Hard Drive Configuration - D-Link ShareCenter DNS-327L User Manual

Section 3 - Installation
The next part of the setup wizard helps you to configure your hard drive storage. The DNS-327L offers four options for hard
drive storage configuration. You should choose the option which best suits your storage, redundancy, and backup needs.
The RAID Configuration window provides more detailed Physical Disk
information. Here you can analyze your Disk, Vendor, Model number, Serial
number, and Disk size. Under Select RAID Type, there are four options to
choose from:
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Standard (default) - This option creates one or more volumes on each
hard drive which is inserted into the NAS. Each hard drive will have its
own volume. Please skip to "Standard RAID" on page 34 to continue the
setup process using this option.
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JBOD - This option combines the two hard drives into one or more vol-
umes, but does not use a RAID configuration. Please skip to "JBOD" on
page 37 to continue the setup process using this option.
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RAID 0 - This option splits data evenly across the two drives to create
one array. The size of the array will be limited to the twice the size of the
smallest hard drive in use. Please skip to "RAID 0" on page 40 to continue the
setup process using this option.
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RAID 1 - This option uses one hard drive for storage, and the other hard
drive to create a mirror of the first drive for redundancy. If the first hard
drive fails, the second hard drive will serve as the primary storage drive
until the failed drive is replaced. Please skip to "RAID 1" on page 43 to con-
tinue the setup process using this option.
Note: You can skip this step if you have set up this system before.
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