Expanding The Shared Storage - US Robotics USR8700 User Manual

• The overall status of the disks:
• Normal—All the disks are working properly.
• Degraded—One or more disks have failed but all the data is still available.
• Failed—The storage system has stopped working properly.
• The slot where each hard disk resides
• The model number, serial number, and size of each hard disk
• The current status of each disk:
• RAID n—The disk is working properly as part of the specified RAID level.
• New—The disk has been added to the storage system but is not part of a RAID.
• Spare—The disk is acting as a spare disk for the RAID.
• Rebuilding—The disk is being rebuilt (for example, when a failed disk is replaced)
• N/A—The disk is detected but not available for use (for example, when it has failed)
• The hotplug indicator:
Caution: If the hotplug indicator for a disk is red or yellow, removing the disk will result in a loss of
data. To avoid such loss, remove a disk only if its hotplug indicator is green
• RED—Removing the disk will cause the RAID to fail.
• YELLOW—Removing the disk will cause RAID degradation.
• GREEN—Removing the disk will not affect the RAID.
Note: Whenever you add or remove a disk from the storage system, you must click Refresh to
update this page.
For detailed information about RAIDs and how adding, removing, or swapping disks affects the storage
system, refer to "Disk Configurations,"

Expanding the shared storage

The disk space on your storage system is divided into two portions. One portion is for shared folders; the
other is for backups of your computer disks. The Storage Status view on the Home page shows how
much disk space is currently allocated for shared folders, how much is used by backups, and how much is
available for either.
You can expand the amount of disk space allocated for shared folders (as long as free disk space is
available), but you cannot reduce it without reconfiguring your disks and losing all of your data. Therefore,
allocate the least amount of space for shared folders until all the computer disks that you plan to protect
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