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If you do not select a format within 10 minutes, your system reboots in the same mode
that it was previously using.
4.
Select the Flexible Volume (Flex-RAID) radio button.
5.
(Optional) Click a More button to learn more about X-RAID2 or Flex-RAID.
A pop-up window displays. Click the OK button to close it.
6.
From the Select the desired RAID level drop-down menu, select a RAID level or JBOD
formatting.
If you select Auto, your ReadyNAS system automatically chooses a RAID level based on
the number of disks that are installed in your system, as follows:
Number of installed disks
1
2
3
4
7.
Click the Next button.
A dialog box displays prompting you to confirm the volume creation command.
8.
Click the OK button.
The volume is formatted. Formatting can take quite a while, depending on the size of your
hard disk drives.
9.
(Optional) Restore any backed-up data to the reformatted disks.
For more information, see
Change to a Different Flex-RAID Format
Flex-RAID offers you several different disk formats, depending on the number of disks
installed in your ReadyNAS storage system. For more information, see
page 21.
You can reconfigure your system to use a different Flex-RAID format.
To change Flex-RAID disk formatting:
1.
If any data is stored on your system, back up your data.
For more information, see the
2.
Perform a factory reset reboot.
ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 5.3
RAID level automatically chosen
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
Chapter 6, Backup and
Chapter 6, Backup and
Disk Configuration
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