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EDA500 disk management?
Hi, I was wondering about the EDA500 expansion disk model. If I buy a 516 and an EDA500... #1) Do I get 1 giant volume ( /c/media ) consisting of space from the 516 *and* EDA500? or Do i get t...
The volume in the EDA500 is a separate volume.
If you choose to use X-RAID, you should add smallest disks first in each of the main chassis and the EDA. Since the EDA has a separate volume it shouldn't matter what disks are in the main chassis when adding disks to the EDA and vice versa, I think.
Anyway if it does, you could always disable X-RAID, create a single volume on the EDA500 then enable X-RAID again if you want.
If you choose to use X-RAID, you should add smallest disks first in each of the main chassis and the EDA. Since the EDA has a separate volume it shouldn't matter what disks are in the main chassis when adding disks to the EDA and vice versa, I think.
Anyway if it does, you could always disable X-RAID, create a single volume on the EDA500 then enable X-RAID again if you want.
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