Netgear RNDP6310 ReadyNAS Pro User Manual - Page 37

ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • X-RAID2: - One-volume technology, but supports volume expansion, either with the addition of more disks or the replacement of an existing disk with larger capacity disks. - You can start out with one disk, and add more disks as you need them or can afford them. - Volume management is automatic. Add a second disk, and it becomes a mirror to the first. Add a third disk and your capacity doubles; add a fourth, and your capacity triples, and so on up to a fifth-the expansion occurring while redundancy is maintained. - In the future, you will be able to replace disks, one at a time, have each one finish rebuilding and, after new redundant space becomes available, your volume will automatically expand to utilize the new capacity. Volume Management for Flex-RAID If you want to reconfigure the default volume C, split it into multiple volumes, specify a different RAID level, or specify a larger reserved space for snapshots, you need to reconfigure your volume. The first step is to delete the existing volume you want to replace. Deleting a Volume To delete a volume, select the Volume tab of the volume you wish to delete (if there are multiple volumes) and click Delete Volume (in this case only Volume C is configured). Warning: Make sure that you back up the files you wish to keep before deleting a volume. All shares, files, and snapshots residing on that volume will be deleted are non-recoverable! Figure 2-17 You are asked to confirm your intention by typing DELETE VOLUME. Figure 2-18 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.2, October 2008 2-15