Types of Volumes

Lists the various types of volumes.

This glossary explains the different types of volumes.

Term Definition
NC Standard Volume

A non-convertible (NC) standard volume is a volume with read-write capabilities, created before MapR version 4.0.2. These volumes cannot be converted to standard mirror volumes. If this volume type is designated as a source volume when a mirror volume is created, the mirror volume will be a NC mirror volume.

A NC standard volume is designated as type 0 in the output of the volume info command. For example:

maprcli volume info -name oldrw

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"mirrortype":0

Standard Volume A standard volume is a read-write volume created as of MapR version 4.0.2. A standard volume can be converted from read-write to mirror (read-only). If a mirror is created from this type of volume, the mirror can be promoted to a read-write volume.

A standard volume is designated as type rw on the command line. For example:

maprcli volume create -name volA -path /testvol -type rw

NC Mirror Volume

A non-convertible read-only mirror volume is a volume created before MapR version 4.0.2. This volume type cannot be promoted to a read-write volume, and can only be created from a NC standard volume.

A NC mirror volume is designated as type 1 in the output of the volume info command. For example:

maprcli volume info -name oldmirror

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"mirrortype":1

Standard Mirror

Standard mirror is a mirror volume that starts as a read-only volume, and can be promoted to a read-write volume.

A standard mirror volume is designated as type mirror on the command line and can only use a standard volume as its source. For example:

maprcli volume create -name volB -path /mirvol -type mirror -source volA