Managing the System
Disk Management
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To create a volume type:
STEP 1
Choose
Disk Management > Volume Management
from the Navigation menu.
The
Volume Management
window opens.
STEP 2
Click on a desired volume type that is supported by your NAS.
STEP 3
Choose parameters for your selected volume type.
STEP 4
Click
Create
.
RAID 6 Disk
Volume
RAID 6 disk volume is ideal for important data protection.
To create a RAID 6 disk volume, a minimum of 4 hard disks
are required. The total capacity of RAID 6 disk volume
equals the size of the smallest capacity disk in the array x
(number of hard disks -2). It is recommended that you use
same brand and same capacity hard drive to establish the
most efficient hard drive capacity.
R AID 6 ca n surv iv e 2 drives failure and sys tem can still
operate properly.
NOTE
To install a disk when the server is on, make
sure the disk volume is in “ degraded” mode. Or wait
for two long beep s after the disk cr as h, and then
inser t the new disk .
RAID 5, RAID 6
Read-only Mode
The drive configuration enters read-only mode in the
following occasions:
• 2 drives are damaged in RAID 5
• 3 drives are damaged in RAID 6
The drives in the above configurations are read-only. It is
recommended to re-create new drive configuration in
such ca s e.
Vol ume Type De s crip tion
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