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Figure 6-6   Creating a pool with advanced settings selected
For more information about differences between standard pools and Data Reduction Pools, 
and for extent size planning, see Chapter 3, “Planning” on page 43.
If an encryption license is installed and enabled, you can additionally select whether the 
storage pool is encrypted, as shown in Figure 6-7. The encryption setting of a storage pool is 
selected at creation time and cannot be changed later. By default, if encryption is enabled, 
encryption is selected. For more information about encryption and encrypted storage pools, 
see Chapter 12, “Encryption” on page 603.
Figure 6-7   Creating a pool with Encryption enabled
Enter the name for the pool and click Create. 
Note: Do not create Data Reduction Pools with small extent sizes. See the following alert: 
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