Hard Disk - ZyXEL Communications NAS Series User Manual

Table 17 Create Disk Group (continued)
LABEL
Choose a RAID
type
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Step 2. Summary
Use this screen to review the settings you configured in the last step.
Disk Selected
RAID Type
Volume Type
Volume Capacity
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8.3.6 Hard Disk

Use the Hard Disk screen to view all disk information. From the Storage screen, click Hard Disk
to open the screen as shown.
Chapter 8 Storage Manager
DESCRIPTION
Select a RAID type from the drop-down list box. The corresponding space allocations of
available size, data protection area, and wasted size display.
Use Basic with one disk.
Use JBOD with two or more disks for maximum capacity.
Use RAID 0 with two or four disks for maximum speed.
Use RAID 1 with two or more disks to mirror primary data to another disk(s) with high
performance.
Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage
with data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 6 with four disks for more data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 10 with four disks to get better performance than RAID 6, with slightly less
data protection.
See Table 8 on page 50 or
Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to avoid wasting space.
Click Back to go to the previous screen.
Click Next to go to the next step.
Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
This field displays the hard disk(s) on which the RAID array will be built.
This field displays the type of RAID on which the volume will be built.
This field displays the type of the volume, Multiple volumes on RAID (Disk Group X)
where Disk Group X is the disk group's name.
This field displays the size of the volume.
Click Back to go to the previous step.
Click Apply to save the settings.
Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
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Section 8.6 on page 98 for more information.