Adding A Second Drive - Buffalo CloudStation CS-X User Manual

Adding a Second Drive

In some markets, CS-WX and CS-WV CloudStation
devices may come with only a single drive. You may
add a second drive to these units for extra storage or
data security. For RAID 1 mirroring, the second drive
should be the same as or larger capacity than the
original drive.
To add a second drive, turn the CloudStation off and
remove the front panel. Insert the new drive into the
open bay (for RAID, the new drive should be the same
or larger capacity than the existing drive). Power the
CloudStation on and go to the local user interface
at http://x.x.x.x/, where x.x.x.x is the IP address of
your CloudStation. The new drive will be listed in Storage. Click on Change Disk Settings. Select
either Keep them independent of each other or Group them (Disk Mirroring).
If independent, the new drive is formatted and the original drive is unchanged. The info/error
LED flashes amber until the format is complete.
For RAID 1, the new drive is formatted into a mirror of the original drive. Data from the original
drive will be stored on both drives simultaneously. The info/error LED flashes amber until the
process is complete. CloudStation devices that come with two drives will have them in RAID 1 by
factory default.
Note: Reversing the drives will cause strange things to happen! Don't get them mixed up.
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