Performance	High throughput and low latency
Scalability	Modular, scale-out architecture
Cooling	Redundant cooling
Architecture	Grid-based, distributed architecture