About thin optimization solutions in Storage Foundation


About thin optimization solutions in Storage Foundation
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Array-based options like Thin Storage and Thin Provisioning help storage administrators to meet the challenges in managing their storage. These challenges include provisioning the storage, migrating data to maximize storage utilization, and maintaining the optimum storage utilization. Several features of Storage Foundation work together with the array functionality to solve these challenges.

Table: Thin storage solutions in Storage Foundation lists the Storage Foundation features and benefits relating to thin storage.

Table: Thin storage solutions in Storage Foundation

Feature	Description	Benefits
SmartMove	The SmartMove feature moves or copies only blocks in use by the Veritas File System	Maximizes use of thin storage. Improves performance for copy operations. Enables migration from thick LUNs to thin provisioned LUNs.
Thin disk discovery	Storage Foundation provides discovery for thin storage devices.	Recognizes and displays thin attributes for thin disks.
Thin Reclamation	Thin reclamation commands enable you to reclaim space on a file system, disk, disk group, or enclosure level.	Improves storage utilization and savings.

Feature

Description

Benefits

SmartMove

The SmartMove feature moves or copies only blocks in use by the Veritas File System

Maximizes use of thin storage.

Improves performance for copy operations.

Enables migration from thick LUNs to thin provisioned LUNs.

Thin disk discovery

Storage Foundation provides discovery for thin storage devices.

Recognizes and displays thin attributes for thin disks.

Thin Reclamation

Thin reclamation commands enable you to reclaim space on a file system, disk, disk group, or enclosure level.

Improves storage utilization and savings.

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