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ix v1.0, October 2007 About This Manual Congratulations on your purchase of a ReadyNAS Network Attached S torage system from NETGEAR, Inc. If you have not already done so, please read the printed Installation Guide provided with your product and the ReadyNAS Setup Manual on the Installation CD.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide x About This Manual v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Conventions, Format s, and Scope The conventions, formats, and scope of this manu al are described in the following paragraphs: • T ypographical Conventio ns. This manual uses the followi ng typographical conventions: • Formats.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide About This Manual xi v1.0, October 2007 How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this ma nual includes the following: • Buttons, and , for browsing forward o r backward through the ma nual one page at a time. • A button that displays the table of conten ts and a button that displays an index.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide xii About This Manual v1.0, Octo b er 2007 • Click the print icon in the upper le ft corner of your browser window . Revision History Tip : If your printer supports printing two pa ges on a single sheet o f paper , you can save paper and printer ink by selecting this feature.
1-1 v1.0, October 2007 Chapter 1 Configuring Y our ReadyNAS The FrontV iew Advanced Control mode shows all of the settings avai labl e in the Setup W izard plus some more advanced features. The basic network settings and other , optional, more advanced features are included in this chapter .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-2 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 T oward the bottom left, there are two buttons that allow you to switch back and forth between the Setup W izard mode and the Advanced Control mode.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS 1-3 v1.0, October 2007 • IP Assignment. Select either Use values from a DHCP server or Use values below . – If you elect to assign the IP address using Use values from a DHCP server , NET GEAR advises that you set the lease time on the DHCP se rver/router to a value of at least a day .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-4 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 If you wish to use the ReadyNA S in a VLAN environment, select the Enable VLAN support check box, and enter a numeri c VLAN tag. Y ou need to rebo ot the ReadyNAS for the VLAN function to take effect.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS 1-5 v1.0, October 2007 Global Network Settings Hostname The Hostname you specify is used to advertise the ReadyNAS on your ne twork . Y ou can u se the hostname to address the ReadyNAS in place of the IP address when acc essing the ReadyNAS from W indows, or ov er OS X using SMB.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-6 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 DNS Settings The DNS area allows you to spec ify up to three Domain Name Service servers for hostname resolution.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS 1-7 v1.0, October 2007 DHCP The DHCP tab allows you to specify this de vice as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server . DHCP service simplifies management of a netwo rk by dynamically assigning IP addresses to new clients on the netw ork.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-8 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 this password is kept in a safe place. Anyone wh o obtains this password can effectiv el y change or erase the data on the ReadyNAS. As a safegua rd, you ar e requested to enter a pass w ord recovery question, the expected answer, and an e-mail address.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS 1-9 v1.0, October 2007 • Shar e. The Share security mode is suitable for mo st home and small office environments, providing a simple way for people in a trusted environment to share files without the necessity of setting up sep arate user and group accoun ts.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-10 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Share Security Mode The Share Security Mode is the easiest security option to set up and is adequate for home or small offices. Select this option if you want to restri ct share access with the use of an optional share password.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-11 v1.0, October 2007 Y ou need to specify a workg roup only if you wish to change it from the de fault. A valid workgroup name must conform to the following restrictions: • The name must consist of characters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols _ (underscore), – (dash), and.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-12 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 3. Click Apply to save your changes. Domain Security Mode If you choose the Domain security mo de option, you need to cr.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-13 v1.0, October 2007 If you have a large number of users in your do main, you may w ant to clear the Dis play users from trusted domains... check box. T he FrontV iew management system might slow down to an unusable state.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-14 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 After adding your groups, you ca n view or change your groups by clicking the alphabetical in dex tab, or click All to list all groups. If you wish to add a large number of groups, select Import group list from the pull-down menu.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-15 v1.0, October 2007 name3,gid3,quota3,member31:member32:member33 : Please note the following: • Spaces around commas a re ignored. • The name field is required. • Quota is set to default if not specified.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-16 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Only the user name and password fields are requi red; however , you should s pecify a user e-mail address if you intend to set up disk quotas. W ithout an e-mail address, the user will not be warned when disk usage approach es the specified disk quota limit.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-17 v1.0, October 2007 • UID is automatically generated if not specified. • Empty fields are replaced with account defaults.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-18 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 S tandard File Protocols The standard file proto cols are common file-sharin g services that allow your workst ation clients to transfer files to and from the ReadyNAS using bu ilt-in file manager -over-network file protocols supported by the client op era ting system.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-19 v1.0, October 2007 Mac. Enabling rsync service on the ReadyNAS a llows clients to use rsync to initiate backups to and from the ReadyNAS.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-20 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 • SlimServer provides music streaming to the popu lar Squeezebox music players from Slim Devices. Y ou can click the http setup link for more detailed configuration options.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-21 v1.0, October 2007 • Home Media S tr eaming Server provides streaming of videos, mu sic, an d pictures to po pular networked DVD players. The streaming players of ten utilize the streaming client developed by Syabas.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-22 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 There are advantages to both technologies. •F l e x - R A I D : – The default volume can be deleted and re-cr eated, with or without the snapshot reserved space. – Hot spare disk is supported.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-23 v1.0, October 2007 Deleting a V olume T o delete a volume, select the Vo l u m e tab of the volume you wish to delete (if there are multiple volumes) and click Delete V olume ( in this case only Vo l u m e C is configured).
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-24 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 . T o add a volume: 1. Select the hard disks. In this example, we sel ect the first three disks and elect not to specify any of them as a hot spare. 2. Select the RAID level.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-25 v1.0, October 2007 In our example, we kept the maximum size that was calculated. 5. Click Apply , and wait for the instruction to reboot the system. It typically takes about 1 minute before you are notified to reboot.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-26 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 V olume Management for X-RAID The X-RAID technolo gy offers a simplified ap proa ch to volume management.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-27 v1.0, October 2007 within a few hours, your data volume will be fully redundant. The process occurs in the background, so access to the ReadyNAS is not interrupted. Adding a Third and Fourth Disk for More Cap acity At a certain point, you will want more capacity .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-28 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 When you receive a completion n otification for the fourth d isk, reboot the ReadyNAS. During reboot, volume capacity is expanded with the additional capacity from each disk.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-29 v1.0, October 2007 • If you specify a start and en d time of 00:00, Read yNAS will take one snapshot at midnight. A start time of 00:00 and an end tim e of 23:00 will set snapshots to be taken between midnight and 11 pm the next day at the interval you specify .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-30 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Y ou can also specify how long a snapshot shou ld last. If you will be using snapshots for backups, you can schedule the snapshot to last sl ightly longer than the expected duration of the backup.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-31 v1.0, October 2007 After the snapshot is take n, if changes on the volume exceed th is reserved space, the snapshot is invalidated and can no longer be used. When the snapshot does become invalidated, an e- mail alert is sent and the status reflected on the Snapshot screen.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-32 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 device number; for example, USB_HDD_2 . If the device contains multiple partitions, the partitions are listed beneath the main devi ce entry .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-33 v1.0, October 2007 When the US B device is unmounted, you hav e the option of renaming it . The next time the same device is connected, it will use the new name rather than the default USB_FLASH_n or USB_HDD_n naming scheme.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-34 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Adding Shares T o add a share: 1. From the main menu, select V olumes > V o lume Settings. If more than one volume is configured, click on the volume you wish to add the share.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-35 v1.0, October 2007 In the User or Domain security modes, the Add Share tab consists on ly of fields for the share name and description. Password and disk quotas are account-specific. In either case, you can add up to five shares at a time.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-36 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 The settings are as follows: • Disabled. Access to this share is disabled. • Read-only Access. Access to this share is read-only . • Read/Write Access . Access to this share is read/write.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-37 v1.0, October 2007 For example, select read-only for Default Access and list the hosts you wish to allow access to. Access from all other hosts will be denied. T o a llow only host 192.168. 2.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-38 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 • Default: Read-only • W rite-enabled users: fred • W rite-enabled groups: engr If you wish to limit this access on ly to hosts 192.168.2.101 and 19 2.168.2.102, set the follo wing: • Default: Read-only • Hosts allowed access: 192.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-39 v1.0, October 2007 Recycle Bin. The ReadyNAS can have a Recycle Bin for each share for W indows users.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-40 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 others (that is, everyone). Permis sion for newly created folders is read/write for everyone. If the default does not satisfy your security requirement, you can change it here.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-41 v1.0, October 2007 Advanced Share Permission. The Advanced Share Permission section offers the options to override the default ownership and permission of th e share folder on the embedded file system and to permeate these settings to all files and folders residing on the selected share.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-42 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Configuring Backup Jobs The Backup Man ager integrated w ith the Ready NAS allows the ReadyNAS to act as a powerful backup applianc e. Backup tasks can be controlled direc tly from the ReadyNAS without the need for a client-based backup application.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-43 v1.0, October 2007 Adding a New Backup Job T o create a new backup job, select Add a New Backup Job .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-44 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 • Rsync server . Select this if you wish to perform backups from a rsync server . Rsy nc was originally available for Linu x and other flavors o f UNIX, but has lately become popular under W indows and Mac for its ef ficient use of increm ental file transfers.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-45 v1.0, October 2007 My Documents/My Pictures W ith a remote source, you might need to enter a login and password to access the share.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-46 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 If you wish, you can elect not to schedule the ba ckup job so that you c an invoke it manually instead by clearing (deselecting) the Perform backup every ... check box. (Y ou might want to do this if your ReadyNAS has a backup button.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-47 v1.0, October 2007 as expected. Y ou can elect to send only errors encountered during backup, full backup logs consisting of file listings (can be lar ge), or stat us and errors (status refe rs to completion status).
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-48 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 V iewing the Backup Schedule After saving the backup job, a new job appears in the Backup Schedule section of the Backup Jobs screen. A summary of the backup jobs that have been sch eduled are shown; jobs are numbered be gin ning at 001.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-49 v1.0, October 2007 Programming th e Backup Button On ReadyNAS systems that have the Backup Button feature, you c an program the button to execute one or more pre-defined backup jobs (see “Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive” on page 3-9 for more information).
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-50 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Editing a Backup Job T o edit a backup job, you can either click the 3- digit job number button in the Backup Jobs screen, or you can click the Edit Backup Job link while viewing that jo b log.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-51 v1.0, October 2007 . IPP Printing The ReadyNAS also supports the IETF standard Internet Printing Protoco l (IPP) over HTTP .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-52 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Managing Y our ReadyNAS System T o set up and manage y our ReadyNAS effectively , make sure that you r eview the settings in the following sections, and implement an y necessary modifications or updates.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-53 v1.0, October 2007 NTP Option Y ou can elect to synchronize the system time on the device with a remote NTP (Network T ime Protocol) server . Y ou can elect to keep the defa ult servers or enter up to two NTP servers closer t o your locale.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-54 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Alert s Settings This ReadyNAS device has bee n preconfigured with mandatory and opt ional alerts for various system device warnings and failures. The Settings tab allows you to cont rol the settings for the optional alerts.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-55 v1.0, October 2007 T o set up SNMP service: 1. Select the SNMP tab to display the SNMP settings. 2. Select the Enable SNMP service check box. Y ou can leave the Community field set to public , or specify a private name if you have op ted for a more segregated monitoring scheme.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-56 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 SMTP The ReadyNAS device has a built-in e-mail message transfer agent (MT A) that is set up to send alert e-mail messages from the device. Some corporate environments, however , might have a firewall that blocks untrusted MT As from sending out messages.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-57 v1.0, October 2007 • Select Disable journaling if you understand the consequen ces of this action, and you do not mind a long file system check (only after unex pected power failures).
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-58 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 – Since W indows runs in case- insensitive mode, one side-eff ec t of enabling this option is that two file names with different cases (for example, ABC and abc) appear as two files but, when you open one file, the other file might actually open.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-59 v1.0, October 2007 Language The Language Setting screen off ers the option of setting the ReadyNAS device to the appropriate character set for file names. For example, selecting Japanese allows you to share files with Japanese names in W indows Explorer .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-60 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 If you wish, you can select the Allow Unicode for user , group and shar e names check box to allow for greater flexibility in non-E nglish speaking regions. This op tion, once select ed, cannot be reversed.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-61 v1.0, October 2007 If you wish to continue, click Perform System Update . After the update im age has been downloaded, you will be asked to reboot the syst em. The update pr ocess updates onl y the firmware image and does not modify yo ur data volume.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-62 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Settings If you do have a reliable Internet con nection, you can enab le the automatic update check and download options in the Settings tab.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-63 v1.0, October 2007 Disk Spin-Down Option Y ou can elect to spin down your ReadyNAS disks after a specified time of inactivity . The disks will spin up as needed. T o enable spin-down mode, select the Enable disk spin-down after .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-64 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007 and time. (The Power ON option is available on the Ready NAS NV through an add-on package.) 1 The Power ON option does not appear if the ReadyNAS hardware does not support this feature .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your Read yN AS 1-65 v1.0, October 2007 When you reboot or shu t down the ReadyNAS, y ou must close the b rowser window and use RAIDar to reconnect to FrontV iew .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1-66 Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, Octo b er 2007.
2-1 v1.0, October 2007 Chapter 2 Accessing Shares from Y our Operating System This chapter presents examples of how shares on the ReadyNAS device can be acce ssed by the various operating systems. If you have problems accessing your sh ares, make sure to enable the corresponding service by selectin g Shares > Share Listing screen.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 2-2 Accessing Sh ares from Yo ur Operating System v1.0, Octo b er 2007 MAC OS X T o access the same share over AFP with OS X, select Network from the Finder Go > Network menu. From here, there are two ways to access your AFP share, depending on how you have chosen to advertise your AFP share.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-3 v1.0, October 2007 AFP over Bonjour T o access the AFP share advertis ed over Bonjou r on Mac OS X, select Network from the Finder Go menu to see a listing of available networks.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 2-4 Accessing Sh ares from Yo ur Operating System v1.0, Octo b er 2007 From the V olumes field, select the share you want to access and click OK . AFP over AppleT alk If you chose to advertise your AFP service over AppleT alk, a listing of available networks is displayed.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-5 v1.0, October 2007 Select Guest and click Connect. Then, select the share you wa nt to connect to and click OK. In Share security mode, you need to specify only the user name and password—if you ha ve set up a password for your share.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 2-6 Accessing Sh ares from Yo ur Operating System v1.0, Octo b er 2007 MAC OS 9 T o access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server from th e Find er menu, ch oose the NAS device entry from the AppleT alk section, and click Connec t.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-7 v1.0, October 2007 Y ou should see the same files in the sh are that you do in W indows Explorer .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 2-8 Accessing Sh ares from Yo ur Operating System v1.0, Octo b er 2007 W eb Browser T o access the same share using a W eb browser, enter http://< ipad dr> in the browser address bar . Y ou can use https if you want a secure encrypted connec tion.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-9 v1.0, October 2007 If the ReadyNAS is in Share security mode, enter the share name and share password. Otherwise, log in with a valid user name and password if the ReadyNAS is in User or Domain mode.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 2-10 Accessing Shares from Your Op erating System v1.0, Octo b er 2007 One useful application for a W eb share is to se t up an internal compan y website. Y ou can copy HTML files to the W e b share using W indows, Ma c, NFS, or HTTP .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-11 v1.0, October 2007 FTP/FTPS T o access the share via FTP in Share security mo de, log in as “anonymous” and use yo ur e-mail address for the password.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 2-12 Accessing Shares from Your Op erating System v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Rsync Access to the share through rsync is identical regardless of the security mode . If you spec ified a user or password in the rsync share access tab, you will need to specify this when accessing the rsync share.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Accessing Shares from Yo ur Operating System 2-13 v1.0, October 2007 Networked DVD Players and UPnP A V Media Adapters Networked DVD players and UPnP A V Media adapte rs detect the ReadyNAS if either the Home Media Streaming Server or the UPnP A V servic e s are enabled.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 2-14 Accessing Shares from Your Op erating System v1.0, Octo b er 2007.
3-1 v1.0, October 2007 Chapter 3 Maintenance and Administration V iewing System St atus The Status menu contains links to the Health scr een and Logs screen that provide system status information. Health The Health screen displays the status of each di sk, and the fan, temperature, and UPS status in detail.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 3-2 Maintenance and Administration v1.0, Octo b er 2007 T o recalibrate the fan, click Recalibrate. Logs Select Status > Logs to access the Clear Logs scr e en. The Clear Logs scre en provides information about the status of management tasks, including a timestamp.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Maintenance and Adm inistration 3-3 v1.0, October 2007 Replacing a Failed Disk When a disk fails in yo ur ReadyNAS device, you are notified of the failure by e-mail. The failed disk location can be seen in the FrontV iew status bar at the bottom by se lecting Status > Health.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 3-4 Maintenance and Administration v1.0, Octo b er 2007 1. Open the disk tray door . 2. Press the button under the failed disk. The latch pops out. 3. Pull out the disk tray and remove the screws. 4. Replace the failed disk, reassemble, and slide the disk tray back in.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Maintenance and Adm inistration 3-5 v1.0, October 2007 3. Replace the failed disk by placing the disk in the disk tray and sliding the disk tray back into the device.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 3-6 Maintenance and Administration v1.0, Octo b er 2007 Resynchronizing the V olume If you had to power off to replace the failed disk, turn on the po wer on the ReadyNAS. The RAID volume automatically re synchronizes with the new disk in the background.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Maintenance and Adm inistration 3-7 v1.0, October 2007 • T o set the ReadyNAS device to Factory Default : Use the same process, except you must hold the System Reset switch fo r 30 seconds after powering on the system. Y ou will see the disk LEDs flash for a second time to signify that the command has been accepted.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 3-8 Maintenance and Administration v1.0, Octo b er 2007 The following figure illustrates the default conf iguration with redundan cy in your ReadyNAS NV+. Y ou can switch between the X-RAID Expandable V olume mode and the RAID 0/1/5 Flexible V olume mode only if you want to change the defa ult configuration.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Maintenance and Adm inistration 3-9 v1.0, October 2007 4. Open RAIDar . RAIDar will prompt you to click Setup. The ReadyNAS V olume Setup screen displays. 5. Select either the Expandable V olume (X-RAID) or the V olume (RAID 0,1,5) radio button and click Create V olume Now .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 3-10 Maintenanc e an d Ad min istr a tion v1.0, Octo b er 2007 ReadyNAS1 100 Backup On the ReadyNAS1 100, the Backup button is associated with the USB Port at the front of the system.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Maintenanc e an d Admini st ra tio n 3-11 v1.0, October 2007 Removing the System Modul e from the ReadyNAS 1 100 T o access the system module and remove it from the ReadyNAS1 100: 1. Power off the unit and remove the screws.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 3-12 Maintenanc e an d Ad min istr a tion v1.0, Octo b er 2007 In Share and Domain security mode, the Password tab does not appear .
RAID Levels Simplified A-1 v1.0, October 2007 Appendix A RAID Levels Simplified RAID can be somewhat daunting; this appendix helps to simplify RAID. RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Indepe ndent Disks.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide A-2 RAID Levels Simplified v1.0, Octo b er 2007 RAID Level 5 RAID level 5 provides the best balance of capacity and performance while providing data redundancy . RAID 5 provides redundancy by stripi ng data across three or more disks and keeping the parity information on one of th e disks in each stripe.
Input Field Format B-1 v1.0, October 2007 Appendix B Input Field Format Domain or Workgroup Name A valid domain or work group name must conform to the following restrictions: • Name must consist only of ch aracters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols _ (underscore), - (hyphen), and .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide B-2 Input Field Format v1.0, Octo b er 2007 • 192.168.2. • 192.168.2.0/ 255.255.255.0 • 192.168.2.0/24 Share Name • Name must consist only of ch aracters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols - (hyphen) and . (period).
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Input Field Format B-3 v1.0, October 2007 User Password • The password can be any charact er exce pt for ' (single quote).
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide B-4 Input Field Format v1.0, Octo b er 2007.
Glossary C-1 v1.0, October 2007 Appendix C Glossary AFP AppleT a lk Filing Protocol is the standard way Mac OS 9 and earlier versions share files across the networ k. CIFS Common Internet File System, a standard protocol that Windo ws us ers use to share files across the networ k.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide C-2 Glossary v1.0, Octo b er 2007.
Index-1 v1.0, August 2007 Index Numerics 1 100 configuring RAID 3-7 replacing disk 3-4 system module removal 3-1 1 1 100 backup USB 3-10 600/X6 replacing disk 3-5 A accessing sha res FTP/FTPS 2-11 Linux/Unix 2-7 MAC OS X 2-2 over MAC OS 9 2-6 Rsync 2-12 W eb browser 2-8 W indows 2-1 account preferer nces settings 1-17 active directory server .
NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Adm inistration M anual Index-2 v1.0, August 2007 D Default Gateway 1-5 Deleting a V olum e Flex-RAID 1-23 DHCP 1-7 enabling/disabiling 1-7 settings 1-2 Digital Living Network.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-3 v1.0, August 2007 setting 1-3 static, setting 1-3 iT unes S treaming Server 1-20 J jumbo frames performance settings 1-4 L Language settin.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Adm inistration M anual Index-4 v1.0, August 2007 health 3-1 updating 1-60 viewing Logs 3-2 replacement disks ordering 3-3 replacing disks increasing capacity 1-27 rese.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-5 v1.0, August 2007 UPS configuration of 1-64 performance, adding 1-58 USB 1-33 backing up to 3-9 flash device 1-33 formats, EXT3 1-33 forma.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Adm inistration M anual Index-6 v1.0, August 2007.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-7 v1.0, August 2007.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Adm inistration M anual Index-8 v1.0, August 2007.
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