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docs: storage: Document capacity/alloc 'unit'

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Cole Robinson 2010-02-22 15:52:14 -05:00
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allocated at time of creation. If set to a value smaller than the
capacity, the pool has the <strong>option</strong> of deciding
to sparsely allocate a volume. It does not have to honour requests
for sparse allocation though. <span class="since">Since 0.4.1</span></dd>
for sparse allocation though.<br/>
<br/>
By default this is specified in bytes, but an optional
<code>unit</code> can be specified to adjust the passed value.
Values can be: 'K' (kilobytes), 'M' (megabytes), 'G' (gigabytes),
'T' (terabytes), 'P' (petabytes), or 'E' (exabytes).
<span class="since">Since 0.4.1</span></dd>
<dt><code>capacity</code></dt>
<dd>Providing the logical capacity for the volume. This value is
in bytes. This is compulsory when creating a volume.
in bytes by default, but a <code>unit</code> attribute can be
specified with the same semantics as for <code>allocation</code>
This is compulsory when creating a volume.
<span class="since">Since 0.4.1</span></dd>
<dt><code>source</code></dt>
<dd>Provides information about the underlying storage allocation