Managing Raid Volumes - Promise Technology SmartStor NAS Product Manual

5.3 Managing RAID Volumes

Creating a RAID Volume
This feature enables you to create a RAID volume or designate a disk drive as a
spare.
To create a RAID volume:
1. Go to the Main Window.
2. Click the Volume Configuration icon. (A)
3. Click the Create Volume button. (B)
4. Choose Automatic or Manual RAID Volume creation. (C)
If you chose Manual, choose the type of RAID Volume you want: (D)
Maximum Capacity - RAID 0, using all disk drives
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Data Protection - RAID 1, 5, or 10, depending on the number of disk
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drives available
5. Click the OK button. (E)
The RAID volume takes several minutes to create and initialize, depending
on the size of your disk drives.
When you create your RAID volume in WebPASM, you can
choose additional options, such as Multiple RAID volumes.
See "Setting up SmartStor with the Setup Wizard" on page 134.
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