Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 52)

Formatting a Partition or Volume
1. Right-click the volume or partition you want to format, and then click Format.
2. Choose NTFS as the file system type.
NOTE: Your NAS system supports only NTFS partitions. Formatting all partitions as NTFS allows for advanced
features only available under that file system.
3. Enter a label for the volume.
The label appears on the Array Manager console. If a name has been selected, this name appears in the Name field.
You can change the name by typing a different name.
4. Enter an allocation size or use the default, which is automatically selected.
5. Select the file system type and formatting options:
Quick format — This option formats the volume or partition without scanning for bad sectors in the volume or
partition. Check this box to use this format method.
Enable file and folder compression — This option can be used only if you selected NTFS format. Check this
box to use this format method.
6. Click OK to begin formatting.
A progress bar displays in the list view.
Deleting a Partition or Volume
NOTICE: You must delete all shares and persistent images from your volume before deleting it. If a volume is
removed before all shares of that volume have been removed, the NAS Manager might not display shares correctly.
1. Right-click the designated volume, and then click Delete Volume.
2. Click Yes to delete or No to cancel.
The volume is removed immediately if you click Yes.
Working With Dynamic Volumes
Dynamic volumes are volumes created on dynamic disks with Array Manager. This section discusses how to create and extend
dynamic volumes.
Creating a Dynamic Volume
NOTE: To take advantage of all the system features such as defrag and encryption, it is recommended that you use
the default value of 64 KB for the allocation unit size when creating a virtual disk.
NOTE: The maximum supported volume size is 2 TB.
1. From the toolbar, click the Create Volume icon.
The Create Volume Wizard appears.
2. Click Next.