Netgear EDA 500 User Manual

You can continue to use your ReadyNAS system while the extra disks are incorporated in the
background. The process of increasing data protection can take several hours. If you set up email
notifications for your system, you receive an email message when the process finishes. For more
information about alert notifications, see 

 on page 146.

This section covers volume maintenance. Volumes can be srcubbed to check for errors and defragmented
to improve disk performance.

Scrubbing cleans and validates all data on a volume and checks the volume for errors. No data is deleted.
Folders, LUNs, and snapshots on the volume remain intact.

Scrubbing is not an erase function.

Select System > Volumes.

Select the volume that you want to scrub.

From the pop-up menu that displays, select Scrub.

The scrubbing process starts.

The start and completion of the volume scrub are recorded in the system log (see 

 on

page 182).

If you set up email notifications for your system, you receive an email message when the process
finishes. For more information about alert notifications, see 

 on page 146.

Over time, deletion, creation, and modification of files can fragment your data. Defragmenting a volume
improves disk performance and reduces data fragmentation.