Chapter 5 Disk Manager; Automatic Drive Management; Customizing Drive Settings - Buffalo LinkStation 500 User Manual

Chapter 5 Disk Manager

Disk Manager is an application that manages RAID arrays and partitions of internal or external drives. To open Disk
Manager, click the

Automatic Drive Management

If you are not familiar with drives or partitions, use "Auto" settings. This will help you configure drive settings easily
and mount the partitions automatically.
If you choose "Auto" settings, the wizard will create a RAID 1 array with 2 drives.

Customizing Drive Settings

If you select "Custom" in the Disk Manager window, you can customize the drive settings however you want. When
you click OK in the following screen, the Disk Manager window will open.
Note: This option is for advanced users only.
Icons
icon from the home screen.
Name
Info
Erase Device
S.M.A.R.T. Info
Descriptions
Display the drive information.
Delete all drive partitions on the LinkStation.
Note: Erasing the device will delete all data on the
LinkStation. Backing up the data before erasing device is
recommended.
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting
Technology) monitors hard drives to detect and report
various indicators of stability, in hopes of anticipating
failures. When S.M.A.R.T. anticipates a drive failure, the user
may choose to replace the drive to avoid outages and data
loss.
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