The Mode switch on the RAID enclosure must be set to Software Control mode. For details, see the enclosure's hardware user guide.
The RAID enclosure must not contain any existing RAID groups.
To prevent errors or data loss, do not change the enclosure Mode switch from Software Control to any other mode while the enclosure is connected to the NAS.
The External Storage Device Management window opens.
The External RAID Device Configuration Wizard opens.
All data on the selected disks will be deleted.
All unselected disks will be automatically assigned as spare disks, and cannot be used until the RAID group has been deleted.
QTS displays all available RAID types and automatically selects the most optimized RAID type.
Number of disks |
Supported RAID Types |
Default RAID Type |
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Two |
JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1 |
RAID 1 |
Three |
JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 5 |
RAID 5 |
Four |
JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 5, RAID 10 |
RAID 5 |
Use the default RAID type if you are unsure of which option to select.
For details on RAID types, see RAID Types.
A confirmation message appears.
The RAID enclosure creates the RAID group.
The Volume Creation Wizard opens on the Select Disks screen.
The RAID group you created is automatically selected and the RAID type is set to Single.
The alias must consist of 1 to 64 characters from any of the following groups:
Letters: A to Z, a to z
Numbers: 0 to 9
Special characters: Hyphen (-), underscore (_)
The number of bytes per inode determines the maximum volume size and the number of files and folders that the volume can store. Increasing the number of bytes per inode results in a larger maximum volume size, but a lower maximum number of files and folders.
Setting |
Description |
User Actions |
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Alert threshold |
QTS issues a warning notification when the percentage of used volume space is equal to or above the specified threshold. |
Specify a value. |
Encryption |
QTS encrypts all data on the volume with 256-bit AES encryption. |
Warning:
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Accelerate performance with SSD cache |
QTS adds data from this volume to the SSD cache to improve read or write performance. |
No actions |
Create a shared folder on the volume |
QTS automatically creates the shared folder when the volume is ready. Only the user account that creates the shared folder will have read/write access to the folder. Note:
This setting is only available when logged in as "admin". |
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A confirmation message appears.
QTS creates and initializes the volume, and then creates the optional shared folder.