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Chapter 4 Storage Management
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
Follow the procedure below to completely and permanently erase all data from your LinkStation.
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.
Quotas
You can set a quota for each user or group as well as a threshold alert where you will receive an email notification if
the space used exceeds the configured threshold. To configure email notifications for the 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.
Quotas for Users
Follow this procedure to limit the shared folder space available for a user.