Storage
In the second drop-down of the main window tree, the storage infrastructure is shown. flexVDI Infrastructure supports three kinds of storage Objects:
- Image Storages
- Media Storages
- Direct Storages
Image Storage
The Image Storage objects are logical storage units. Another way to see a Image Storage is like a like a container volumes. This Volumes store the virtual disks of the Guests. Each Image Storage is created in all selected Host.
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Within an Image Storage you can create two types of Volumes.
Volume
Volumes (not external) are managed by the infrastructure.flexVDI software formats and mounts the discs. In return, the configuration possibilities are more limited.
External Volume
External Volumes are created and managed by the system Administrator, which gives them total flexibility.
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If you are configuring a cluster to enable Guests to run on more than Host, all of these Hosts must access the storage on the same path (mount point). That mount point is the one entered in flexVDI Dashboard .
Media Storages
Media Storages are repositories of ISO image files. These files can be mounted as disks by Guests and are useful for the initial installation of the OS, and more. When clicking on a Media Storage, information about it will be displayed in the right area. The following figure shows the displayed information.
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Direct Storages
Direct Storage provides Guests direct access to the physical disks. Clicking on a Direct Storage, will show information about it in the area on the right. The following figure shows the information.
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