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01/13/04
D
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ISK
ANAGEMENT
The Disk Management page shows what disks are connected to the BroadNAS (including both IDE and
external USB disks) and how the space on those disks is allocated.
Before a disk may be used by the BroadNAS, it must be claimed. The process of claiming a disk marks it as
being used by this BroadNAS and wipes out any pre-existing data on the disk.
WARNING: If a disk is taken from some other source, such as a PC, and added to the BroadNAS,
it cannot be used by the BroadNAS without wiping out all the existing data on the disk.
Data written while the disk was on the PC cannot be exported from the BroadNAS. So care should be taken
before the disk is claimed. The BroadNAS may be configured to automatically claim new blank disks that are
attached to it and automatically use the new disks in certain ways.
Note: This feature of automatically claiming newly attached disks is not available in the current
Beta release of the software.
All claimed disks are shown in a graph that illustrates how the various pools are distributed among them. This
information tells you the exact sizes of the various components of each pool and how they are spread across
the disks. Information on the disks themselves, including health information, is also provided. The BroadNAS
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