PLANET NAS-7400 User Manual
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Background Activity -
None is normal
Running means a background activity is in progress.
6.4.2 Viewing Disk Drive Information
To view information about a disk drive:
i.
In the Tree, click on the + beside the RAID & File System icon.
ii.
Click on the RAID Management icon.
iii.
The RAID Status tab displays the current RAID system and its
status.
iv.
In the Disk List, double-click on a disk drive icon.
v.
The disk drive information displays under Disk Status.
6.4.3 Creating a RAID Volume
On NAS-7400, the term RAID Volume refers to one or more disk drives
working together as a RAID logical drive.
You can also use a USB disk to create a RAID Volume.
You must have unassigned disk drives in your NAS-7400 to create a new
RAID.
To create a new RAID Volume, and please click on the Create tab.
i.
From RAID Level dropdown menu, select the RAID level you prefer
for your disk array.
ii.
Highlight disk drives in the Free Disks column and click the >>
button to move them to the Disks in RAID column.
iii.
If finished, please click the OK button.
iv.
The RAID Volume is created and formatting begins. Formatting
requires several minutes, depending on the size of your disk drives.
v.
After formatting is done, you must create folders on your RAID
Volume.
