Netgear RN3138 Software Manual - Page 39
Maintain Volumes, Scrub a Volume
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ReadyNAS OS 6.4 3. Select the new disks from the enclosure graphic. 4. Click the Expand Volume button. A pop-up window opens and asks you to confirm your decision. 5. Click the Yes button. Your data protection is increased in the background while you continue to use your storage system. You can continue to use your ReadyNAS system while the extra disks are incorporated in the background. The process of increasing data protection can take several hours. If you set up email notifications for your system, you receive an email message when the process finishes. For more information about alert notifications, see Configure System Alerts on page 153. Maintain Volumes This section covers volume maintenance. Volumes can be scrubbed to check for errors, defragmented to improve disk performance, and balanced to use space more efficently and speed allocation of new chunks. Scrub a Volume Scrubbing cleans and validates all data on a volume and checks the volume for errors. No data is deleted. Folders, LUNs, and snapshots on the volume remain intact. Note Scrubbing is not an erase function. To scrub a volume: 1. Log in to your ReadyNAS. 2. Select System > Volumes. 3. Select a volume. Volume Configuration 39