Netgear EDA 500 User Manual
The disks that were part of the volumes become available again for other purposes (the color of the
disks turns black).
disks turns black).
3.
Create a new volume from the available disks and select the RAID level (see
on page 28).
The volume is formatted according to your specifications. Formatting can take quite a while, depending
on the size of your hard disk drives.
on the size of your hard disk drives.
View the Status of a Volume
To view a summary of the volume status:
Select System > Volumes.
The volumes are listed at the left side of the screen.
The following summary information is displayed next to each volume.
Description
Item
The storage space that is consumed by data in MB, GB, or TB.
Data
The storage space that is available in MB, GB, or TB.
Free
The configured RAID level.
Type
The color of the indicator to the right of the volume icon indicates the health of the
volume:
volume:
Health indicator
•
Green. The volume is healthy.
•
Yellow. The volume is degraded.
•
Red. The volume is bad or faulty.
To view the I/O stats and disk status:
1.
Select System > Volumes.
2.
Select the volume from the list on the left.
3.
From the pop-up menu that displays, select Settings.
Volume Configuration
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