3-Administering the MaxNAS R8
The column, “Status,” will display the most recent SMART reported health status for each disk mechanism. To view the SMART results, click on the smart status indication next to the specified disk mechanism, and the detailed information will appear. To manually trigger a
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The MaxNAS R8 can power down the disks when they are not accessed to save power. To enable disk power management, specify the idle time in minutes in the “Disk Power Management” Field and click Apply .
4.2 RAID Menu
The RAID configuration page is used to create, manage and maintain RAID sets on the MaxNAS R8. This page is divided into two sections. The first is the list of RAID sets available on the MaxNAS R8 and the second is a graphical representation of the storage space on the RAID system and how it has been allocated.
4.2.1 Creating a RAID Set
In this section we cover how to create a new RAID set on the MaxNAS R8. The MaxNAS R8 comes with a RAID 6 volume already configured. To create a new RAID set click the 
button on the top left of the RAID Configuration menu page.
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