Seagate NAS OS 4 U User Manual page 122

In the Select disks window, hard drives with white checkboxes can be selected to expand the volume. Hard .6
drives with grey checkboxes are being used by existing volumes and cannot be selected. Select the box
.under the hard drive that you want to use to expand or repair the volume and choose Next
Important : All data on the selected hard drive is deleted when repairing or expanding the
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.volume
Review the summary and choose Finish. A popup window cautions you that all data on the selected hard .7
.drive will be deleted. Choose Yes to continue
Depending upon the amount of hard drives and the total capacity, the synchronization can run for a few .8
hours to several days. The synchronization is complete once the Status is OK. If you inserted a larger
capacity hard drive, the volume's storage page does not reflect the additional storage. Continue with the
.next steps to optimize the additional capacity
.On the Storage Overview page, click on the volume. The volume's storage page will load in the browser .9
.Choose Manage .10
.Select Optimize storage capacity and choose Next .11
.Choose Finish .12
.The volume will synchronize once more to update the storage capacity .13
.You can access files stored on your NAS during the RAID synchronization
No replacement disk: reset the volume's RAID
If a hard drive in a protected volume fails and you do not have a replacement hard drive, you can reset the
RAID using the New network volume wizard. Resetting the RAID deletes all data stored on the volume. Make
.certain to back up your files before you reset the RAID
:To reset the RAID
.On the Storage section at the lower left, choose the volume you want to reset .1
.Choose Manage .2
.Choose Delete and select Yes at the popup window .3
.Go to the New network volume wizard for instructions on how to create a new RAID volume .4
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