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<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:
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<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’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>.
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