planning-expansion.adoc

permalink	sidebar	keywords	summary
expand/planning-expansion.html	sidebar	expand, expansion, planning	You can expand StorageGRID to increase storage capacity, to add metadata capacity, to add redundancy or new capabilities, or to add a new site. The number, type, and location of the nodes you need to add depends on the reason for the expansion.

Planning a StorageGRID expansion

You can expand StorageGRID to increase storage capacity, to add metadata capacity, to add redundancy or new capabilities, or to add a new site. The number, type, and location of the nodes you need to add depends on the reason for the expansion.

• Adding storage capacity

• Adding metadata capacity

• Adding grid nodes to add capabilities to your system

• Adding a new site