The Pools page is the first storage resource page listed on the left-side main navigation menu. A pool is a set of drives that provide specific storage characteristics for the resources that use them. Creating a pool is a prerequisite for provisioning storage resources. The page, as shown in Figure 12, allows users to create, modify, view, expand, and delete pools. If there are multiple drive types on the system, users can configure multiple tiers for the pool. In physical systems (for Hybrid systems only), each tier can be associated with a different RAID type. If FAST Cache is configured on the system prior to running the pool configuration wizard, a user can configure the pool to use FAST Cache to ensure the most active data is served from Flash media.
For more information about pools, see the Dell Unity: Dynamic Pools white paper. For more information about FAST VP and FAST Cache, see the Dell Unity: FAST Technology Overview white paper.