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A storage pool can be made of up to 512 RAID sets, which can use different RAID levels. File

systems for file sharing and volumes for iSCSI LUNs are created from the storage pool. Please

check the following graph.

Take an example of creating a pool.

1. Click the Create icon.

2. Enter a Pool Name.

3. Use the drop-down list to select a RAID level.

4. Check the Set up Home Directory if the pool contains home directory.

5. Optionally, configure the following:

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6. Check Enable for Pool encrypt and enter the encrypt key if necessary. Check Auto unlock will

unlock the pool upon the next reboot. Otherwise, it cannot be used except entering the

encrypt key on every reboot.

7. Select disks from below, and then click Next button.

FileSystem

RAID set 1

RAID 0

Write Cache: It's to enable or disable the write cache option of hard drives.

Standby: It's to enable or disable the auto spindown function of hard drives, when this

option is enabled and hard drives have no I/O access after certain period of time, they

will spin down automatically.

Readahead: It's to enable or disable the read ahead function.

Command queuing: It's to enable or disable the hard drives' command queue function.

FileSystem

RAID set 2

RAID 5

Pool

Volume

RAID set 3

RAID 6

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