How to Expand Data Storage Capacity Using TeraStations
As businesses continue to grow, the amount of data storage capacity required to support them grows too.
Increasing employees = more data storage.
Increasing data retention requirements = more data storage.
New applications = you guessed it. More data storage.
Whether it’s through a virtual cloud, desktop attached storage solution or network attached storage, the need to expand data storage capacity is inevitable. At the very least, mission-critical data should have backups or redundancies in place in the event of an unforeseen disaster.
Buffalo’s TeraStation™ line of network attached storage solutions are designed to exacting standards and made specifically for the demanding needs of today’s businesses – like the need to expand data storage. For businesses that value both performance and reliability, TeraStation is a cost-effective network storage expansion solution.
We’ve listed the steps necessary to configure your TeraStation for storage expansion in an existing Windows (Storage) Server environment.
- Create iSCSI Targets
- Connect iSCSI Targets to Windows Server 2012
- Add iSCSI Target to Storage Pool
- Create a Virtual Disk from a Storage Pool
- Create a Logical Volume from a Logical Disk
For detailed instructions, including how to configure a single logical volume vs. multiple logical volumes, view the Data Storage Expansion Deck.
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