Manual

Chapter 2: Setting up your NAS

7. If you want to keep the default le system and volume types, click Apply. Otherwise,

untick Use current disk conguration and customize these settings, then click

Apply.

NOTES:

File system type

We recommend that you use the ext2 le system.

Volume types

Standard (Single Disk): You can only install one hard disk. If it is damaged, all data is lost.

Maximum Volume - JBOD: JBOD requires two hard disks and is ideal for storing a large

amount of data. The total capacity of a JBOD volume is the sum of two disks.

Best Performance - RAID 0 (Striping): RAID 0 requires two hard disks and is ideal for fast

data access. It oers a data stripping process that divides data into blocks and spreads the

data blocks across two disks.

Maximum Security - RAID 1 (Mirroring): RAID 1 requires two hard disks and is ideal for

backing up important data. The content of one disk is duplicated to the other disk to ensure

data security, but the actual available storage capacity equals to the capacity of one disk.

Comparison of volume types

Volume type Number of hard disks Data protection Data access speed

Standard 1 None Good

JBOD 2 None Good

RAID 0 2 None Great

RAID 1 2 Strong Good

IMPORTANT:

Before changing the le system and volume types, back up your data on the hard disks.

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