3 Disks and Volumes

From this page you can perform the following tasks on the DataSafe NAS:

nConfigure the properties of individual disks and volumes. (See “Configure Disk and Volume Properties” on page 48.)

nConfigure disk quotas. (See “Disk Quotas” on page 51.)

Configure Disk and Volume Properties

Your DataSafe NAS is pre-configured in RAID5 for optimum use in most environments, and it is recommended that you maintain this default configuration.

WARNING:

The first 3GB on each disk drive is

 

reserved. Modification of any system

 

partition may cause your DataSafe

 

NAS unit to function improperly.

If you are an advanced user, and your system requires a different configuration, such as JBOD, RAID0 or RAID1, it is recommended you make this change prior to beginning normal operations. If you later decide to change the drive configuration, the drive will be reformatted and all data will be erased.

Note: Changes to Disks and Volumes, Backup, NIC Configuration, SNMP Configuration, and Macintosh and NetWare Shares, are all operations that are completed within Terminal Services. In these cases, the user is limited to 2 concurrent connections. If the user attempts

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