Expanding Raid Capacity Without Deleting Data - Buffalo TeraStation 5000 User Manual

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Chapter 4 Storage Management
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Click Set as a hot spare.
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Click Yes.
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The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.
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Click OK when completed.
Note: To turn the hot spare back to a normal drive, choose Set as a normal disk.

Expanding RAID Capacity Without Deleting Data

You can create or expand a RAID array without erasing data on the drive by using RMM (RAID Mode Manager). Refer
to the procedures in this section to configure the RAID array.
Drives Are Currently in JBOD
If the drives are currently in JBOD (not in a RAID array), you may change it to a RAID 1 array. To create the RAID 1
array using RMM, you must have at least two drives available in JBOD.
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From Settings, click Drives.
2
Click
to the right of "RAID".
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