Chapter 3. Block pools

Procedure

1. Click Operators Installed Operators.
2. Click OpenShift Container Storage operator Block Pools tab Create Block Pool.
3. Enter Pool name.
4. Select Data protection policy as either 2-way Replication or 3-way Replication.
5. Select Volume Type.

6. (Optional) Select Enable compression checkbox if you need to compress the data.

   Enabling compression can impact application performance and might prove ineffective when data to be written is already compressed or encrypted. Data written before enabling compression will not be compressed.

7. Click Create.

Procedure

1. Click Operators Installed Operators.
2. Click OpenShift Container Storage operator Block Pools.
3. Click the Action Menu (⋮) at the end the pool you want to update.
4. Click Edit Block Pool.

5. Modify the form details as follows:

   1. Change the Data protection policy to either 2-way Replication or 3-way Replication.

   2. Enable or disable the compression option.

      Enabling compression can impact application performance and might prove ineffective when data to be written is already compressed or encrypted. Data written before enabling compression will not be compressed.

6. Click Save.

Procedure

1. Click Operators Installed Operators.
2. Click OpenShift Container Storage operator Block Pools tab.
3. Click the Action Menu (⋮) at the end the pool you want to delete.
4. Click Delete Block Pool.
5. Click Delete to confirm the removal of the Pool.