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Explore the Storage Cluster Level

The Storage Cluster resides at the third level in the tree hierarchy.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the CA Server Automation user interface from the Start menu. Click Management, Resources.

   The Explore tree opens.

2. Expand the Huawei SingleCLOUD folder.

   The folder hierarchy appears.

3. Expand a Storage Cluster.

   The list of available virtual disks appears.

4. Right-click a Storage Cluster to create a virtual disk.

   The following parameters require more explanation:

   Disk type: User disk

   Can be attached to one virtual machine.

   Disk type: Shared disk

   Can be attached to multiple virtual machines.

   Dynamic allocation: Thin provisioning

   Reserves the specified disk space, but does not dedicate the entire reserved space to the disk until the space is required to store data. The size of a thin provisioned virtual disk grows according to the amount of data that is stored.

   Thin provisioning allows you to overcommit the datastores and to increase the storage utilization by minimizing the disk space that is reserved but not used.

5. Right-click a virtual disk in the Explore tree to perform a virtual disk management operation.

   You can view the details of the virtual disk or can delete the virtual disk.