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6 On the Allocate volume capacity
capacity, and click Next.
7 Click Apply to start volume creation.
Create a Disk Group
You can also create a Disk Group on your DiskStation, and then create multiple volumes on the created Disk
Group.
To create a Disk Group:
1 Click the Disk Group
2 Choose the hard disks you want to add to the Disk Group, and then click Next.
3 Click Yes to confirm, and then choose available RAID type for the new Disk Group. Click
4 Choose whether to perform disk check, and then click Next.
5 Click Apply to start Disk Group creation.
To create volumes on the created Disk Group:
Follow the instructions of "Create a Volume by Allocating Partial Space on a Disk Group" on Page 29. Choose
Choose an existing Disk Group
About Shared Folder Quota: DSM doesn't come with shared folder quota support. However, you can limit the
maximum size of a shared folder by doing the following:
1 Create a volume and specify its capacity by following the instructions of "Create a Volume by Allocating
Partial Space on a Disk Group" (shown above).
2 Create a single shared folder on the newly-created volume. (See "Set Up Shared Folders" on Page 60 for
more information.)
3 After the setup is complete, the maximum size of the shared folder will be limited to be the same as the
volume capacity.
Remove a Volume or Disk Group
1 Click the Volume or Disk Group
2 Select the volume or Disk Group you want to remove.
3 Click Remove and follow the wizard to remove the volume or Disk Group.
Note: Data stored on the volume or Disk Group will be deleted after you remove the volume or Disk Group. Be
careful using this option.
Repair a Volume or Disk Group
The repair function is available for RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, RAID 6, and SHR volumes or Disk
Groups. Depending on your RAID types, When one or two of the hard drives in the volume or Disk Group fails, it
will be in the degraded mode. You can repair the volume or Disk Group by replacing the crashed disk(s) to keep
the data on the volume or Disk Group protected.
Note: Synology DiskStation provides the hot swapping function, allowing you to replace the crashed disk without
shutting down your Synology DiskStation.
To identify and replace the crashed disk:
1 Identify the crashed disk by doing one of the following:
 Check the hard drive icons in
exclamation mark.
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This is supported on specific models only. Visit
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page, enter a number in the
tab.
in step 5, and choose the Disk Group to create a volume on it.
More Information
tab.
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Storage Manager. The icon of the crashed disk will appear with an
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Allocate Size (GB) field to specify the volume
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Based on DSM 4.1
Next to continue.