Creating Virtualized Storage - Linksys NSS4000 Series Administrator's Manual

Creating Virtualized Storage

After you export storage from a slave storage unit, it becomes available to other storage units in your
network. The recommended way to use virtualized storage is to assign a master storage unit (the
master must be a NSS6000 series model). The designated master unit then becomes the configuration
point for all your storage-related management. Exported storage can be used to create a JBOD,
which can then be used to set up volumes and shares. Keep in mind that although the storage is
managed through the master unit, the physical device that contains the exported storage is still
managed through the applicable slave unit. If you affect the physical disk drives (e.g., shut down the
power to the unit), this affects any logical storage built using those disk drives.
To create a JBOD with exported disks:
1. Log in to the configuration interface from the master unit.
2. From the Manager Menu, click Storage
The RAID page appears.
Exported disks from other NSS units in the network appear in the New RAID Device table.
3. From the New RAID Device table, click the disks or arrays that you want to include in the JBOD.
4. Select JBOD as the RAID level.
5. Click Add.
The JBOD appears in the RAID Arrays listing. You can now create volumes from the virtualized
JBOD.
Chapter 4: Storage
Creating Virtualized Storage
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