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Manage chamber storage in Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench

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Chamber Admins and Workbench Owners can manage the storage capacity in Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench to fit their organization's specific needs. For example, they can increase or decrease the amount of chamber storage. They can also change the performance tier.

This article explains how Chamber Admins and Workbench Owners manage chamber storage.

Prerequisites

  • An Azure account with an active subscription. Create an account for free.
  • An instance of Azure Modeling and Simulation Design Workbench installed with at least one chamber.
  • A user who's provisioned as a Chamber Admin or Workbench Owner.

Sign in to the Azure portal

Open your web browser and go to the Azure portal. Enter your credentials to sign in to the portal.

Access storage options in a chamber

If you're a Workbench Owner or Chamber Admin, complete the following steps to access the chamber storage options:

  1. Enter Modeling and Simulation Workbench in the global search. Then, under Services, select Modeling and Simulation Workbench.

  2. Select your workbench from the resource list.

  3. On the left menu, select Settings > Chamber. A resource list appears. Select the chamber where you want to manage the storage.

  4. On the left menu, select Settings > Storage. In the resource list, select the displayed storage.

Resize chamber storage

If you're a Workbench Owner or Chamber Admin, you can increase or decrease a chamber's storage capacity by changing the storage size.

You can't change the storage size to less than what you're currently using for that storage instance. In addition, you can't change the storage size to more than the available capacity for the region where your workbench is installed. The default storage quota limit is 25 TB across all workbenches installed in your subscription per region. For more information about resource capacity limits, contact your Microsoft account manager.

Complete the following steps to increase or decrease the storage size:

  1. In the storage overview, select Resize.
  2. In the Resize pop-up dialog, enter the desired storage size.
  3. Select the Change button to confirm the resize request.
  4. Select Refresh to show the new size in the storage overview.

Important

Azure NetApp Files capacity availability is limited per region. Azure NetApp Files quota availability is limited per region and customer subscription. To request an increase in storage quota, contact your Microsoft account manager.

Change the performance tier

If you're a Workbench Owner or a Chamber Admin, you can change the performance tier for storage.

You can change the storage performance tier to a higher tier, such as from standard to ultra, at any time. You can change the storage performance tier to a lower tier, such as from ultra to standard, after the cool-down period. The Azure Net App Files cool-down period is one week from when you created the storage or one week from the last time that you increased the storage tier.

Complete the following steps to change the performance tier:

  1. In the chamber storage overview, select Change tier.
  2. In the Change tier pop-up dialog, select the desired storage tier from the combo box.
  3. Select the Update button to confirm the request to change the tier.
  4. Select Refresh to show the new tier in the storage overview.