User's Manual

Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 3.0
40 Chapter 4: Manage Storage Space
 Check the LED indicators on the front panel. (See "Appendix B: LED Indication Tables" on Page 181 for
more information.)
2 Pull out the hard drive tray to replace the crashed disk with a new one.
Note: The replacement hard drive size must be larger or equal to the size of the smallest disk in the volume.
To repair a volume:
1 Click Manage.
2 Select Repair and follow the wizard to repair the volume.
Note: The status of the repairing hard drive must be Initialized or Not Initialized.
Change Volume Type
If you have created a Basic, RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume, you could add a new drive to the Synology DiskStation,
and then use Storage Manager to change the volume type.
Available types of volume change include:
 Basic to RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 5+Spare
 RAID 1 to RAID 5 or RAID 5+Spare
 Add mirror disk to RAID 1
 RAID 5 to RAID 5+Spare or RAID 6
 RAID 5+Spare to RAID 6
To change the volume type:
1 Select the volume you want to change.
2 Click Manage.
3 Choose Change RAID type and follow the wizard to complete the setup.
Note:
 The volume status must be normal.
 The status of the added drive must be Initialized or Not Initialized.
 If you want to change the volume type, enough number of hard drives for the new type is required. See
"Synology DiskStation Supported Volume Types" on Page 38 for the required amount of disks for the volume.
 The size of the replacement hard drive must be larger than the smallest disk size of the volume.