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Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS)
Step 5: Create a Volume
Getting Sarted Guide
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• Size: Enter the size for the volume, and then select the unit from the drop-down menu. The
final size of the shared volume is less than the size you enter in this field due to filesystem
overhead. The minimum volume size is 32 MB. Volume sizes are rounded down to the
nearest 32 MB increment.
• To encrypt the volume, select Encrypted. To create an unencrypted volume, go to step 6.
3. Enter a password in the Password field using a minimum of eight alphanumeric characters. The
password must consist of at least three of the following: lower-case character, upper-case
character, number (0-9), or a special character (such as #@*&^). The password must be entered
to unlock an encrypted volume when the NSS is started up following a power interruption,
shutdown, or rebooted, or, if the volume was manually locked through the NSS configuration
interface.
4. Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password field.
5. Click Add.
NOTE: Once the volume is created, you can expand the
volume but you cannot reduce its size.
NOTE: You can encrypt the volume only when the volume
is first created. After a volume is created, you cannot
change whether it is encrypted or unencrypted. File
transfer performance to encrypted volumes is generally
lower than to non-encrypted volumes.
CAUTION: Because you need the password to decrypt a
locked volume, keep a secure backup of the password to
ensure that it is accessible when required. There is no
way to unlock the volume without the password. (If the
password is forgotten, the only way to retrieve the
password is if the password was saved in a configuration
file. See Chapter 7, “Working With the Administrator
Options,” in the Linksys Business Series Network Storage
System Administrator Guide for help on this.)