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C onfigure Spare Driv e
You can add a spare drive to or remove a spare drive from a RAID 5 configuration.
Follow the steps below to use this feature.
1. Make sure the status of the RAID 5 or RAID 6 configuration is 'Ready'.
2. To add a spare drive, install a HDD on the NAS. If you have a HDD which has already been
formatted as single disk volume on the NAS, you can configure this HDD as the spare drive.
You are recommended to use hard disk drives of the same storage capacity for the RAID
configuration.
3. Select the HDD and click 'CONFIGURE SPARE DRIVE'.
4. To add a spare drive to the selected configuration, select the HDD and click 'CONFIGURE
SPARE DRIVE'. All the data on the selected HDD will be deleted. Click 'OK' to proceed.
5. To remove a spare drive, unselect the spare drive and click 'CONFIGURE SPARE DRIVE'.
The original data on the RAID 5 or RAID 6 disk volume will be retained. After the configuration
completes, the status of the disk volume will become 'Ready'.