Cluster volume doesn't show the full capacity

James 21 Reputation points
2020-08-13T11:24:59.46+00:00

Hi,

Cluster volume doesn't show the full capacity, when click the Cluster disk the size in the botton is lower than the disk capacity. Why the cluster volume doesn't show the full capacity, how can I make all capacity use.

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  1. Xiaowei He 9,871 Reputation points
    2020-08-14T04:28:58.46+00:00

    Hi,

    ---when click the Cluster disk the size in the botton is lower than the disk capacity.

    Would you please provide some related screenshot of the issue, do you mean the capacity of the CSV is not the same when we click the CSV show in the Volume, like below:

    The "Capacity" is 60GB, however, the Volume of Cluster disk 1 is 50GB?

    17604-csv.png

    If my understanding is correct, this is due to the Capacity is the total Disk size, and the size below is the CSVFS volume disk size. Please check the disk in disk manager, check if there's any unallocated size on the disk. If yes, we can extend the disk and extend filesystem to expand the CSV volume.

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    Thanks for your time!
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    Anne

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  1. TimCerling(ret) 1,156 Reputation points
    2020-08-13T13:20:30.68+00:00

    What is the size of the disk? What is showing?

    Remember that the advertised size of a disk is not equal to the formatted size of a disk. A disk labeled as 36GB in size will only show 34.3GB when formatted.

    https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln115145/hard-drive-capacity-is-different-from-the-advertised-size?lang=en shows various reasons for possible discrepancies. I've referenced one of the most common, but there are other reasons.

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