Netgear RDD1 – ReadyDATA 516 Disk Packs RDD1LT02, RDD1LT03, RDD1LT04, RDD1SM01 Software Guide
Manage Disks and Volumes
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ReadyDATA OS 1.4
The RAID levels that are displayed depend on the number of disks that you selected.
4.
Configure the following settings:
•
Name. Enter a name for the volume. The volume name must begin with a letter, and
can contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), hyphens (-), periods (.),
and colons (:). The volume names mirror, logs, and spare are reserved and cannot be
used, as are all names that begin with the c[0–9] pattern. However, you can use
names that begin with the C[a–z0–9] or c[a–z] pattern.
can contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), hyphens (-), periods (.),
and colons (:). The volume names mirror, logs, and spare are reserved and cannot be
used, as are all names that begin with the c[0–9] pattern. However, you can use
names that begin with the C[a–z0–9] or c[a–z] pattern.
•
RAID. From the drop-down list, select the RAID level. The RAID level that you can
select depends on the number of disks that you selected in
select depends on the number of disks that you selected in
. For more
information, see
21.
If you select RAID 5 and six or more disks (or RAID 6 and eight or more disks), a
screen opens letting you select RAID 5+0 instead of RAID 5 (or RAID 6+0 instead of
RAID 6).
screen opens letting you select RAID 5+0 instead of RAID 5 (or RAID 6+0 instead of
RAID 6).
5.
Click the Create button.
The volume is created.
6.
To the left of the enclosure, click the new volume and note the following:
•
The color of the selected disks in the enclosure turns blue (
1
).
•
The name of the new volume displays above the enclosure (
2
).
•
The selected RAID level for the new volume displays below the enclosure (
3
).
•
Information about the new volume displays to the left of the enclosure (
4
).
•
The virtual LED indicates the health status of the volume (
5
).