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DataSafe NAS User’s Manual 50
5. Delete the existing volume(s) on the disk. (Right
click the volume and select Delete Volume.) Do
not delete the first 3 GB volume.
6. Confirm the deletion.
The volume changes to “Unallocated.”
7. Right click the unallocated space and create a new
volume with the configuration you desire.
The supported configurations are:
¨ Simple--not fault tolerant
¨ Spanned (JBOD)--not fault tolerant
¨ Striped (RAID-0)--not fault tolerant
¨ Mirrored (RAID-1)--fault tolerant
¨ RAID5--fault tolerant
Fore each of these options except Simple, a vol-
ume can be comprised of more than one disk.
8. Choose the Quick Format option to save time.
Configuration time depends on the configuration
type:
¨ Simple: within one minute, regardless of disk
size
¨ Spanned: within one minute, regardless of
disk size
¨ Striped: within one minute, regardless of disk
size
¨ Mirrored: about two minutes for a pair of
1000MB disk spaces
¨ RAID5: about five minutes for a group of four
1000MB disk spaces
The status area at the bottom of the Disk Manage-
ment window shows the progress of the new con-
figuration. When complete the status will be
“Healthy.”