Steps to Change the RAID Mode on a My Cloud

Critical: The process is Data Destructive and cannot be undone. ALL THE DATA ON THE DRIVE WILL BE LOST!

My Cloud are pre-configured with the following RAID modes:

Single Bay Model (No RAID support). Diskless 0TB Model (No drives). 2-Bay Model (RAID 1 default). 4-Bay Model (RAID 5 default).

My Cloud 2-Bay Model

1. Login to the Dashboard.
   
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   Answer ID 29818: Steps to Access the Dashboard of a My Cloud OS 5
    
2. Click Storage.
    

   



3. Select RAID.
   Click Change RAID Mode.
    

   

    

   



4. Click OK.
    

   



5. Select RAID mode.
   Click Checkbox.
   Click Next.
    

   

    

   



6. Click Next.
    

   



7. Click Next.
    

   



8. Choose encryption (default off).
   Click Next.
    

   



9. Click Next.
    

   



10. Click Finish.
     

    



11. Click Close.
     

    

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My Cloud 4-Bay Model

1. Login to the Dashboard.
   
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   Answer ID 29818: Steps to Access the Dashboard of a My Cloud OS 5


2. Click Storage.
   
    

   



3. Select RAID.
   Click Change RAID Mode.
    

   

    

   



4. Click OK.
    

   



5. Select RAID mode.
   Click Checkbox.
   Click Next.
    

   



6. Click Next.
    

   



7. Click Next.
    

   



8. Choose Auto-Rebuild (default off).
   Click Next
    

   



9. Choose encryption (default off).
   Click Next.
    

   



10. Click Next.
     

    



11. Click Finish.
     

    



12. Click Close.
     

    

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