Western Digital WD ShareSpace The table below shows available volumes for systems containing one to four drives.

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WD SHARESPACE
USER MANUAL
Manage Volume Options
The table below shows available volumes for systems containing one to four drives.
Manage Volume
available options starting mode + 0 Drives
manual
extend
span
available + 1 Drive
manual
extend
span
available + 2 Drives
manual
extend
span
available + 3 Drives
manual
extend
span
available - 1 drive - 2 drive - 3 drive
1Drive span span no
span,
stripe,
mirror yes
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 yes
span,
stripe,
RAID 5,
two
mirrors yes
2 Drive span
span,
stripe,
mirror no
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 yes
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 yes span
2 Drive mirror
span,
stripe,
mirror no
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 no
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 no span
2 Drive stripe
span,
stripe,
mirror no
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 no
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 no span
3 Drive span
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 no
span,
Stripe,
RAID 5 yes
span,
stripe,
mirror span
3 Drive stripe
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 no
span,
Stripe,
RAID 5 no
span,
stripe,
mirror span
3 Drive RAID 5
span,
stripe,
RAID 5 no
span,
Stripe,
RAID 5 no
span,
stripe,
mirror span
4 Drive span
span,
Stripe,
RAID5 no
span,
stripe,
RAID 5
span,
stripe,
mirror span
4 Drive stripe
span,
Stripe,
RAID5 no
span,
stripe,
RAID 5
span,
stripe,
mirror span
4 Drive RAID 5
span,
Stripe,
RAID5 no
span,
stripe,
RAID 5
span,
stripe,
mirror span
4 Drive
two mirrors
(each
separate
volume would
have these
options
j
ust as
with a two-
drive mirror)
span,
Stripe,
mirror no span