Formatting a partition or volume, Deleting a partition or volume, Working with dynamic volumes – Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual
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Formatting a Partition or Volume
1.
Launch Array Manager.
See "
Launching Array Manager From the NAS Manager
" in this section of the guide.
2.
Right-click the volume or partition you want to format, and then click Format.
3.
Select NTFS as the file system type.
4.
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.
5.
Enter an allocation size or use the default, which is automatically selected.
6.
Select the file system type and formatting options:
l
Quick format — Formats the volume or partition without scanning for bad sectors in the volume or partition. Check the box to use this format
method.
l
Enable file and folder compression — This option is not supported on the NAS system.
7.
Click OK to begin formatting.
A progress bar displays in the list view.
Deleting a Partition or Volume
1.
Launch Array Manager.
See "
Launching Array Manager From the NAS Manager
" in this section of the guide.
2.
Right-click the designated volume, and then click Delete Volume.
3.
Click Yes to delete or No to cancel.
The system deletes the volume 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
1.
Launch Array Manager.
See "
Launching Array Manager From the NAS Manager
" in this section of the guide.
NOTE:
Your NAS system supports only NTFS partitions. Formatting all partitions as NTFS allows for advanced features only available under that file
system.
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.
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.