CalDigit T3 Thunderbolt 2 User Manual
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Right click on the first T3 disk that you want included in your RAID. You will be presented with
several options on how to configure your drives.
New Simple Volume - JBOD mode, non-RAID - creates a normal volume. Use this mode if you
wish to use your T3 as a JBOD (just a bunch of disks) storage device, letting you create individual
partitions on each of the drives. You can create a new simple volume on one of the drives and RAID
the remaining two if you wish.
New Spanned Volume - SPAN (non-RAID) - drives work together but data is not distributed
evenly. After the first drive in the SPAN set is filled, data then gets saved to the following drive.
SPAN does not offer any performance gains but is useful when using drives of different capacities.
It is highly recommended to have a backup when using SPAN because it does not offer any form
of data protection.
New Striped Volume - RAID 0 - distributes data evenly across all drives in the RAID 0. Use this
mode for increased performance. However, there is no protection against drive failure. It is highly
recommended to have a backup when using the T3 in RAID 0.
New Mirrored Volume - RAID 1 - creates identical copies of data across all drives in the RAID 1
volume. RAID 1 is ideal for back up and archiving. This is the most secure form of RAID but does
not offer any performance increase.