Iomega DataSafe Network Device User Manual

DataSafe NAS User’s Manual 

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5. Delete the existing volume(s) on the disk. (Right 

click the volume and select 

.) Do 

not delete the first 3 GB volume.

6. Confirm the deletion.

The volume changes to “Unallocated.”

7. Right click the unallocated space and create a new 

volume with the configuration you desire.
The supported configurations are:

¨

Simple--not fault tolerant

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Spanned (JBOD)--not fault tolerant

¨

Striped (RAID-0)--not fault tolerant

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Mirrored (RAID-1)--fault tolerant

¨

RAID5--fault tolerant

Fore each of these options except Simple, a vol-
ume can be comprised of more than one disk.

8. Choose the 

 option to save time.

Configuration time depends on the configuration 
type:

¨

Simple: within one minute, regardless of disk 
size

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Spanned: within one minute, regardless of 
disk size

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Striped: within one minute, regardless of disk 
size

¨

Mirrored: about two minutes for a pair of 
1000MB disk spaces

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RAID5: about five minutes for a group of four 
1000MB disk spaces

The status area at the bottom of the Disk Manage-
ment window shows the progress of the new con-
figuration. When complete the status will be 
“Healthy.”