How to configure the effective capacity license

Hello, friend!

If the effective capacity license is used, SmartDedupe and SmartCompression are enabled by default when you create a LUN using CLI commands. You are advised not to disable them. Otherwise, the physical capacity may be insufficient.

Configuration Method

Some application types are preset for typical application scenarios of LUNs. For the preset application types, the application request size and the SmartDedupe and SmartCompression status have been configured. When creating a LUN on the CLI or DeviceManager, you only need to specify an appropriate application type.

The preset application types include Default, Oracle_OLAP, Oracle_OLTP, Oracle_OLAP&OLTP, SQL_Server_OLAP, SQL_Server_OLTP, SQL_Server_OLAP&OLTP, SAP_HANA, Vmware_VDI, Hyper-V_VDI, and FusionAccess_VDI.

When a LUN is created on DeviceManager, the default application type is Default. You can select an application type that matches your service I/O model by referring to the following application type details.

For OceanStor Dorado 5000, OceanStor Dorado 6000, OceanStor Dorado 8000, and OceanStor Dorado 18000, Table 2-1 lists the application request size and the SmartDedupe and SmartCompression status for each application type.

Table 2-1 Preset application types

For OceanStor Dorado 3000, Table 2-2 lists the application request size and the SmartDedupe and SmartCompression status for each application type.

Table 2-2 Preset application types (Applicable to OceanStor Dorado 3000)

If you need to specify the application type when creating a LUN on the CLI, run the create lun name=? pool_id=? capacity=? lun_type=thin workload_type_id=? command. After the LUN is created, you can run the show lun general lun_name=? command to view the LUN information. The Workload Type Name field in the command output indicates the application type of the LUN.

Hope this helps!