Storage Administration

Pool Management

Last Updated: 2026-10-15

This topic applies to the page in XInsight for managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later or XEVO 3.2 or later. The Pool page provides options for creating and managing storage pools, disk groups, volumes, provisioning policies, and pool properties. Go to Storage > Pool. Select a pool from the Pools panel to view its...

Pool Troubleshooting

Last Updated: 2026-10-22

Extended reboot time after a firmware upgrade on systems with a storage pool using more than 64 drives for QSM 4.0.3 and earlier If your system is running QSM 4.0.3 or earlier and has a storage pool created with more than 64 drives, it may take up to one hour to reboot after a firmware...

Volume Management

Last Updated: 2026-09-15

This topic applies to XInsight-managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later, XEVO 3.2 or later, or KSM 1.1 or later. Go to Storage > Volume. The Volume page displays the volumes in each storage pool and provides controls for managing their capacity, operating status, usage, performance properties, and deletion. Create a Volume Click the +...

Volume Troubleshooting

Last Updated: 2026-10-30

How much size will file volume metadata occupied? In our QSM4 design, it will occupy some capacity for file volume metadata purpose. You can refer the below test result. It would take arond 0.7% of per file volume capacity. 1G => around 3.8% 5G => around 1.3% 10G => around 1% 20G => around 0.875%...

Share Management

Last Updated: 2026-08-17

This topic applies to the page in XInsight for managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later. Go to Storage > Share. The Share page displays and manages shared folders created on file volumes. It provides share information, access permissions, associated host groups, quota settings, file-retention settings, and other share properties. Create a Share Click the...

Share Troubleshooting

Last Updated: 2026-11-05

Windows ACL ownership mechanism  Every object has an owner, whether the object is in an NTFS volume or in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The owner controls how permissions are set on the object and to whom permissions are granted. An administrator who needs to repair or change permissions on a file must begin...

Host Management

Last Updated: 2026-11-09

This topic applies to XInsight-managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later and XEVO 3.2 or later; go to Storage > Host. The Host page provides options for creating and managing host groups that control access to storage resources. Block host groups provide access to block volumes through supported protocols such as iSCSI, FC or NVMe/TCP....

Host Troubleshooting

Last Updated: 2026-11-05

Applies to: QSM 4 and XEVO 3 How to use net use to mount CIFS share in windows? How to mount NFS share in windows? 1. Install “Microsoft Services for NFS”: 2. Configure NFS Client: 3. Mount NFS Share: 4. Access the Mounted Share How to clear specific CIFS connection cache in windows? Why windows...

Disk Management

Last Updated: 2026-08-25

This topic applies to XInsight-managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later, XEVO 3.2 or later, or KSM 1.1 or later. The Disk page displays the drives installed in the controller head and connected expansion units. The page provides each drive’s location, status, health, usage, interface, type, speed, capacity, and model, along with drive maintenance and...

Disk Troubleshooting

Last Updated: 2026-10-30

Disk roaming mechansim introduction for QSM4 When performing disk roaming from NAS A to NAS B, please note that as long as hard drives are inserted in slots 1 to 4, each NAS will have its own database configuration (dbconfig). The dbconfig on NAS A will be called to as config1, and the dbconfig on...

SSD Cache

Last Updated: 2026-09-11

This topic applies to XInsight-managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later. SSD cache allows an SSD to function as a read cache or write buffer for an HDD volume. In SSD read cache, it is a secondary cache that improves performance by keeping frequently accessed data on SSDs, where it is read far more quickly...

Object Storage

Last Updated: 2026-09-11

This topic applies to XInsight-managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later. The Object Storage page enables you to create and manage object storage buckets, monitor bucket capacity, assign access keys and object-level permissions, and delete buckets that are no longer required. Go to Storage > Object Storage. Restriction: Bucket management is supported only through XInsight....