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Chapter 7 Storage
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 22 Storage > Volume > Create a SATA Volume
Volume Name
JBOD
PC Compatible
Volume
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Type a volume name from 1 to 31 characters. To avoid confusion, it is
highly recommended that each volume use a unique name.
Acceptable characters are all alphanumeric characters, " " [spaces],
"_" [underscores], and "." [periods].
The first character must be alphanumeric (A-Z 0-9).
The last character cannot be a space " ".
For an external volume, type a volume name from 1 to 32 single-byte
(no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters. The
name cannot be the same as another existing external volume.
Use this if you want maximum storage capacity and/or you have other
means of protecting your data. JBOD is the only option if you only
have one disk installed.
Select which disks should make up this volume. A disk can only
belong to one volume. You do not need to select anything if only one
hard disk is installed.
• Internal Disk - This refers to the hard disk you installed inside
the NSA.
• External Disk - This refers to the eSATA hard disk that you can
attach as a second drive to your NSA.
This type is only available if you have attached an eSATA hard disk to
your NSA.
A primary partition is created on the eSATA hard disk.
Use this to make your eSATA hard disk readable by other computer
systems. However, the computer's platform (for example, Windows XP
SP2) should support the file system you selected for the eSATA hard
disk.
• External Disk - This is checked automatically. It refers to the
eSATA hard disk that you can attach as a second drive to your
NSA.
• File System - Select the file system you want the new volume to
use.
Windows file systems include:
NTFS: Recommended for volumes greater than 40 GB.
FAT32: Newer, and more efficient than FAT16. Supports a volume
size of up to 32 GB (Giga Bytes) and individual file sizes of up to 4
GB.
FAT16: Compatible with older Windows operating systems.
Supports volume and file sizes of up to 2 GB.
Linux file systems include:
EXT2: Most commonly used on Linux platforms.
EXT3: The same as EXT2, but adds a journaled file system and is
more robust.
ReiserFS: Offers better performance for small files.
XFS: Allows expansion for mounted volumes.
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