Netgear RD5D (ReadyDATA Disk Packs) – ReadyDATA Disk Packs (SATA/NL-SAS/SAS/SSD) Software Guide

Click the Create button. 

The ReadyDATA confirms the creation of a LUN with the message “Data Set successfully 
created.” The new LUN is added to the Shares screen. Basic information is displayed to 
the right of the LUN.

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Select Shares. 

Click the Data Set button (with four cubes, 

).

The Shares screen displays (see the following figure).

Select the LUN that you want to explore by clicking it. 

The color of the LUN turns purple.

Right-click the LUN. 

A pop-up menu displays: 

Provision

Select how storage space is provisioned. Make a selection from the drop-down list:

Thin. Even though you specify the size of the LUN when you create it, storage space 
is assigned on demand instead of up front. The size of the LUN is reported as the total 
storage space that you specify when you create the LUN.

Thick. All storage space that you specify when you create the LUN is also allocated 
up

 

front. The size of the LUN is reported as the total storage space that you specify 

when you create the LUN, the default method. 

Make sure that you watch the volume capacity of the volume on which the over 

allocated LUN resides so you do not run out of storage space unexpectedly.

NETGEAR recommends that you do not use an over allocated thin LUN for storage 

of critical data. Instead, use a thick LUN.

Size 

Specify the size of the LUN. The maximum size that you can allocate to the LUN is stated 
at the bottom of the screen.

Unit

Select the unit of measurement from the drop-down list:

MB. 

GB, the default unit of measurement.

TB. 

Block size

Select the block size from the drop-down list. 4 KB block size is the default when you create 
an NTFS on a server, but 64 KB is recommended. The block size for the NTFS must be 
equal or larger than the block size selected here.