Chapter 5 Storage Manager
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5.3.2.1 Create a Disk Group
Use the Create Disk Group screen to create a disk group. From the Storage Manager > Internal Storage
> Disk Group screen, click the Create button to open the screen as shown.
Status This field shows the status of the hot-spare disk.
This field shows the name of the disk group and whether it is normal, degraded, crashed,
Creating, Deleting, Expanding, Repairing or Changing the RAID type.
Normal: A green circle represents a healthy volume.
Degraded: An orange circle represents a degraded RAID 1 volume.
Crashed: A red circle represents a down volume.
The following status also displays the percentage of an action has been completed.
Creating: The NAS’s percentage progress in creating the volume.
Deleting: The NAS’s percentage progress in deleting the volume.
Expanding: The NAS’s percentage progress in expanding the volume. For a RAID 1 volume, this
also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated
remaining time.
Repairing: The NAS’s percentage progress in repairing the volume. For a RAID 1 volume, this also
displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated remaining
time.
Changing: The NAS’s percentage progress in changing the volume’s RAID type. For a RAID 1
volume, this also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the
evaluated remaining time.
Disk Name This field shows the name of the hot-spare disk.
Size This field shows the total size of the hot-spare disk.
Model Name This field shows the model of the hot-spare disk.
Table 30 Disk Group (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION