Blockpool

The Blockpool is a data repository on the target. A blockpool is required on each machine used for replication or deduplication. If you use only replication, the blockpool file system can be small. If you configure deduplication as well as replication, the blockpool file system must be larger: at least large enough to hold the pool of deduplicated data segments.

When you configure StorNext for the first time, the Configuration Wizard enables you to specify the name of the file system you want to use for the blockpool.

Note: Once you specify the file system on which the blockpool resides, you cannot later choose a different blockpool file system. Use care when specifying the blockpool file system.