Seagate 8-BAY RACKMOUNT NAS User Manual download pdf (Page 7)

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In the same menu under the “Drive” tab, you will see the

status of each drive installed in the system. When you

click on a drive number or other info in the list, an image

below will highlight where the drive is installed in the

system.

Web Management Interface: Storage Volumes

From the dashboard, click on “Volume 1”

under “Storage” on the left nav. Here you will

see how the drives are combined together to

form a volume. By default, the drives should

be configured with SimplyRAID technology

and have 1 drive failure protection. You can

click on the “Manage” button to change to a

traditional RAID format or add 2 drive failure

protection with SimplyRAID.

SimplyRAID is a software RAID system that

makes it easy to configure your drives based

on your goals such as maximum capacity or

drive failure protection. SimplyRAID supports

volumes with mixed capacity drives,

upgrading to larger drives without having to

move data from the volume and offers a

performance benefit over other supported

RAID options (with the exception of RAID 0).

Another benefit of SimplyRAID is that you can

begin storing and accessing data immediately

after configuring a volume, compared to

traditional RAID configuration which needs to

go through a lengthy build process before the volume is usable. Note: full file transfer performance will be

available once the SimplyRAID volume has completed its “Synchronization” process.

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