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You can create the disk volume of the following type:
z Single Disk Volume
Each disk will be used as a standalone disk. However, if a disk is damaged, all
data will be lost.
z RAID 1 Mirroring Disk Volume
RAID 1 (mirroring disk) protects your data by automatically backing up the
contents of one drive onto the second drive of a mirrored pair. This protects
your data if one of the drives fails. Unfortunately, the storing capacity is equal
to a single drive, as the second drive is used to automatically back up the first.
Mirroring Disk is suitable for personal or corporate use to store important data.
z RAID 0 Striping Disk Volume
RAID 0 (striping disk) combines 2 or more drives into one larger disk. It offers
the fastest disk access but it does not have any protection of your data if the
striped array fails. The disk capacity equals the number of drives in the array
times the size of the smallest drive. Striping disk is usually used to maximize
your disk capacity or for fast disk access but not for storing important data.
z Linear Disk Volume
You can combine two or more disks into one larger disk. During file saving,
the file will be saved on physical disks sequentially but does not have a disk
failure file protection function. The overall capacity of linear disk is the sum of
all disks. Linear disk is generally used for storing large data and is not
appropriate to use for file protection of sensitive data.
z RAID 5 Disk Volume
RAID 5 disk volume is ideal for organizations running databases and other
transaction-based applications that require storage efficiency and data
protection.
To create a RAID 5 disk volume, a minimum of 3 hard disks are required. The
total capacity of RAID 5 disk volume = the size of the smallest capacity disk in
the array x (no. of hard disk – 1). It's recommended that you use the same
brand and same capacity hard drive to establish the most efficient hard drive
capacity.
Additionally, if your system contains four disk drives, three of them can be used