You can create the following disk volumes:

Single Disk Volume

Each disk will be used as a standalone disk. However, if a disk is damaged, all data will be lost.

RAID 1 Mirroring Disk Volume

RAID 1 (mirroring disk) protects your data by automatically backing up the contents of one drive onto the second drive of a mirrored pair. This protects your data if one of the drives fails. Unfortunately, the storing capacity is equal to a single drive, as the second drive is used to automatically back up the first. Mirroring Disk is suitable for personal or corporate use to store important data.

RAID 0 Striping Disk Volume

RAID 0 (striping disk) combines 2 or more drives into one larger disk. It offers the fastest disk access but it does not have any protection of your data if the striped array fails. The disk capacity equals the number of drives in the array times the size of the smallest drive. Striping disk is usually used to maximize your disk capacity or for fast disk access but not for storing important data.

Linear Disk Volume

You can combine two or more disks into one larger disk. During file saving, the file will be saved on physical disks sequentially but does not have a disk failure file protection function. The overall capacity of linear disk is the sum of all disks. Linear disk is generally used for storing large data and is not appropriate to use for file protection of sensitive data.

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LevelOne FNS-5000B manual Single Disk Volume, RAID 1 Mirroring Disk Volume, RAID 0 Striping Disk Volume, Linear Disk Volume