Chapter 7 Storage

7.2.2 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 75 Storage > Volume

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 21 Storage > Volume

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Internal/External

These tables display information on all internal volumes (created

Volume

on NSA internal disk 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

volume. All data on the disk(s) will be lost.

 

 

Create an External

Click this to format an external hard drive and create a new

Volume

volume. All data on the disk will be lost.

 

 

Status

This field shows whether the volume is Healthy, Resync,

 

Recovering, Degraded, or Down. See Section 7.3.1 on page

 

164 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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