3 disks and volumes, Configure disk and volume properties – Iomega DataSafe Network Device User Manual

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DataSafe NAS User’s Manual

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3 Disks and Volumes

From this page you can perform the following tasks on
the DataSafe NAS:

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Configure the properties of individual disks and
volumes. (See “Configure Disk and Volume
Properties” on page 48.)

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Configure disk quotas. (See “Disk Quotas” on
page 51.)

Configure Disk and Volume Properties

Your DataSafe NAS is pre-configured in RAID5 for
optimum use in most environments, and it is
recommended that you maintain this default
configuration.

WARNING:

The first 3GB on each disk drive is

reserved. Modification of any system
partition may cause your DataSafe
NAS unit to function improperly.

If you are an advanced user, and your system requires
a different configuration, such as JBOD, RAID0 or
RAID1, it is recommended you make this change prior
to beginning normal operations. If you later decide to
change the drive configuration, the drive will be
reformatted and all data will be erased.

Note:

Changes to Disks and Volumes, Backup, NIC
Configuration, SNMP Configuration, and
Macintosh and NetWare Shares, are all
operations that are completed within Terminal
Services. In these cases, the user is limited to
2 concurrent connections. If the user attempts

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