Seagate NAS OS 4 U User Manual page 102

Refer to the table below for an overview of the RAID modes available to your NAS OS device. Note that the
levels of performance and protection will differ based upon the number of drives in the volume. The NAS OS
New network volume wizard
Minimum hard drives
(no data protection) or 2 (with data protection ) 1
3
1
2
(no data protection) or 2 (with data protection ) 1
3
4
4
:The factory default RAID for a NAS OS device varies upon the amount of hard drives in the enclosure
.hard drives: SimplyRAID with single-disk protection will be configured during the NAS OS installation 0
Note on enclosures with one hard drive: You can create a SimplyRAID or a RAID 1 volume with a
single hard drive. However, there is NO DATA PROTECTION when the volume has only one hard
drive. Therefore, when new hard drives in the enclosure are available, it is highly recommended
that you expand the single-disk volume to protect your data (see
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includes a helpful tooltip with star ratings for performance and protection based
hard drives: SimplyRAID with single-disk protection 2
hard drives: SimplyRAID with single-disk protection 4
hard drives: SimplyRAID dual with double-disk protection 8
.Double-disk protection: data is safe if two hard drives fail
10/18/16
.upon the amount of disks in the volume
.Single-disk protection: data is safe if one hard drive fails
Single-disk and unprotected
RAID
RAID mode
SimplyRAID
SimplyRAID dual
JBOD
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 6
RAID 10
( . volumes:expansion
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