D-Link DNS-1100-04 Product Manual page 26

Section 4 - Getting Started
Step 8:
The. System.Wizard. automatically. detects. the. number. of. hard. drives. present.
and. creates. a. table. to. select. which. drives. you. want. to. use,. and. in. what. RAID.
configuration..Different.RAID.configurations.will.be.available.based.on.the.number.
of.drives.installed..
Select.a.RAID.level,.use.the.check.boxes.to.decide.which.drives.to.include.in.the.
RAID.array,.then.click.Next.to.continue..
Standalone
Standalone.requires.only.one.hard.drive.in.the.array..Each.hard.
drive.is.its.own.volume.
JBOD: JBOD.requires.a.minimum.of.two.hard.drives,.concatenates.the.
hard.drives.in.a.linear.fashion,.and.creates.one.large.volume.
geared.towards.maximum.available.space.
RAID 0:
RAID.requires.a.minimum.of.two.hard.drives..The.data.is.stored.
in.a.striped.fashion.and.geared.towards.maximum.available.
space.and.performance.
Caution:.RAID.0.does.not.provide.data.redundancy.
RAID 1: RAID.1.requires.a.minimum.of.two.hard.drives.and.mirrors.the.
hard.drives.for.data.redundancy.
RAID 5: RAID.5.requires.a.minimum.of.three.hard.drives.and.provides.
data.striping.with.distributed.parity.
RAID 6:
RAID.6.requires.a.minimum.of.four.hard.drives,.and.stripes.data.
and.double-parity.information.across.all.of.the.member.drives.
Array: Click.the.check.box.to.select.the.corresponding.hard.drive.to.
be.part.of.the.volume.
Spare:
Click.the.check.box.to.select.the.corresponding.hard.drive.as.
a.spare.for.the.volume.
D-Link ShareCenter Pro 1100 User Manual
Using the Setup Wizard (cont.)
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