User's Manual

Synology DiskStation User's Guide

Based on DSM 3.0

39 Chapter 4: Manage Storage Space

Manage Volumes with Storage Manager

Go to Main Menu > Storage Manager and click the Volume tab to create, set up, and manage DiskStation

volumes.

Create a Volume

Click Create and follow the wizard to create a volume.

Remove a Volume

1 Select the volume you want to remove.

2 Click Remove and follow the wizard to remove the volume.

Note: Data stored on the volume will be deleted after you remove the volume. Be careful using this option.

Repair a Volume

The repair function is available for RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, RAID 6, and Standard (SHR)

volumes. When one of the hard drives in the volume fails, the volume will be in the degraded mode. You can

repair the volume by replacing the crashed disk to keep the data on the volume protected.

Note: Synology DiskStation provides hot swapping function, allowing you to replace the crashed disk without

shutting down your Synology DiskStation.

To identify and replace the crashed disk:

1 Identify the crashed disk by doing one of the following:

 Check the hard drive icons in Storage Manager. The icon of the crashed disk will appear with an

exclamation mark.

 Go to Information > Status, and check the status column in the Hard disk(s) section. (See "Check

System Information" on Page 163 for more information.)

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This is supported on specific models only. See "Appendix A: Synology DiskStation Specifications" on Page 176 for more

information.