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+<head>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/builder-gluster/style.css"
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+<title>Creating Volumes</title>
+</head>
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+<body>
+<h1>Creating a Volume</h1>
+You can create new volumes in your storage environment, as needed.  When creating a new volume, you must specify the bricks that comprise the volume and specify whether the volume is to be distributed, replicated, or striped.
+<p>To create a volume, perform the following steps:
+<ol>
+	<li>Choose from the menu, toolbar, or right click and select the
+	Volume and select <b>Create Volume</b>.
+
+	<p>The <b>Create Volume</b> window is displayed.
+	<p><img src="../images/GMC_Create_Volume.jpg" alt="Create Volume" /></p>
+	<li>Type the name of the volume in the <b>Name</b> field.
+	<li>Select the type of the volume from the <b>Type</b> drop-down list.
+	You can choose the type as either <b>Distribute</b>, <b>Replicate</b>,
+	or <b>Stripe</b>.
+	<li>Bricks will be created on all the disks of the cluster when
+	you create a volume, by default. Click <b>Customize</b>, to select and add
+	specific bricks to your volume.
+	<li>Select the <b>Access Protocol</b> for the new volume by selecting <b>GlusterFS</b>, <b>NFS</b>, or <b>CIFS</b> checkbox.
+	<li>If you choose <b>CIFS</b>, specify the user name and password to use
+	from Windows clients to connect to the volume.
+	<p>You need to use user-based authentication for CIFS exports,
+	hence you must specify the user&rsquo;s who can access the volume as a
+	comma-separated list in the Users field.
+	
+	<p>For more information about configuring CIFS, refer <a href="cifs_service.html">CIFS
+	Services</a>.<li>In the<b> Allow Access From</b> field, specify the volume access control as a comma-separated list of IP addresses or hostnames.
+	<p>You can use wildcards to specify ranges of addresses. Typing an asterisk (*) specifies all IP addresses or hostnames. You need to use IP-based authentication for Gluster Filesystem and NFS exports.</p>
+	<li>Select the <b>Start Volume</b> check box to automatically start the
+	volume once created.
+	<li>Click <b>Create Volume</b>. The console displays Create Volume window
+	to indicate that the volume was successfully created.
+	<p><img src="../images/GMC_Create_Volume_success.jpg"
+		alt="Volume Created Successfuly" /></p>
+	<li>Click <b>OK</b>.
+</ol>
+</body>
+</html>
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