Expanding A Volume - Linksys NSS6000 Series Administrator's Manual

Configuring your Storage

Expanding a Volume

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Expanding a Volume
Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide
Once the volume is created, you can expand the volume but you cannot reduce
its size.
To encrypt the volume, select Encrypted. To create an unencrypted volume, go to
Step 6.
You can encrypt the volume only when the volume is first created. After a volume is
created, you cannot change whether it is encrypted or unencrypted. File transfer
performance to encrypted volumes is generally lower than to non-encrypted
volumes.
Enter a password in the Password field using a minimum of eight alphanumeric
characters. The password must consist of at least three of the following: lower-
case character, upper-case character, number (0-9), or a special character (such as
#@*&^). The password must be entered to unlock an encrypted volume when the
NSS is started up following a power interruption, shutdown, or rebooted, or, if the
volume was manually locked through the NSS configuration interface.
Because you need the password to decrypt a locked volume, keep a secure
backup of the password to ensure that it is accessible when required. There is no
way to unlock the volume without the password. If you forget the password, the
only way to retrieve is if the password was saved in a configuration file. See
Restoring a Configuration File, page
Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password field.
Click Add.
After a volume is created, you can increase its size, provided there is available
space on the array. Note: You cannot grow a volume if it is the target of a snapshot.
If you want to grow such a volume, delete the snapshots first and then expand the
volume.
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