Synology DS411SLIM manual Create a Disk Group, To create a Disk Group

Synology DiskStation User's Guide

Based on DSM 3.1

5Choose either of the following:

Create a new Disk Group: This action will create a new Disk Group from unused hard disks, and then create a volume on the newly-created Disk Group. Click Next and do the following:

a Choose the hard disks you want to add to the Disk Group, and then click Next.

b Click Yes to confirm, and then choose available RAID type for the new Disk Group. Click Next to continue. c Choose whether to perform disk check, and then click Next.

Note: The newly-created Disk Group will be displayed under the Disk Group tab. You can also create a Disk Group by following the instructions of "Create a Disk Group" (shown blow).

Choose an existing Disk Group: This action will create a volume on an existing Disk Group. Choose the Disk Group from the drop-down menu, and click Next.

6On the Allocate volume capacity page, enter a number in the Allocate Size (GB) field to specify the volume capacity, and click Next.

7Click Apply to start volume creation.

Create a Disk Group

You can also create a Disk Group on your DiskStation, and then create multiple volumes on the created Disk Group.

To create a Disk Group:

1Click the Disk Group tab.

2Choose the hard disks you want to add to the Disk Group, and then click Next.

3Click Yes to confirm, and then choose available RAID type for the new Disk Group. Click Next to continue.

4Choose whether to perform disk check, and then click Next.

5Click Apply to start Disk Group creation.

To create volumes on the created Disk Group:

Follow the instructions of "Create a Volume by Allocating Partial Space on a Disk Group" on Page 46. Choose Choose an existing Disk Group in step 5, and choose the Disk Group to create a volume on it.

More Information

About Shared Folder Quota: DSM doesn't come with shared folder quota support. However, you can limit the maximum size of a shared folder by doing the following:

1Create a volume and specify its capacity by following the instructions of "Create a Volume by Allocating Partial Space on a Disk Group" (shown above).

2Create a single shared folder on the newly-created volume. (See "Set Up Shared Folders" on Page 79 for more information.)

3After the setup is complete, the maximum size of the shared folder will be limited to be the same as the volume capacity.

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Chapter 4: Manage Storage Space