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4. In the pop-up menu, click the Settings button.

5. View or change the settings as explained in the following table.

DescriptionItem

A unique name to identify the LUN. Do not include spaces in the name.Name

An optional description to help identify the LUN.Description

Select the Bit Rot Protection (Copy-on-write) check box to enable bit rot

protection. For information, see Bit Rot Protection on page 54. Bit rot

protection can be set only when the LUN is created.

Bit Rot Protection

Select the Compression check box to enable data compression.

Compression saves storage space and increases the speed of data transfers,

but the compression and decompression processes require additional

resources. By default, the Compression check box is cleared. Compression

can be set or turned off only when the LUN is created.

Compression

The provision setting is provided for information only.You cannot change

the provision setting of an existing LUN.

Provision

For information about how to expand the size of an existing LUN, see Expand

the Size of a LUN on page 89.

Size

6. Click the Apply button.

7. Click the OK button.

Your settings are saved and the window closes.

For information about how to set access right for a LUN, see LUN Groups and Access Rights on page 91.

For more information about snapshots, see Snapshots on page 109 .

LUNs

ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3