Chapter 5 Storage Manager
NAS Series User’s Guide
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 22 Manage Volume (Change RAID Type): Select Disks and RAID Type
LABEL DESCRIPTION
A This shows the name of the volume you have selected.
Status This field displays the status of the volume.
RAID Type This field displays the type of RAID on which the volume is built.
Disk Info
Status This field displays the status of the disk.
Disk Name This field displays the name of the disk.
Size This field displays the total capacity of the disk.
Model Name This field displays the model of the disk.
Select disk(s) This section lists all available hard disks in the table and displays the corresponding disk tray of
the disks you selected on the graphic at the right.
Select one or more hard disks for changing the volume’s RAID type. Use the check box on the
top to select or unselect all entries in this column.
Disk Name This field shows the name of a hard disk.
Size This field shows the total disk size.
Model Name This field shows the model of the hard disk.
Choose a RAID
type
Select a RAID type from the drop-down list box. The corresponding space allocations of
available size, data protection area, and wasted size display.
Use RAID 1 with two or four disks to mirror primary data to another disk(s) with high performance.
Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with
data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 6 with four disks for more data protection in case of disk failure.
See Table 10 on page 44 or Section 5.6 on page 97 for more information.
Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID to avoid wasting space.
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