Netgear EDA 500 User Manual

volume status, volume maintenance and volume protection. In addition to volume topics, this section also
covers extending the storage capacity on you ReadyNAS system.

You can change the RAID mode that your ReadyNAS storage system uses. By default, your system’s
hard disks are configured into a single X-RAID volume.

Your ReadyNAS system can easily change a volume from X-RAID to Flex-RAID mode. Data on the
X-RAID volume is preserved when you switch to Flex-RAID. The RAID level of the resulting Flex-RAID
volume is automatically assigned based on the number of disks that are installed.

Select System > Volumes.

Click the X-RAID button at the right side of the screen.

Confirm that you want to switch from X-RAID to Flex-RAID.
The volume switches from X-RAID mode to Flex-RAID mode and the indicator on the X-RAID button
turns gray.

The RAID level is automatically assigned based on the number of disks that are installed.

If your system contains only one volume, you can easily switch from Flex-RAID to X-RAID. Data on the
Flex-RAID volume is preserved when you switch to X-RAID.

If your system contains multiple volumes, you must first reconfigure your disks into a single volume.