Synology DiskStation User Manual page 47

5 Choose either of the following:

Create a new Disk
create a volume on the newly-created Disk Group. Click
a Choose the hard disks you want to add to the Disk Group, and then click Next.
b Click
c Choose whether to perform disk check, and then click Next.
Note:
Group by following the instructions of "Create a Disk Group" (shown blow).

Choose an existing Disk
Disk Group from the drop-down menu, and click Next.
6 On the
capacity, and click Next.
7 Click
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
2 Choose the hard disks you want to add to the Disk Group, and then click Next.
3 Click
4 Choose whether to perform disk check, and then click Next.
5 Click
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 46. 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 79 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.
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Group: This action will create a new Disk Group from unused hard disks, and then
Yes to confirm, and then choose available RAID type for the new Disk Group. Click
The newly-created Disk Group will be displayed under the
Group: This action will create a volume on an existing Disk Group. Choose the
Allocate volume capacity page, enter a number in the
Apply to start volume creation.
Disk Group tab.
Yes to confirm, and then choose available RAID type for the new Disk Group. Click
Apply to start Disk Group creation.
in step 5, and choose the Disk Group to create a volume on it.
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Next and do the following:
Disk Group
Allocate Size (GB)
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Next to continue.
tab. You can also create a Disk
field to specify the volume
Next to continue.