IBM FlashSystem Best Practices and Performance Guidelines

Volumes

In IBM FlashSystem, a volume is a logical disk that the system presents to attached hosts. This chapter describes the various types of volumes and guidance for managing the properties.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•5.1, “Overview of volumes” on page 188

•5.2, “Guidance for creating volumes” on page 188

•5.3, “Thin-provisioned volumes” on page 192

•5.4, “Mirrored volumes” on page 200

•5.5, “HyperSwap volumes” on page 205

•5.6, “VMware virtual volumes” on page 206

•5.7, “Cloud volumes” on page 209

•5.8, “Volume migration” ...