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Create workloads

You can create workloads for any type of application.

A workload is a storage object that supports an application. You can define one or more workloads, or instances, per application. For some applications, the system configures the workload to contain volumes with similar underlying volume characteristics. These volume characteristics are optimized based on the type of application the workload supports. For example, if you create a workload that supports a Microsoft SQL Server application and then subsequently create volumes for that workload, the underlying volume characteristics are optimized to support Microsoft SQL Server.

The system recommends an optimized volume configuration only for the following application types:

  • Microsoft® SQL Server™
  • Microsoft® Exchange Server™
  • Video Surveillance
  • VMware ESXi ™ (for volumes to be used with Virtual Machine File System)
  1. From the Manage page, select the storage array.
  2. Select Provisioning > Manage Volumes.
  3. Select Create > Workload.
    The Create Application Workload dialog box appears.
  4. Use the drop-down list to select the type of application that you want to create the workload for and then type a workload name.
  5. Click Create.

You are ready to add storage capacity to the workload you created. Use the Create Volume option to create one or more volumes for an application, and to allocate specific amounts of capacity to each volume.