Adding Bricks

You can expand a volume, as required, by adding new bricks to an existing volume.

Note: You need to add at least one brick to a distributed volume, two (or multiples of two) bricks to mirrored distributed volumes, and four (or multiples of four) bricks to striped distributed volumes when expanding your storage space.

To add a brick to an existing volume, perform the following steps.

  1. Choose from the menu, toolbar, or right click and select the Volume and select Add Bricks.

    The Add Brick window is displayed.

    Add Brick

  2. Select the bricks that you want to add to the current volume. Click Add to add a specific brick or Click Add All to add all the available bricks.
  3. Click Finish. The Add Brick(s)to Volume window appears indicating that the brick(s) is successfully added.

    Add Brick to Volume Confirmation

  4. Click OK.