Chapter 8 Storage

8.2.2 Storage Screen

Click Storage > Volume in the navigation panel to display the following screen. Use this screen to display internal and external volumes on the NSA.

Note: It is recommended to scan the volume every three months or 32 reboots.

Figure 57 Storage > Volume

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 22 Storage > Volume

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Internal/External

These tables display information on all internal volumes (created on NSA internal disk

Volume

drives) and external volumes (created on external disk drives attached to the NSA USB

 

ports).

 

 

Create an Internal

Click this to format internal hard drives and create a new volume. All data on the disk(s)

Volume

will be lost.

 

 

Create an External

Click this to format an external hard drive and create a new volume. All data on the disk

Volume

will be lost.

 

 

SATA/USB Volume

(NSA310) These tables display information on all internal SATA volumes (created on NSA

 

internal disk drives) and external volumes (created on external disk drives attached to

 

the NSA USB ports).

 

 

Create a SATA

(NSA310) Click this to format internal hard drives and create a new volume. All data on

Volume

the disk(s) will be lost.

 

 

Create a USB

(NSA310) Click this to format an external hard drive and create a new volume. All data

Volume

on the disk will be lost.

 

 

Status

This field shows whether the volume is Healthy, Resync, Recovering, Degraded, or

 

Down. See Section 8.4 on page 167 for details on a volume’s status.

 

 

Volume

The NSA creates the volume name automatically. You can edit it.

 

 

Disk Configuration

This field shows which disks and data storage system the volume is using.

 

 

File System

This field displays the file system that an external (USB) volume is using.

 

 

Disk(s)

Click or roll your mouse over a link in this column to display the following details about

 

the hard drive located in the corresponding hard drive bay.

 

Type: Whether it is an internal or external (USB) hard drive.

 

Model Name: This is the hard disk number that identifies the disk.

 

File System: The file system that an external volume is using

 

Capacity: The total storage space on the disk.

 

 

 

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