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Notes:

• Do not turn off or disconnect power to the LinkStation while formatting a drive.

• For drives of 2.2 TB or larger, make sure that the “GPT Partition” checkbox is selected. If you accidentally format a

larger drive without GPT, disconnect and then reconnect it before reformatting with GPT.

Erasing Data on the LinkStation Completely

Under some circumstances, data from formatted drives can be recovered. The drive erasure process in this section

does a much more thorough job of erasing data. This procedure is recommended for removing all data from a drive

in a way that makes it nearly impossible to recover with current tools. The LinkStation will then be in the following

state:

• Both drives in JBOD

• An empty shared folder on each drive

• All settings returned to their default values

• All logs deleted

1 From Advanced Settings, click Management.

2 Click to the right of “Restore/Erase”.

3 Click Erase LinkStation.

4 The “Confirm Operation” screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.

5 All data on the LinkStation will be permanently erased.

Disk Quotas

You can set a drive quota to limit drive space for each user or group. You can also set a threshold. If the drive space

exceeds the configured threshold, a notification email will be sent. To configure email notifications for the drive

quota, refer to the “Email Notification” section in chapter 8.

Notes:

• When using quotas, disable the recycle bin or empty the trash folder often. The limited space includes the space

used for trash.

• Quotas apply per drive or per array. If a quota is set to 1 GB, each array or drive can use a maximum of 1 GB.

• Quotas cannot be set for external drives connected to the LinkStation.

• If both user and group quotas are configured for a user, the most restrictive quota will always apply.

Chapter 4 Storage Management