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3. Click "Expand Volume".
4. Enter the desired capacity or click "Set to Max" to allocate the maximum available
space for the volume and click "Apply". ("Set to Max" is only available for thick
provisioned volumes.)
5. The capacity of the volume will be expanded.
Available Volum e Operations
After you go to "Storage Manager" > "STORAGE" > "Storage Space", click "Actions" and
choose to configure the threshold and cache settings, check the file system of a
volume, rename volume alias, reclaim volume space, create a new share folder, format
a volume, or manage snapshots.
Note:
All the data on a disk will be erased if it is formatted. Please use the "Format"
feature with caution.
For encryption related options (Change, Download, Save, Lock this Volume),
refer to Encryption .
The function or its content is only applicable on some models. To check for
applicable models, please refer to the product comparison table on the QNAP
website.
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A minimum of 4 GB RAM is required to use snapshots.
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x51 series models only support up to 256 snapshots instead of 1024. The HS-
251 does not support snapshots.
Configuring Alert Threshold
The alert threshold is used to remind users when the capacity of a chosen volume is
used up to the specified threshold level. A warning message will pop up when the
specified threshold is reached.
To set an alert threshold, select a volume in "Storage Space" to bring up the Volume
Management page, click "Actions" > "Set Threshold", enter the threshold level and click
"Apply". The alert threshold is set.
Creating New Shared Folders
1. Go to "Storage Manager" > "STORAGE" > "Storage Space".
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