To reproduce:
- Stop the array
- Go to Settings > Global Share Settings
- Enter "80G" for minimum free space under Cache Settings
- Click Apply
- Start the array
The array will start, and Fix Common Problems will then notify you that you entered an invalid value, giving the message "An improper suffix gwas use in the cache floor settings The only valid suffixes allowed are KB, MB, GB, TB.". You then have to stop the array again and go back and get it right.
There is nothing on the settings page to suggest what values are valid (unless you remember that mousing around until the cursor changes to a ? will let you open the help) but, more importantly, the form silently accepts an invalid value.
It's extremely user-unfriendly to require a second array stop to fix this — could the form not tell the user they've entered an invalid value when they click Apply, like pretty much every other web form in existence?
(I still think that the help system is nowhere near discoverable enough — people don't wave the mouse around hoping to find something helpful. I wonder how many users never notice that there is inline help?)
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