Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 26)

NOTE: To take advantage of all the system features such as defrag and encryption, Dell recommends that you use
the default value of 64 KB for the allocation unit size when creating a virtual disk.
1. From the toolbar, click the Create Volume icon.
The Create Volume Wizard appears.
2. Click Next.
You must select whether to create a partition or a volume. Make sure that the Dynamic Volume button is
highlighted.
The dynamic group to which the volume belongs is automatically created and appears selected.
3. Click Next.
You are prompted for the volume layout and size of the volume to create.
4. Select the concatenated dynamic volume types.
5. Provide a size in megabytes or gigabytes.
6. Click Next.
When you create the volume, a Query Max Size button displays. Query Max Size works differently, depending on
whether you have one disk or multiple disks selected.
If you do not select a disk and click Query Max Size, the size shown in the Total volume size entry field is
the maximum for all available disks.
If you select a disk or disks and click Query Max Size, the size indicated is the maximum size for the
selected disk(s). However, if you click Query Max Size a second time, the size is the maximum for all
available disks.
7. After all selections are made, verify your settings and click Next.
You can select a different disk for the volume you are creating.
8. Click Modify to display the Modify Disks dialog box.
9. Click the disk you want to change, and then click the arrow to select a disk from the drop-down menu.
10. Select a drive letter.
11. Click Next.
12. Format the volume using NTFS as the volume type.
13. Select an allocation unit size, if you chose to use a size other than the default.
14. Select the file system type and, if needed, a formatting option.
NOTE: Selecting the Quick format option formats the disk without checking for bad sectors.
15. Click Next, and then click Finish.
Extending a Dynamic Simple or Spanned Volume
You can extend a volume only if the following statements are true:
The volume is formatted as NTFS.
The volume was originally created on a dynamic disk.