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4.2.2.2 Storage Pools
The Storage Pools feature is designed to aggregate physical hard disk drives into a
large storage space and to provide enhanced RAID protection for it.
This page lists available storage pools on the NAS, their details, associated RAID group
(s), volumes and iSCSI LUNs. Users can create, remove and expand a new storage
pool, set a threshold, manage RAID groups and create a new volume on this page.
Note: The function or its content is only applicable to some models. To check for
applicable models, please refer to the product comparison table on the QNAP
website.
Creating New Storage Pools
Follow the steps below to create a new storage pool:
1. Click "New Storage Pool".
2. Select the enclosure unit, hard disk drive(s), RAID type and hot spare disk and click
"Create".
3. Please note that all data on the selected hard disk drive(s) will be erased. Click "OK"
if you are certain about this.
4. A new storage pool is created.
Rem oving Storage Pools
Follow the steps below to remove a storage pool:
1. Select a storage pool to be removed and click "Remove Pool".
2. Click "Apply".
3. The selected storage pool is removed.
Expanding Storage Pools
Follow the steps below to expand a storage pool:
1. Select a storage pool to be expanded and click "Expand Pool".
2. Select to add new hard drives to an existing RAID group (more on "Create a new
RAID group" in the following section.) Select "Adding new hard drive(s) to an
existing RAID group", choose an existing RAID group from the drop-down list and
click "Next". Please note that RAID 0, RAID 1, Single and JBOD are not supported for
storage pool expansion.