NETGEAR Network Hardware RN10223D 100NAS User Manual

NETGEAR ReadyNAS  
User Guide  
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Contents  
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide  
About This Manual  
Conventions, Formats, and Scope .................................................................................... x  
Snapshots ..............................................................................................................1-28  
USB Storage ..........................................................................................................1-31  
Managing Your Shares .................................................................................................1-33  
Adding Shares ........................................................................................................1-34  
Managing Shares ...................................................................................................1-35  
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Performance ...........................................................................................................1-56  
Language ...............................................................................................................1-59  
Linux/Unix .......................................................................................................................2-7  
Web Browser ..................................................................................................................2-8  
Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters ..............................................2-13  
Chapter 3  
Maintenance and Administration  
Viewing System Status ...................................................................................................3-1  
Health .......................................................................................................................3-1  
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Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive ....................................................................3-9  
ReadyNAS1100 Backup .........................................................................................3-10  
RAID Levels Simplified  
RAID Level 0 ................................................................................................................. A-1  
RAID Level 1 ................................................................................................................. A-1  
RAID Level 5 ................................................................................................................. A-2  
Appendix B  
Input Field Format  
Appendix C  
Glossary  
Index  
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About This Manual  
Congratulations on your purchase of a ReadyNAS Network Attached Storage 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.  
The ReadyNAS Setup Manual takes you step-by-step through the FrontView Setup Wizard and  
explains each of the available options in detail, including many of the advanced options not  
described during the Setup Wizard process. The manual includes:  
Chapter 1, “Configuring Your ReadyNAS,” describes all the menus and tabs available in the  
FrontView Advanced Control mode.  
Chapter 2, “Accessing Shares from Your Operating System.” If you have already configured the  
ReadyNAS and you need help in accessing the shares on the ReadyNAS, skip to this chapter.  
Chapter 3, “Maintenance and Administration”:  
If a disk fails, learn about the proper procedure for replacing the failed disk in “Replacing a  
Failed Disk.”  
If you need to reinstall the firmware or reset the system back to the factory default  
configuration, see “Resetting Your System (System Switch)” for an explanation of both.  
“Changing User Passwords” covers users other than administrators can access FrontView to  
Appendix A, “RAID Levels Simplified,” explains the RAID levels that the ReadyNAS supports.  
Appendix B, “Input Field Format,” covers questions on what constitutes a valid input for  
hostname, workgroup, or password.  
Appendix C, “Glossary,” provides definitions for some of the technical terminologies used in this  
document.  
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Conventions, Formats, and Scope  
The conventions, formats, and scope of this manual are described in the following paragraphs:  
Typographical Conventions. This manual uses the following typographical conventions:  
Italic  
Emphasis, books, CDs, file and server names, extensions  
User input, IP addresses, GUI screen text  
Command prompts, CLI text, code  
URL links  
Bold  
Fixed  
italic  
Formats. This manual uses the following formats to highlight special messages:  
Note: This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest.  
Tip: This format is used to highlight a procedure that will save time or resources.  
Warning: Ignoring this type of note might result in a malfunction or damage to the  
equipment.  
Danger: This is a safety warning. Failure to take heed of this notice might result in  
personal injury or death.  
Scope. This manual is written for the ReadyNAS according to these specifications:  
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Chapter 1  
Configuring Your ReadyNAS  
The FrontView Advanced Control mode shows all of the settings available in the Setup Wizard  
plus some more advanced features. The basic network settings and other, optional, more advanced  
features are included in this chapter.  
NETGEAR ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID]  
Figure 1-1  
When you first switch to this mode, you see the menus on the left that allow you to quickly jump to  
the screen you want.  
As you click the menu buttons, you notice a similar theme across all screens. At the top right  
corner is the command bar that typically provides options to return to the Home screen, refresh the  
browser window, display Help where available, or to log out of this session. For security reasons,  
Logout acts only as a reminder to close the current browser session, which is necessary to securely  
log out.  
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Toward the bottom left, there are two buttons that allow you to switch back and forth between the  
Setup Wizard mode and the Advanced Control mode. At the bottom of the screen is the status bar  
including the date button on the left which, which clicked, links you to the Clock screen. The  
status lights to the right give a quick glimpse of the system device status.  
Figure 1-3  
Move the mouse pointer over the status light to display device information, or click a status light to  
display the status in more detail. Above the Status Lights is the Apply button. Use this to save any  
changes on the current screen.  
You can access your Network settings by selecting Network from the main menu. From the  
Network menu, you can then navigate to your basic network settings screens such as Interfaces,  
Global Settings, WINS and DHCP.  
Specifying Your Ethernet Connection Settings  
Select Network > Interfaces, and then select the Ethernet tab to specify network interface-specific  
settings for Standard Settings, VLAN Settings and Performance Settings.  
In the Standard Setting section, you can specify the IP address, network mask, speed/duplex  
mode, and MTU settings. In most networks where a DHCP server is enabled, you can simply  
specify the Use values from a DHCP server option to automatically set the IP address and  
network mask.  
Figure 1-4  
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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, NETGEAR  
advises that you set the lease time on the DHCP server/router to a value of at least a day.  
Otherwise, you might notice that the ReadyNAS IP address changes even when  
ReadyNAS has been powered down for only a few minutes. Most DHCP servers allow  
you to assign a static IP address for specified MAC addresses. If you have this option, this  
would be a good way to ensure your ReadyNAS maintains the same IP address even in  
DHCP mode.  
If you assign a static IP address by selecting Use values below, be aware that the browser  
will lose connection to the ReadyNAS device after the IP address has been changed. To  
reconnect after assigning a static IP address, open RAIDar and click Rescan to locate the  
device, and then reconnect.  
Speed/Duplex Mode. If you have a managed switch that works best if the devices are forced  
to a particular speed or duplex mode, you can select the setting you want. NETGEAR advises  
that you keep the setting in an Auto-negotiation mode otherwise.  
Figure 1-5  
MTU. In some network environments, changing the default MTU value can fix throughput  
problems. NETGEAR advises that you leave the default setting otherwise.  
Figure 1-6  
In the VLAN Settings (Virtual Local Area Network) area, you can specify whether to allow  
devices residing on different segments of a LAN to appear in the same segment or, conversely, to  
allow devices on the same switch to behave as through they belong to a different LAN.  
Figure 1-7  
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If you wish to use the ReadyNAS in a VLAN environment, select the Enable VLAN support  
check box, and enter a numeric VLAN tag. You need to reboot the ReadyNAS for the VLAN  
function to take effect.  
Warning: Do not enable VLAN support unless you are sure that your clients also  
support VLAN. Otherwise, you can lose network access to the ReadyNAS,  
and you might need to reinstall the firmware to disable the VLAN setting.  
In the Performance Setting area, the Enable jumbo frames option allows you to optimize the  
ReadyNAS for large data transfers such as multiple streams of video playback. Select this option if  
your NIC and your gigabit switch support jumbo frames.  
Note: The ReadyNAS supports a 7936 byte frame size, so for optimal performance, a  
switch capable of this frame size or larger should also be used.  
Figure 1-8  
If your ReadyNAS device comes with multiple Ethernet interfaces, you will see a separate  
configuration tab for each interface.  
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Global Network Settings  
Figure 1-9  
Hostname  
The Hostname you specify is used to advertise the ReadyNAS on your network. You can use the  
hostname to address the ReadyNAS in place of the IP address when accessing the ReadyNAS from  
Windows, or over OS X using SMB. This is also the name that appears in the RAIDar scan list.  
The default hostname is nas- followed by the last three bytes of your primary MAC address.  
Default Gateway  
The Default Gateway specifies the IP address of the system where your network traffic is routed if  
the destination is outside your subnet. In most homes and smaller offices, this is the IP address of  
the router connected to the cable modem or your DSL service.  
If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet or Wireless tab, the Default Gateway field is  
automatically populated with the setting from your DHCP server. If you selected the Static option,  
you can manually specify the IP addresses of the default gateway server here.  
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DNS Settings  
The DNS area allows you to specify up to three Domain Name Service servers for hostname  
resolution. The DNS service translates host names into IP addresses.  
If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet or Wireless tab, the Domain Name Server fields  
are automatically populated with the DNS settings from your DHCP server. If you selected the  
Static option, you can manually specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers and the domain name  
here.  
WINS  
The WINS option allows you to specify the IP address of the WINS (Windows Internet Naming  
Service) server. A WINS server is typically a Windows server on the network that allows the  
ReadyNAS or other devices on the network to be browsed from other subnets.  
Figure 1-10  
If you do not have an existing WINS server, you can designate the ReadyNAS to be one. Simply  
select the Become a WINS server check box, and configure your Windows PC to specify the  
ReadyNAS IP address as the WINS server. This can be useful if you wish to browse by hostname  
across multiple subnets (for example, over VPN).  
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DHCP  
The DHCP tab allows you to specify this device as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration  
Protocol) server. DHCP service simplifies management of a network by dynamically assigning IP  
addresses to new clients on the network.  
Figure 1-11  
Select the Enable DHCP service check box if you want the ReadyNAS device to act as a DHCP  
server. This is convenient in networks where DHCP service is not already available.  
Note: These options are available only if this device is not already using a DHCP address.  
Enabling DHCP service on a network already utilizing another DHCP server will  
result in conflicts. If you wish to use this device as a DHCP server, make sure to  
specify static addresses in the Ethernet and DNS tabs.  
Setting Up Security  
The Security tab allows you to set the administrator password, administer security, and set up the  
password recovery feature on the ReadyNAS.  
Admin Password  
The Admin Password tab allows you to change the administrator user password. The administrator  
user is the only user that can access FrontView, and this user has administrative privileges when  
accessing shares. Be sure to set a password different from the default password, and make sure that  
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this password is kept in a safe place. Anyone who obtains this password can effectively change or  
erase the data on the ReadyNAS.  
Figure 1-12  
Note: In User or Domain security mode, you can use the admin account to log in to a  
Windows share, and perform maintenance on any file or folder in that share. The  
admin user also has permission to access all user private home shares to perform  
backups.  
As a safeguard, you are requested to enter a password recovery question, the expected answer, and  
an e-mail address. If, in the future, you forget the password, you can go to  
https://<ReadyNAS ip_address>/password_recovery. Successfully answering the questions there  
resets the Admin Password, and that new password is sent to the e-mail address you enter on this  
screen.  
Figure 1-13  
Security Mode  
The ReadyNAS device offers three security options for your network environment. Select the most  
appropriate option based on the required level of security and your current network authentication  
scheme.  
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Share. The Share security mode is suitable for most home and small office environments,  
providing a simple way for people in a trusted environment to share files without the necessity  
of setting up separate user and group accounts. Shares that you create in this environment can  
be password protected if you want.  
User. A more appropriate selection for the medium-size office or workgroup environment is  
the User security mode. This mode allows you to set up user and group accounts to allow for  
more specific share access restrictions. Access to shares requires proper login authentication,  
and you can specify which users and/or groups you wish to offer access. As an example, you  
might want to restrict company financial data to just users belonging to one particular group.  
In this security mode, the administrator need to set up and maintain user and group accounts  
on the ReadyNAS device itself. In addition, each user account is automatically set up with a  
private home share on the ReadyNAS.  
Domain. The Domain security mode is most appropriate for larger department or corporate  
environments, where a centralized Windows-based domain controller or active directory  
server is present. The ReadyNAS device integrates in this environment by creating a trusted  
relationship with the domain/ADS authentication server and allowing all user authentications  
to occur there, eliminating the need for separate account administration on the device itself.  
Also, in this security mode, each domain/ADS user is automatically set up with a private home  
share on the ReadyNAS.  
Note: The FrontView management system slows down in proportion to the number of  
users in the domain. NETGEAR advises that you do not use the ReadyNAS in  
a domain environment with more than 1000 users.  
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Figure 1-14  
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 restrict share access with the use of an optional share  
password. Each user accesses the shares on the device as a common guest user and has the same  
read/write privilege as other users. This option supports setting disk quotas on a per-share basis.  
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You need to specify a workgroup only if you wish to change it from the default. 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. (period).  
The name must start with a letter.  
The name length mst be 15 characters or less.  
User Security Mode  
This option is ideal for medium-size offices or workgroups. Select this option if you would like to  
control access to shares based on user or group accounts and if your network does not utilize a  
domain controller for authentication. If you select this option, you will need to create a user  
account for anyone accessing this device. This option supports setting disk quotas on a per-user or  
per-group basis.  
In User security mode, you specify a workgroup name, and create user and group accounts. You  
have control over how much disk space is allocated for each user or group.  
Each user is given a home share on the ReadyNAS device that the user can use to keep private data  
such as backups of the user’s PC. This home share is accessible only by that user and the  
administrator in order to perform backups of the private shares. The option to automatically  
generate the private home share is controlled in the Accounts/Preferences tab, and you can disable  
it if you wish.  
Note: Private user shares are accessible only by users using CIFS (Windows) or  
AppleTalk file protocols.  
To set up the ReadyNAS for this security mode, you need the following information:  
Workgroup name  
Group names you wish to create (for example, Marketing, Sales, Engineering)  
User names you wish to create (plus e-mail addresses if you will be setting disk quotas)  
Amount of disk space you want to allocate to users and groups (optional)  
To change or set a workgroup name:  
1. Select the User radio button.  
2. Enter the name you want to use in the Workgroup field in the User section. The name can be  
the workgroup name that is already used on your Windows network.  
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3. Click Apply to save your changes.  
Domain Security Mode  
If you choose the Domain security mode option, you need to create a trusted relationship with the  
domain controller or the active directory server (ADS) that will act as the authentication server for  
the ReadyNAS device. You need the following information:  
Domain name  
Domain administrator login  
Domain administrator password  
If using ADS:  
DNS name of the ADS realm  
OU (Organization Unit). You can specify nested OUs by separating OU entries with  
commas. The lowest level OU must be specified first.  
Figure 1-15  
You can elect to have the ReadyNAS automatically auto-detect the domain controller, or you can  
specify the IP address. Sometimes auto-detect fails, and you need to supply the IP address of the  
domain controller to join the domain.  
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If you have a large number of users in your domain, you may want to clear the Display users from  
trusted domains... check box. The FrontView management system might slow down to an  
unusable state.  
Note: NETGEAR does not recommend the use of the ReadyNAS in a domain  
environment with more than 1000 users at this time.  
Click Apply to join the domain. If Auto-detection is successful, users and groups from the domain  
now have login access to the shares on this device.  
Accounts are managed on the domain controller. The ReadyNAS simply pulls the account  
information from the controller and displays it in the Accounts tab screen if you have the Display  
users from trusted domains… option enabled. If you wish, you can assign a disk quota to the  
domain users and groups. If e-mail addresses are specified, users are automatically notified when  
approaching and reaching their quotas.  
Setting Up User and Group Accounts  
In the User & Group Accounts security mode, the Accounts tab screen allows you to manage  
user and group accounts on the ReadyNAS.  
Managing Groups  
To add a new group:  
1. Select Manage Groups from the drop-down menu in the upper right corner.  
2. Select the Add Group tab if it is not already selected. You can add up to five groups at a time.  
If you expect to have just one big set of users for one group, you can forego adding a new  
group and accept the default users group.  
3. Click Apply to save your settings.  
If you want, a user can belong to multiple groups. Once you have created user accounts, you can  
specify secondary groups that the user can belong to. This allows for finer-grain settings for share  
access. For instance, you can have user Joe in the Marketing group also belong to the Sales group  
so Joe can access shares restricted to only the Marketing and Sales groups.  
While adding a new group, you can specify the amount of disk space you wish to allocate that  
group by setting a disk quota. A value of 0 denotes no limit. You can also set the Group ID, or  
GID, of the group that you are adding. You can leave this field blank and let the system  
automatically assign this value unless you wish to match your GID to your NFS clients.  
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Figure 1-16  
After adding your groups, you can view or change your groups by clicking the alphabetical index  
tab, or click All to list all groups.  
Figure 1-17  
If you wish to add a large number of groups, select Import group list from the pull-down menu.  
Figure 1-18  
You can upload a CSV (Comma Separated Value) formatted file containing the group account  
information. The format of the file is:  
name1,gid1,quota1,member11:member12:member13  
name2,gid2,quota2,member21:member22:member23  
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name3,gid3,quota3,member31:member32:member33  
:
Please note the following:  
Spaces around commas are ignored.  
The name field is required.  
Quota is set to default if not specified.  
GID is automatically generated if not specified.  
Empty fields are replaced with account defaults.  
Group members are optional.  
Examples of acceptable formats are as follows (note that you can omit follow-on commas and  
fields if you wish to accept the system defaults for those fields, or you can leave the fields empty):  
flintstones  
In this example, the group flintstonesis created with an automatically assigned GID and  
default quota.  
rubble,1007,5000,barney:betty  
In this example, the group rubblehas a GID of 1007, a quota of 5000 MB, with members  
barneyand betty.  
Managing Users  
To manage user accounts:  
1. Select Manage Users from the drop-down menu.  
2. Click the Add User tab to add a new user. You can add up to five users at a time. For each  
user, add the following information:  
User name,  
E-mail address  
User ID  
Select a group from the Group pull-down menu.  
Password  
Disk quota.  
3. Click Apply to save your settings.  
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Figure 1-19  
Only the user name and password fields are required; however, you should specify a user e-mail  
address if you intend to set up disk quotas. Without an e-mail address, the user will not be warned  
when disk usage approaches the specified disk quota limit. If you do not wish to assign a disk  
quota, enter 0.  
If you wish to add a large number of users, select Import user list from the pull-down menu.  
Figure 1-20  
Here, you can upload a CSV (Comma Separated Value) formatted file containing the user account  
information. The format of the file is:  
name1,password1,group1,email1,uid1,quota1  
name2,password2,group2,email2,uid2,quota2  
name3,password3,group3,email3,uid3,quota3  
:
Please note the following:  
Spaces around commas are ignored.  
The name and password fields are required.  
If a listed group account does not exist, it is automatically created.  
Group and quota are set to the defaults if not specified.  
E-mail notification is not sent to the user if the field is omitted or left blank.  
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UID is automatically generated if not specified.  
Empty fields are replaced with account defaults.  
Examples of acceptable formats are as follows (note that you can omit follow-on commas and  
fields if you wish to accept the system defaults for those fields, or you can leave the fields empty):  
fred,hello123  
In this example, user fred has a password set to hello123, belongs to the default group, receives no  
e-mail notification, has a UID assigned automatically, and has a default quota.  
barney,23stone,,barney@bedrock.com  
In this example, user barney has a password set to 23stone, belongs to the default group, receives  
e-mail notification sent to barney@bedrock.com, has a UID assigned automatically, and has a  
default quota.  
wilma,imhiswif,ourgroup,wilma@bedrock.com,225,50  
In this example, user wilma has a password imhiswif, belongs to the group ourgroup, receives e-  
mail notification sent to wilma@bedrock.com, has a UID set to 225, and a quota set to 50 MB.  
Setting Accounts Preferences  
You can set various account defaults by selecting Preferences option from the pull-down menu.  
Figure 1-21  
Selecting Services for Share Access  
The Services screen allows you to manage various services for share access. This in effect controls  
the type of clients you wish to allow access to the ReadyNAS. Three types of services are  
available: Standard File Protocols, Streaming Services, and Discovery Services. These different  
services are explained in the following sections.  
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Standard File Protocols  
The standard file protocols are common file-sharing services that allow your workstation clients to  
transfer files to and from the ReadyNAS using built-in file manager-over-network file protocols  
supported by the client operating system. The available services are:  
CIFS (Common Internet File Service). Sometimes referred to as SMB. This protocol is used  
mainly by Microsoft Windows clients, and sometimes by Mac OS X clients. Under Windows,  
when you click on My Network Places Network Neighborhood, you are going across CIFS.  
This service is enabled by default and cannot be disabled.  
NFS (Network File Service). NFS is used by Linux and Unix clients. Mac OS 9/X users can  
access NFS shares as well through console shell access. The ReadyNAS supports NFS v3 over  
UDP and TCP.  
AFP (Apple File Protocol). Mac OS 9 and OS X works best using this protocol as it handles  
an extensive character set. However, in mixed PC and Mac environments, it is advisable to use  
CIFS/SMB, unless enhanced character set support is necessary on the Mac.The ReadyNAS  
supports AFP 3.1.  
FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Widely used in public file upload and download sites.  
ReadyNAS supports anonymous or user access for FTP clients, regardless of the security  
mode selected. If you wish, you can elect to set up port forwarding to nonstandard ports for  
better security when accessing files over the Internet.  
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). Used by Web browsers. ReadyNAS supports HTTP file  
manager, allowing Web browsers to read and write to shares using the Web browser. This  
service can be disabled in lieu of HTTPS to allow for a more secure transmission of passwords  
and data. With the option to redirect default Web access to a specified share, you can  
transparently force access to http://readynas_ip to http://readynas_ip/share. This is useful  
if you do not want to expose your default share listing page to outsiders. All you need in the  
target share is an index file such as index.htm or index.html. You have the option of enabling  
or disabling login authentication to this share.  
HTTPS (HTTP with SSL encryption). This service is enabled by default and cannot be  
disabled. Access to FrontView is strictly through HTTPS for this reason. If you want remote  
Web access to FrontView or your HTTPS shares, you can specify a nonstandard port (default  
is 443) that you can forward on your router for better security. You can also regenerate the SSL  
key based on the hostname or IP address that users will use to address the ReadyNAS. This  
allows you to bypass the default dummy certificate warnings whenever users access the  
ReadyNAS over HTTPS.  
Rsync. An extremely popular and efficient form of incremental backup made popular in the  
Linux platform but now available for various other Unix systems as well as Windows and  
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Mac. Enabling rsync service on the ReadyNAS allows clients to use rsync to initiate backups  
to and from the ReadyNAS.  
Figure 1-22  
Streaming Services  
The built-in streaming services on the ReadyNAS allow you to stream multi-media content  
directly from the ReadyNAS, without the need to have your PC or Mac powered on.  
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Figure 1-23  
SlimServer provides music streaming to the popular Squeezebox music players from Slim  
Devices. You can click the http setup link for more detailed configuration options.  
iTunes Streaming Server enables iTunes clients to stream media files straight from the  
ReadyNAS. You can click the http setup link for more detailed configuration options.  
UPnP AV provides media streaming service to stand-alone networked home media adapters  
and networked DVD players that support the UPnP AV protocol or are Digital Living Network  
Alliance (DLNA) standard compliant. The ReadyNAS comes with a reserved media share that  
is advertised and recognized by the players. Simply copy your media files to the Videos,  
Music, and Pictures folders in that share to display them on your player. If you wish, you can  
specify a different media path where your files reside.  
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Home Media Streaming Server provides streaming of videos, music, and pictures to popular  
networked DVD players. The streaming players often utilize the streaming client developed by  
Syabas. Similar to UPnP AV, this service is used to stream videos, music, and pictures from the  
reserved media share to these adapters. If you wish to change the location where the media  
files are stored, you can specify a different share and folder path. Note that this path is shared  
between the UPnP AV and this service.  
Discovery Services  
Bonjour service provides a simple way of discovering various services on the ReadyNAS.  
Bonjour currently provides an easy way to connect to FrontView, IPP printing, and AFP  
services. OS X has built-in Bonjour support, and you can download Bonjour for Windows  
from Apple’s website.  
UPnP provides a means for UPnP-enabled clients to discover the ReadyNAS on your LAN.  
Figure 1-24  
Understanding Volume Management  
The ReadyNAS family consists of two RAID volume technologies: Flex-RAID, utilizing the  
industry-standard RAID levels 0, 1, and 5; and X-RAID, NETGEAR-patented expandable RAID  
technology. Your system defaults to one or the other; however, you can switch between the two  
modes through a factory default reset process described in “Resetting Your System (System  
Switch)” on page 3-6.”  
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There are advantages to both technologies.  
Flex-RAID:  
The default volume can be deleted and re-created, with or without the snapshot reserved  
space.  
Hot spare disk is supported.  
Full volume management is available—you can create a volume utilizing RAID level 0, 1,  
or 5, specify the size of the volume, delete a disk from a volume, assign a hot spare, and so  
on.  
Multiple volumes are supported, each with a different RAID level, snapshot schedule and  
disk quota definition.  
Each disk can be replaced, one by one, then rebuilt; after the last disk is replaced, another  
data volume utilizing the newly added capacity can be configured.  
X-RAID:  
One-volume technology, but supports volume expansion, either by with the addition of  
more disks or the replacement of an existing disk with larger capacity disks.  
You can start out with one disk, and add up to three more disks when you need them or can  
afford them.  
Volume management is automatic. Add a second disk, and it becomes a mirror to the first.  
Add a third disk and your capacity doubles; add a fourth, and your capacity triples—the  
expansion occurring while redundancy is maintained.  
In the future, you will be able to replace disks, one at a time, have each one finish  
rebuilding and, after the last disk is replaced, your volume will automatically expand to  
utilize the new capacity.  
Volume Management for Flex-RAID  
If you want to reconfigure the default volume C, split it into multiple volumes, specify a different  
RAID level, or specify a larger reserved space for snapshots, you need to reconfigure your volume.  
The first step is to delete the existing volume you want to replace.  
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Deleting a Volume  
To delete a volume, select the Volume tab of the volume you wish to delete (if there are multiple  
volumes) and click Delete Volume (in this case only Volume C is configured).  
Warning: Make sure that you back up the files you wish to keep before deleting a  
volume. All shares, files, and snapshots residing on that volume will be  
deleted are non-recoverable!  
Figure 1-25  
You are asked to confirm your intention by typing DELETE VOLUME.  
Figure 1-26  
Adding a Volume  
After deleting the volume, Add Volume tab displays listing the available configurable space on the  
hard disks. All the disks are selected by default. You can elect to specify a hot spare disk if you  
wish. A hot spare remains in standby mode and automatically regenerates the data from a failed  
disk from the volume. A hot spare disk is available for RAID level 1 and RAID level 5 only if  
there are enough disks to fulfill the required minimum plus one.  
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Figure 1-27  
To add a volume:  
1. Select the hard disks. In this example, we select the first three disks and elect not to specify  
any of them as a hot spare.  
2. Select the RAID level. RAID level determines how the redundancy, capacity utilization, and  
performance are implemented for the volume. See Appendix A, “RAID Levels Simplified,”  
for more information. Typically in a configuration of three or more disks, RAID level 5 is  
recommended.  
In our example, we selected RAID level 5 for the three selected disks.  
3. Specify the reserve space for a snapshot. Next, select the percentage of the volume you wish to  
allocate for snapshots. You can specify 0 if you wish to disable snapshot capability, or you can  
specify a percentage in 5 percent increments from 5 to 50 percent.  
The percentage represents the amount of data you think changes while the snapshot is active.  
This typically depends on how often you schedule your snapshot to occur (see “Taking and  
Scheduling Snapshots” on page 1-28), and the maximum amount of data (plus padding) you  
think changes during that time. Make sure to allocate enough space for a worst case as the  
snapshot becomes unusable when its reserved space runs out.  
In our example, we selected 10 percent of the volume to be reserved for snapshots.  
Note: If you do not reserve any space for snapshots, the snapshot tab is not displayed  
in the Volume tab.  
4. Specify the desired volume size. After you specify the volume parameters, enter the  
appropriate volume size—if you wish to configure a smaller volume size than the maximum  
displayed. The resulting volume will be approximately the size that is specified.  
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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.  
After rebooting, you are notified by e-mail when the volume has been added. Use RAIDar to  
reconnect to the NAS device.  
RAID Settings  
After you have added a volume, you can return to the Volume tab and click the RAID Settings tab  
to display the current RAID information and configuration options for the volume.  
Notice that the disk on Channel 4 that we did not configure is listed in the Available Disks section.  
We can add this disk as a hot spare by clicking Make hot spare.  
Figure 1-28  
We can also remove a disk from the volume by clicking Remove. The volume will still be  
available but in a non-redundant state. An additional disk failure would render this volume  
unusable.  
Note: The Remove operation is a maintenance feature. NETGEAR recommends that you  
do not use it in a live environment. Its function is equivalent to hot-removing the  
disk or simulating a disk failure.  
The Locate option is a way to verify that a disk is correctly situated in the expected disk slot.  
Clicking Locate causes disk LED to blink for 15 seconds.  
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Volume Management for X-RAID  
The X-RAID technology offers a simplified approach to volume management. X-RAID works on  
the premise that what most people want to do with their data volume over time is either adding  
redundancy or expanding it without the headaches usually associated with doing that. By using  
simple rules, X-RAID is able to hide all the complexities yet provide volume management features  
previously available only in enterprise-level storage solutions.  
X-RAID Redundancy Overhead. To maintain redundancy from disk failure, X-RAID  
requires a one-disk overhead. In a two-disk X-RAID volume, the usable capacity is one disk.  
In a three-disk X-RAID volume, the usable capacity is two disks. In a four-disk X-RAID  
volume, the usable capacity is three disks.  
X-RAID has One Data Volume. X-RAID devices have only one data volume. This volume  
encompasses one to four disks, utilizing the capacity of the smallest disk from each disk. For  
instance, if you had one 80 GB disk and two 250 GB disks, only 80 GB from each disk is used  
in the volume. (The leftover space on the 250 GB disks is reclaimed only when the 80 GB disk  
is replaced with a 250 GB or greater capacity disk. See “Replacing All Your Disks for More  
Capacity” on page 1-27.”)  
Figure 1-29  
Adding a Second Disk for Redundancy  
A one-disk X-RAID device has no redundancy and provides no protection from a disk failure.  
However, if and when you feel the need for redundancy, simply power down the device, add a new  
disk with at least the capacity of the first disk, and power on. Depending on the size of the disk,  
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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 Capacity  
At a certain point, you will want more capacity. With typical RAID volumes, you have to back up  
your data to another system (with enough space), add a new disk, reformat your RAID volume,  
and restore your data back to the new RAID volume.  
Not so with X-RAID. Simply add the third disk using the ReadyNAS hot-swap trays. If you are  
adding multiple disks at the same time, or if your ReadyNAS is not hot-swap capable, power down  
the ReadyNAS, add the disk(s), and power back on. The X-RAID device initializes and scans the  
newly added disk(s) for bad sectors in the background. You can continue working normally  
without any lag in performance. When the process finishes, you will be alerted by e-mail to reboot  
the device.  
During the boot process, your data volume will be expanded. This process typically takes about 15  
to 30 minutes per disk to several hours or longer, depending on the size of your disks, or the  
quantity of data on your volume. A 250 GB disk takes approximately 30 minutes. Access to the  
ReadyNAS is not permitted during this time. You will be notified by e-mail when the process is  
complete.  
After you receive your e-mail, the ReadyNAS will have been expanded with the capacity from  
your new disk(s).  
Replacing All Your Disks for More Capacity  
A year or so down the line when you find the need more disk space, and 600 GB disks are  
available at an attractive price, you can expand your volume capacity by replacing the existing  
disks. Keep in mind that you must power down several times to replace out your old disks.  
First, power down the ReadyNAS, replace the first disk with the large-capacity disk, and then  
reboot. If your ReadyNAS supports hot-swapping, you can hot-swap the disk without powering  
down. The ReadyNAS will detect that a new disk was put in place and resynchronizes the disk  
with data from the removed disk. This process takes several hours, depending on disk capacity.  
The disk is initialized and scanned for bad sectors first before the rsync process is started. The total  
time from the start of initialization to the end of resynchronization can be around 5 hours or more,  
depending on disk capacity. You will be notified by e-mail upon completion.  
Upon completion, power down, replace the second disk with another large-capacity disk, and  
reboot. This process is the same as for the first disk; repeat this process for the third and fourth  
disks, as well.  
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When you receive a completion notification for the fourth disk, reboot the ReadyNAS. During  
reboot, volume capacity is expanded with the additional capacity from each disk. For instance, if  
you replaced four 250GB disks with four 600GB disks, the capacity of the volume increases by  
approximately 350GB x 3 (the fourth disk is reserved for parity). The expansion process takes  
several hours depending on the expanded capacity, and you will be notified by e-mail when the  
process is complete. There is no access to the ReadyNAS during this time.  
Changing between X-RAID and Flex-RAID Modes  
You can switch between X-RAID and Flex-X-RAID modes. The process involves setting the  
ReadyNAS to the factory default and using RAIDar to configure the volume during a 10-minute  
delay window during boot. See Chapter 3, “Resetting Your System (System Switch) for more  
information.  
Snapshots  
The Volume screen allows you to schedule and take snapshots. You can visualize a snapshot as a  
frozen image of a volume at the time you take the snapshot. Snapshots are typically used for  
backups, during which time the original volume can continue to operate normally. As primary  
storage becomes larger, offline backups tend to become increasingly difficult as backup time  
increases beyond offline hours. Snapshots allow backups to occur without the need to take your  
systems offline.  
Snapshots also can be used as temporary backups. For example, if a file on the NAS device  
becomes infected with a virus, the uninfected file can be restored from a prior snapshot taken  
before the attack.  
Taking and Scheduling Snapshots  
To take or schedule a snapshot:  
1. Click the Snapshot tab The Snapshot screen will display.  
You can specify how often a snapshot should be taken. Snapshots can be scheduled in intervals  
from once every 4 hours to once a week.  
Note: If you do not see a Snapshot tab within your volume tab, you did not reserve any  
space for snapshots when you added the volume. The ReadyNAS ships with a  
snapshot reserved space of 5 GB.  
2. Specify the frequency and the days that you wish to schedule a snapshot:  
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If you specify a start and end time of 00:00, ReadyNAS will take one snapshot at  
midnight. A start time of 00:00 and an end time of 23:00 will set snapshots to be taken  
between midnight and 11 pm the next day at the interval you specify. Once you save the  
snapshot schedule, the time of the next snapshot is displayed. When the next snapshot is  
taken, the previous one is replaced.  
Figure 1-30  
If you prefer, you can manually take a snapshot by clicking Take Snapshot Now.  
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You can also specify how long a snapshot should last. If you will be using snapshots for  
backups, you can schedule the snapshot to last slightly longer than the expected duration of the  
backup. Having an active snapshot can affect the write performance to the ReadyNAS, so  
deactivating it when it is not needed might be advantageous in write-intensive environments.  
When a snapshot is taken, snapshots of shares appear in your browse list alongside the original  
shares, except the snapshot share names have -snap appended to the original share names. For  
example, a snapshot taken of a share backup is available as backup-snap.  
Figure 1-32  
You can traverse a snapshot share just as you would a normal share except that the snapshot share  
is read-only. If you wish, you can select a detailed listing to show the snapshot time in the  
Description field.  
Snapshots can expire when the reserved snapshot space is filled. The snapshot mechanism keeps  
track of data that has been changed from the original volume starting at the point when the  
snapshot is taken. All these changes are kept in the reserved snapshot space on the volume. The  
Disk space utilization field on the Volume screen shows how much space has been reserved for  
snapshots.  
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After the snapshot is taken, if changes on the volume exceed this reserved space, the snapshot is  
invalidated and can no longer be used.  
Note: Changes that occupy space in the reserved snapshot space include new file  
creation, modifications, and deletions; for instance, any time you delete a 1MB file,  
the change caused by the deletion uses up 1MB of reserved space.  
When the snapshot does become invalidated, an e-mail alert is sent and the status reflected on the  
Snapshot screen. The snapshot is no longer usable at this stage.  
Resizing Snapshot Space  
If you are constantly getting snapshot invalidation alerts, you might want to either increase the  
frequency of the snapshot or consider increasing the reserved snapshot space. To do this, or to  
eliminate your existing snapshot space (thus increasing your usable volume space), you can  
specify the snapshot space you want in the Snapshot Space section. Simply select a value from the  
pull-down menu and click Save. Your snapshot space will be limited to approximately 100GB.  
Figure 1-34  
Resizing the snapshot space will occur offline and can take a while depending on your data volume  
size and the number of files in your volume. Expanding the snapshot space reduces your data  
volume size, and reducing the snapshot space expands it.  
Note: Because of the way snapshots work, you will encounter a drop in write  
performance when a snapshot is active. If your environment requires the highest  
throughput in performance, the active snapshot should be deleted, or you should set  
a limit on how long the snapshot should be live.  
USB Storage  
The USB tab displays the USB disk and flash devices connected to the ReadyNAS, and offers  
various options for these devices. A flash device appears as USB_FLASH_1 and a disk device  
appears as USB_HDD_1. If you have multiple devices, they appear appended by an increasing  
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device number; for example, USB_HDD_2. If the device contains multiple partitions, the  
partitions are listed beneath the main device entry.  
Figure 1-35  
Partitions on the storage devices must be one of the following file system formats:  
FAT32  
NTFS  
Ext2  
Ext3  
To the right of the access icons are command options for the device. The following commands are  
available:  
Disconnect  
This option prepares the USB partition for disconnection by correctly unmounting the file  
system. In most cases, you can safely disconnect the device without first unmounting;  
however, the Disconnect command ensures that any data still in the write cache is  
written out to the disks and that the file system is properly closed. The Disconnect option  
unmounts all partitions on the device. Once disconnected, physically remove and re-  
connect to the ReadyNAS to regain access the USB device,.  
Locate  
In cases where you attach multiple storage devices and wish to determine which device  
corresponds to the device listing, the Locate command causes the device LED to blink, if  
present.  
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Format FAT32  
Format EXT3  
This option formats the device as a FAT32 file system. FAT32 format is easily  
recognizable by most newer Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems.  
This option formats the device as an EXT3 file system. Select this option if you will be  
accessing the USB device mainly from Linux systems or ReadyNAS devices. The  
advantage of EXT3 over FAT32 is that file ownership and mode information can be  
retained using this format, whereas this capability is not there with FAT32. Although not  
natively present in the base operating system, Ext3 support for Windows and OS X can  
be added. The installation images can be downloaded from the Web.  
When the USB device is unmounted, you have 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.  
The USB storage shares are listed in the Share screen, and access restrictions can be specified  
there. The share names reflect the USB device names.  
USB Flash Device Option  
Toward the lower portion of the USB Storage screen is the USB Flash Device Option section (see  
Figure 1-35 on page 1-32). There, you can elect to copy the content of a USB flash device  
automatically on connection to a specified share. Files are copied into a unique timestamp folder to  
prevent overwriting previous contents. This is useful for uploading pictures from digital cameras  
and music from MP3 players without needing to power on a PC.  
In User security mode, an additional option to set the ownership of the copied files is available.  
Managing Your Shares  
The Shares menu provides all the options pertaining to share services for the ReadyNAS device.  
This entails share management (including data and print shares), volume management, and share  
service management.  
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Adding Shares  
To add a share:  
1. From the main menu, select Volumes > Volume Settings. If more than one volume is  
configured, click on the volume you wish to add the share.  
2. Select Add Shares. Add Shares has two views, depending on the security mode. In the Add  
Shares screen, enter the share name, description and, optionally, the password and disk quota.  
(The share password and share disk quota are available only in the security mode).  
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In the User or Domain security modes, the Add Share tab consists only 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. Once you finish adding the shares, refer to Chapter 2, “Accessing Shares  
from Your Operating System for instructions on how to access them from different client  
interfaces.  
Managing Shares  
Once you have added shares, you can manually fine-tune share access by selecting Share List. This  
screen has two views, one for Share Security mode and one for User and Domain mode. They are  
similar except for the password and disk quota prompts which appear only in Share mode.  
Figure 1-38  
If you want to delete a share, select the check box on the far right of the share listing and click  
Delete.  
The columns to the left of the Delete check box represent the services that are currently available.  
The access icons in those columns summarize the status of the service and the access rights to the  
share for each of the services. Move the mouse pointer over the access icons to view the access  
settings.  
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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.  
Read Access with exceptions. Either (1) access to this share is read-only and allowed only for  
specified hosts, (2) access is read-only except for one or more users or groups that are granted  
read/write permission, or (3) access is disabled except for one or more users or groups that are  
granted read-only privilege.  
Write Access with exceptions – Either (1) access to this share is read/write and allowed only  
for specified hosts, (2) access is read/write except for one or more users or groups that are  
restricted to read-only access, or (3) access is disabled except for one or more users or groups  
that are granted read/write privilege.  
You can click on the access icons to display the Share Options screen, where you can set the access  
rules for each file protocol. Keep in mind that access options differ between protocols.  
Setting Share Access in Share Mode  
In Share mode, the CIFS (Windows) share options screen looks like the following:  
Figure 1-40  
To set share access:  
1. Select the Default Access from the pull-down menu at the top.  
2. Select the Hosts allowed access check box and specify one or more hosts that you wish to  
restrict access to in the adjacent field.  
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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. To allow only host 192.168.2.101 read-only access to  
the share, specify the following:  
Default: Read-only  
Hosts allowed access: 192.168.2.101  
Multiple hosts can be separated with commas (see Appendix B, “Input Field Format” for  
information about valid host formats.) For example, if you wish to limit share access to particular  
hosts, you can enter host IP addresses or valid DNS hostnames in the Host allowed access field. In  
addition, you can enter a range of hosts using common IP range expressions such as:  
192.168.2., 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0, 192.168.2.0/24  
These designations all allow hosts with IP addresses 192.168.2.1 through 192.168.2.254.  
Toward the bottom of the CIFS screen are the Share Display Option, Recycle Bin, and Advanced  
CIFS Permissions. Refer to the descriptions for these options in the sections that follow.  
Setting Share Access in User and Domain Modes  
In User or Domain modes, the CIFS screen looks like the following (note the addition of Read-  
only and Write-enabled user and group fields)  
Figure 1-41  
Share Access Restriction. If you wish to limit share access to particular users and/or groups,  
you can enter their names in the Read-only users, Read-only groups, Write-enabled users, and  
Write-enabled group fields. The names must be valid accounts, either on the ReadyNAS or on  
the domain controller.  
For instance, if you wish to allow read-only access to all and read/write access only user fred and  
group engr, you would set the following:  
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Default: Read-only  
Write-enabled users: fred  
Write-enabled groups: engr  
If you wish to limit this access only to hosts 192.168.2.101 and 192.168.2.102, set the following:  
Default: Read-only  
Hosts allowed access: 192.168.2.101, 192.168.2.102  
Write-enabled users: fred  
Write-enabled groups: engr  
If you wish to specify some users and groups for read-only access and some for read/write access,  
and disallow all other users and groups, enter the following:  
Default: Disabled  
Hosts allowed access: 192.168.2.101, 192.168.2.102  
Read-only users: mary, joe  
Read-only groups: marketing, finance  
Write-enabled users: fred  
Write-enabled groups: engr  
Note that access control differs slightly from service to service.  
Share Display Option. Restricting access to a share does not prevent users from seeing the  
share in the browse list. In certain instances, you might not want this, such as for backup shares  
that you might want to prevent users from seeing.  
To hide a share, select the Hide this share… check box. Users who have access to this share must  
specify the path explicitly. For example, to access a hidden share, enter \\host\share in the  
Windows Explorer address bar.  
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Recycle Bin. The ReadyNAS can have a Recycle Bin for each share for Windows users. The  
Enable Recycle Bin option is shown at the bottom of the CIFS screen.  
When this check box is selected, whenever you delete a file, the file gets inserted into the Recycle  
Bin folder in the share rather than being permanently deleted. This allows for a grace period during  
which users can restore deleted files.  
Figure 1-43  
You can specify how long to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and how large the Recycle Bin can  
get before files get permanently erased.  
Advanced CIFS Permission. The Advanced CIFS Permission section offers options for  
setting the default permission of new files and folders created through CIFS. The default  
permission of newly created files is read/write for the owner and owner’s group and read-only for  
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others (that is, everyone). Permission for newly created folders is read/write for everyone. If the  
default does not satisfy your security requirement, you can change it here.  
Opportunistic locking (often referred to as oplocks) enhances CIFS performance by allowing files  
residing on the NAS to be cached locally on the Windows client, thus eliminating network latency  
when the files are constantly accessed.  
Figure 1-44  
Advanced Options  
The Advanced Options tab offers advanced low-level file manipulation options that can affect  
remote file access through all file protocol interfaces. Care should be taken before you use these  
options as anything that changes ownership and permissions might not be easily reversible.  
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Advanced Share Permission. The Advanced Share Permission section offers the options to  
override the default ownership and permission of the share folder on the embedded file system and  
to permeate these settings to all files and folders residing on the selected share. The Set ownership  
and permission for existing files and folders option performs a one-time change. Depending on  
the size of the share, this can take a while to finish.  
You can also grant rename and delete privilege to non-owners of the files option. In a collaborative  
environment, you might want to enable this option. In a more security-conscious environment, you  
might want to disable this option.  
USB Shares  
USB storage devices are shared using the name of the device appended with the partition number.  
You can change the base device name in Volumes > USB Storage, if you want. The ReadyNAS  
attempts to remember the name as long as there is a unique ID associated with the USB device so  
that the next time the device is connected, the same share name(s) will be available. Share access  
restrictions are not saved across disconnects, however.  
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Note: Although access authorization is based on user login in non-Share mode, files  
saved on the USB device, regardless of the user account, are with UID 0. This is to  
allow easy sharing of the USB device with other ReadyNAS and PC systems.  
Configuring Backup Jobs  
The Backup Manager integrated with the ReadyNAS allows the ReadyNAS to act as a powerful  
backup appliance. Backup tasks can be controlled directly from the ReadyNAS without the need  
for a client-based backup application.  
With the flexibility to support incremental backups over CIFS/SMB, NFS, and rsync protocols,  
and full backups over FTP and HTTP protocols, the ReadyNAS can act as a simple central  
repository for both home and office environments. And with multiple ReadyNAS systems, you can  
set up one ReadyNAS to back up another directly.  
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Adding a New Backup Job  
To create a new backup job, select Add a New Backup Job. A 4-step procedure screen for  
creating a job displays.  
Figure 1-47  
Step 1 – Select Backup Source  
The backup source can be located remotely, or it can be a public or a private home share, or all  
home shares on the ReadyNAS.  
A USB device appears as a share, so if you want to back up a USB device, select a share name. If  
you want to back up data from a remote source, select from one of the following:  
Windows/NAS (Timestamp). Select this if you wish to back up a share from a Windows PC.  
Incremental backups use timestamps to determine whether files should be backed up.  
Windows/NAS (Archive Bit). Select this if you wish to back up a share from a Windows PC.  
Incremental backups use the archive bit of files, similar to Windows, to determine whether  
they should be backed up.  
Website. Select this if you wish to back up a website or a website directory. The backed up  
files include files in the default index file and all associated files, as well as all index file links  
to web page image files.  
FTP site. Select this if you wish to back up an FTP site or a path from that site.  
NFS server. Select this option if you wish to back up from a Linux or UNIX server across  
NFS. Mac OS X users can also use this option by setting up a NFS share from the console  
terminal.  
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Rsync server. Select this if you wish to perform backups from a rsync server. Rsync was  
originally available for Linux and other flavors of UNIX, but has lately become popular under  
Windows and Mac for its efficient use of incremental file transfers. This is the preferred  
backup method between two ReadyNAS devices.  
Once you have selected a backup source, you can enter the path from that source. If you selected a  
ReadyNAS share, you can either leave the path blank to backup the entire share, or enter a folder  
path. Note that you should use forward slashes (/), in place of backslashes (\).  
If you selected a remote source, each remote protocol uses a slightly different notation for the path.  
If the path field is empty, selecting the remote source in the pull-down menu shows an example  
format of the path. Following are some examples:  
Examples of an FTP path:  
ftp://myserver/mypath/mydir  
ftp://myserver/mypath/mydir/myfile  
Examples of a website path:  
http://www.mywebsite.com  
http://192.168.0.101/mypath/mydir  
Examples of a Windows or remote NAS path:  
//myserver/myshare  
//myserver/myshare/myfolder  
//192.168.0.101/myshare/myfolder  
Examples of an NFS path:  
myserver:/mypath  
192.168.0.101:/mypath/myfolder  
Examples of a Rsync path:  
myserver::mymodule/mypath  
192.168.0.101::mymodule/mypath  
Examples of a local path:  
myfolder  
media/Videos  
My Folder  
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My Documents/My Pictures  
With a remote source, you might need to enter a login and password to access the share. If you are  
accessing a password-protected share on a remote ReadyNAS server configured for Share security  
mode, enter the name of the share name for login.  
To make sure that you have proper access to the backup source, click Test Connection before  
continuing.  
Step 2 – Select Backup Destination  
The Step 2 process is almost identical to Step 1 except that you are now specifying the backup  
destination. If you selected a remote backup source, you need to select a public or a private home  
share on the ReadyNAS (either the source or destination must be local to the ReadyNAS). If you  
selected a ReadyNAS share for the source, you can either enter another local ReadyNAS share for  
the destination, or you can specify a remote backup destination.  
Figure 1-48  
The remote backup destination can be a Windows PC/ReadyNAS system, an NFS server, or a  
rsync server. Note that you can select rsync for a remote ReadyNAS if it is configured to serve  
data over rsync.  
Step 3 – Choose Backup Schedule  
You can select a backup schedule as frequently as once every 4 hours daily or just once a week.  
The backup schedule is offset by 5 minutes from the hour to allow you to schedule snapshots on  
the hour (snapshots are almost instantaneous) and perform backups of those snapshots (see  
“Snapshots” on page 1-28 to set up a snapshot schedule).  
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If you wish, you can elect not to schedule the backup job so that you can invoke it manually  
instead by clearing (deselecting) the Perform backup every... check box. (You might want to do  
this if your ReadyNAS has a backup button.)  
Figure 1-49  
Step 4 – Choose Backup Options  
In this last step, you can set up how you want backups to be performed. To set up a backup  
schedule:  
1. Schedule a full backup. Select when you want full backups to be performed. You can elect to  
do this just the first time, every week, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, every 4 weeks, or every  
time this backup job is invoked.  
The first full backup is performed at the next scheduled occurrence of the backup depending  
on the schedule you specify, and the next full backup is performed at the weekly interval you  
choose calculated from this first backup. Incremental backup is performed between the full  
backup cycles.  
Backups of a Web or FTP site only have the option to do a full backup every time.  
2. Send a backup log. Backup logs can be sent to the users on the Alert contact list when the  
backup is complete. It is a good idea to select this option to make sure that files are backed up  
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as expected. You can elect to send only errors encountered during backup, full backup logs  
consisting of file listings (can be large), or status and errors (status refers to completion status).  
Note: Backup log e-mails are restricted to approximately 10K lines. To view the full  
backup log (regardless of length), select Status > Logs and click the Download  
All Logs link.  
3. Remove files from backup destination. Select if you want to erase the destination path  
contents before the backup is performed. Be careful not to reverse your backup source and  
destination as doing so can delete your source files for good. It is safer to not select this option  
unless your device is running low on space. Do experiment with a test share to make sure you  
understand this option.  
4. Remove deleted files on backup target for rsync. By default, files deleted in the backup  
source will not get deleted in the backup destination. With rsync, you have the option of  
simulating mirror mode by removing files in the backup destination deleted from the backup  
source since the last backup. Select this option if you wish to do this. Experiment with a test  
share to make sure that you understand this option.  
5. Change ownership of backup files. The Backup Manager attempts to maintain original file  
ownership whenever possible; however, this might cause problems in Share Security mode  
when backup files are accessed. To work around this, you have the option of automatically  
changing the ownership of the backed-up files to match the ownership of the share. This  
allows anyone who can access the backup share to have full access to the backed-up files.  
6. Click Apply to save your settings.  
Before trusting your backup job to a schedule, it is a good practice to manually perform the backup  
to make sure that access to the remote backup source or destination is granted, and that the backup  
job can be done within the backup frequency you selected. This can be done after you save the  
backup job.  
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Viewing the Backup Schedule  
After saving the backup job, a new job appears in the Backup Schedule section of the Backup Jobs  
screen.  
Figure 1-50  
A summary of the backup jobs that have been scheduled are shown; jobs are numbered beginning  
at 001.  
To manage your backup jobs:  
1. Click the Job number icon to modify the selected backup job.  
2. Enable or disable job scheduling by selecting/clearing the Enable check box. Disabling the  
job does not delete the job, but removes it from the automatic scheduling queue.  
3. Click Delete to permanently remove the job.  
4. Click Go to manually start the backup job. The status changes when the backup starts, when  
an error is encountered, or when the job has finished.  
5. Select the View Log link to check a detailed status of the backup.  
6. click Clear Logs to refresh and clear the current log detail.  
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Programming the Backup Button  
On ReadyNAS systems that have the Backup Button feature, you can 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).  
Figure 1-51  
Simply select the backup jobs in the order that you want them run and click Apply. Pressing the  
Backup Button once starts the job(s).  
Viewing the Backup Log  
You can view the backup log while the job is in progress or after it has finished.  
Figure 1-52  
The log format might differ depending on the backup source and destination type that was  
selected, but you can see when the job was started and finished, and whether it was completed  
successfully or with errors.  
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Editing a Backup Job  
To 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 job log. You can then make  
appropriate changes or adjustments to the job.  
Setting Up Printers  
The ReadyNAS device supports automatic recognition of USB printers. If you have not already  
done so, you can connect a printer now, wait a few seconds, and click Refresh to display detected  
printers. The print share name automatically reflects the manufacturer and model of your printer  
and is listed in the USB Printers section of the Print Queue service screen.  
Figure 1-53  
Print Shares over CIFS/SMB  
The ReadyNAS can act as a print server for up to two USB printers for your Windows or Mac  
clients.  
To set up a printer in Windows:  
1. Click Browse in RAIDar or simply enter \\hostname in the Windows Explorer address bar to  
list all data and printer shares on the ReadyNAS.  
2. Double-click the printer icon to assign a Windows driver.  
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Figure 1-54  
IPP Printing  
The ReadyNAS also supports the IETF standard Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) over HTTP. Any  
client supporting IPP printing (IPP is available natively on the latest Windows XP OS and OS X)  
can now use this protocol to utilize printers connected to the ReadyNAS. The simplest way to  
utilize IPP printing is to use Bonjour to discover and set up the print queue. Bonjour is built into  
OS X and can be installed on Windows computers (Bonjour for Windows is available for  
download from the Apple website at http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bonjour/).  
Managing Print Queues  
From time to time, printers might run out of ink or paper, or simply jam up, forcing you to deal  
with the print jobs stuck in a queue. The ReadyNAS has a built-in print queue management to  
handle this. Simply select the USB Printers tab or click Refresh to display the printers and the jobs  
queued up for any “stuck” printers.  
Figure 1-55  
Select the radio button next to the print job and click Delete Print Job to remove a job (or all jobs)  
from the print queue.  
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Managing Your ReadyNAS System  
To set up and manage your ReadyNAS effectively, make sure that you review the settings in the  
following sections, and implement any necessary modifications or updates.  
Clock  
An accurate time setting on the Clock screen is required to ensure proper file timestamps. You can  
access the Clock screen by selecting System > Clock from the main menu.  
System Time  
The Select Timezone section and the Select Current Time section of the Clock screen allow you to  
set the Timezone, and the Date and Time.  
Figure 1-56  
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NTP Option  
You can elect to synchronize the system time on the device with a remote NTP (Network Time  
Protocol) server. You can elect to keep the default servers or enter up to two NTP servers closer to  
your locale. You can find an available public NTP servers by searching the Web.  
Alerts  
In the event of a device or an enclosure failure, a quota violation, low-disk space warning, and  
other system events requiring your attention, e-mail alerts are sent. The Alerts screen is accessed  
by selecting System > Alerts from the main menu.  
Alerts Contacts  
The Contacts tab allows you to specify up to three e-mail addresses where system alerts will be  
sent. The ReadyNAS device has a robust system monitoring feature and sends e-mail alerts if  
something appears to be wrong or when a device has failed. Make sure to enter a primary e-mail  
address and a backup one if possible.  
Figure 1-57  
Some e-mail addresses can be tied to a mobile phone. This is a great way to monitor the device  
when you are away from your desk.  
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Alerts Settings  
This ReadyNAS device has been preconfigured with mandatory and optional alerts for various  
system device warnings and failures. The Settings tab allows you to control the settings for the  
optional alerts.  
Figure 1-58  
NETGEAR strongly recommends that you keep all alerts enabled; however, you might choose to  
disable an alert if you are aware of a problem and wish to temporarily disable it.  
At the bottom of the screen in the Other Alert Settings section, there are a couple of additional  
options of note. Selecting the Power-off NAS when a disk fails or no longer responds option  
gracefully powers off the ReadyNAS if a disk failure or a disk remove event is detected. Selecting  
the Power-off NAS when disk temperature exceeds safe level gracefully powers off the  
ReadyNAS when the disk temperature exceeds the nominal range.  
SNMP  
If you utilize an SNMP management system such as HP OpenView or CA UniCenter to monitor  
devices on your network, you can set up the ReadyNAS device to work within this infrastructure.  
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Figure 1-59  
To set up SNMP service:  
1. Select the SNMP tab to display the SNMP settings.  
2. Select the Enable SNMP service check box. You can leave the Community field set to  
public, or specify a private name if you have opted for a more segregated monitoring scheme.  
3. Enter a host name or an IP address in the Trap destination field. This is where all trap  
messages will be sent. The following system events generate a trap:  
Abnormal power voltage  
Abnormal board enclosure temperature  
Fan failure  
UPS connected  
UPS detected power failure  
RAID disk sync started and finished  
RAID disk added, removed, and failure  
Snapshot invalidated  
4. If you wish to limit SNMP access to only a secure list of hosts, specify the hosts in the Hosts  
allowed access field.  
5. Click Apply to save your settings.  
When you have saved the SNMP settings on the ReadyNAS, you can import the NETGEAR  
SNMP MIB to your SNMP client application. The NETGEAR MIB can be obtained from the  
included Installation CD or downloaded from the NETGEAR Support site at  
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SMTP  
The ReadyNAS device has a built-in e-mail message transfer agent (MTA) that is set up to send  
alert e-mail messages from the device. Some corporate environments, however, might have a  
firewall that blocks untrusted MTAs from sending out messages.  
If you were unable to receive the test message from the Alerts Settings tab, it might have been  
blocked by the firewall. In that case, specify an appropriate SMTP server in this tab.  
Figure 1-60  
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for home might also block untrusted MTAs. Furthermore, they  
might allow you to specify their SMTP server but requires that you enter a user login and password  
to send out e-mail—this is common with most DSL services. If this is the case, simply enter the  
user name and password in the fields provided.  
Performance  
If you wish to tweak the system performance, select Performance from the main menu. Note that  
some of the settings suggest that you utilize an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) before  
enabling that option:  
NETGEAR recommends that you select the Disable full data journaling only if the NAS has  
UPS protection. Without battery backup, there is a small chance that parity written to a disk in  
a RAID set might become out of sync with the data disks if a power failure suddenly occurs,  
possibly causing incorrect data to be recovered if one disk fails. Without full data journaling,  
disk write performance increases substantially.  
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Figure 1-61  
Select Disable journaling if you understand the consequences of this action, and you do not  
mind a long file system check (only after unexpected power failures). File system journaling  
allows disk checks of only a few seconds verses possibly an hour or longer without journaling.  
Disabling journaling improves disk write performance slightly.  
Note: You can buy a UPS with USB monitoring at a very reasonable cost. By safely  
allowing the performance options to be checked, you can effectively double  
your write performance and provide uninterrupted service of your ReadyNAS  
for a very low price.  
The Optimize for OS X option provides the best performance in Mac OS X environments  
when connected to the ReadyNAS through the SMB/CIFS protocol. This option, however,  
introduces compatibility issues with Windows NT 4.0; do not enable this option if this device  
will be accessed by Windows NT 4.0 clients.  
The Enable fast CIFS writes option allows for fast write performance by enabling aggressive  
write-back caching over CIFS. Do not enable this option in multi-user application  
environments such as Quick Books where synchronized writes are necessary to keep files in  
sync.  
The Force CIFS filename case-sensitivity option provides substantial performance  
improvement when you access CIFS shares when many files are being copied; however,  
before enabling this option, understand the ramifications.  
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Since Windows runs in case-insensitive mode, one side-effect 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.  
Another effect of this option is that, in Explorer, you now need to enter the exact case for  
search strings for the Find option (that is, searching for “abc” no longer returns file  
“ABC”).  
Some Windows applications that assume case-insensitive operations (for example,  
BackupExec) may have problems. Do not enable this option if you have clients accessing  
the NAS running Windows NT/95 or earlier.  
The Enable fast USB disk writes option speeds up USB write access by allowing access to  
the USB device in asynchronous mode. If you enable this option, do not remove the USB  
device without properly unmounting it. Failure to do so can compromise data integrity on the  
device.  
Adding a UPS for Performance  
Adding a UPS to the NAS is an easy way to protect against power failures, but as mentioned in  
“Performance” on page 1-56, a UPS can also safely allow for a more aggressive performance  
setting. Simply connect the NAS power cable to the UPS, and connect the UPS USB monitoring  
cable between the UPS and the NAS. The UPS is detected automatically and shows up in the  
Status bar. You can move the mouse pointer over the UPS LED icon to display the current UPS  
information and battery life.  
Figure 1-62  
Note: Note that alert notification and automatic system optimization is available only  
with UPS that utilizes a USB monitoring interface.  
You are notified by e-mail whenever the status of the UPS changes; for example, when a power  
failure forces the UPS to be in battery mode or when the battery is low. When the battery is low,  
the NAS device automatically shuts down safely.  
Make sure to adjust the optimization settings in the Performance screen if you wish to take  
advantage of the available options.  
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Language  
The Language Setting screen offers the option of setting the ReadyNAS device to the appropriate  
character set for file names.  
Figure 1-63  
For example, selecting Japanese allows you to share files with Japanese names in Windows  
Explorer.  
Figure 1-64  
It is best to select the appropriate language based on the region where the device will be operated.  
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Note: This option does not set the web browser language display—browser settings must  
be done using the browser language option.  
If you wish, you can select the Allow Unicode for user, group and share names check box to  
allow for greater flexibility in non-English speaking regions. This option, once selected, cannot be  
reversed.  
Note: HTTP and WebDAV access do not work with Unicode user names. Other  
restrictions might exist.  
If your FTP client uses different character encoding from the NAS character encoding specified in  
Unicode, the NAS FTP server will convert it if you select the Enable character encoding  
conversion for FTP clients check box.  
Updating ReadyNAS  
The ReadyNAS device offers the option of upgrading the operating firmware either automatically  
using the Remote Update option or by manually loading an update image downloaded from the  
NETGEAR Support website.  
Remote Update  
The preferred and quicker method if the ReadyNAS has Internet access is the Remote update  
option. Select Update from the main menu and then select the Remote tab. Click Check for  
Updates to check for updates on the NETGEAR update server.  
Figure 1-65  
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If you wish to continue, click Perform System Update. After the update image has been  
downloaded, you will be asked to reboot the system. The update process updates only the firmware  
image and does not modify your data volume. However, it is always a good idea to back up your  
important data whenever you perform an update.  
Figure 1-66  
Local Update  
When the ReadyNAS device is not connected to the Internet, or Internet access is blocked, you can  
download an update file from the Support site and upload that file to the ReadyNAS by selecting  
the Local update tab. The update file can be a RAIDiator firmware image or an add-on package.  
Figure 1-67  
Click Browse to select the update file and then click Upload and verify image. The process takes  
several minutes after which you are requested to reboot the system and proceed with the upgrade.  
Warning: Do not click the browser Refresh button during the update process.  
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Settings  
If you do have a reliable Internet connection, you can enable the automatic update check and  
download options in the Settings tab.  
Figure 1-68  
If you select the Automatically check for updates check box, the ReadyNAS does not download  
the actual firmware update, but notifies you when an update is available. If you select the  
Download updates automatically check box, the update image is downloaded, and you are  
notified by e-mail to reboot the device to perform the update.  
Factory Default  
The Factory Default tab allows you to reset the ReadyNAS device back to its factory default state.  
Choose this option carefully as All Data Will Be Lost unless you back up any data that you wish to  
keep prior to clicking Perform Factory Default.  
Figure 1-69  
If you select this option, you are asked to confirm the command by typing: FACTORY.  
Warning: Resetting to Factory Default erases everything, including data shares,  
volume(s), user and group accounts, and configuration information. There is  
no way to recover after you confirm this command.  
Power Management  
The ReadyNAS offers a couple of power management options to reduce system power  
consumption, both while the system is in use and when it is not in use.  
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Disk Spin-Down Option  
You can elect to spin down your ReadyNAS disks after a specified time of inactivity. The disks  
will spin up as needed. To enable spin-down mode, select the Enable disk spin-down after...  
check box, and specify the minutes of inactivity before spin up.  
Figure 1-70  
Note: Enabling disk spin-down disables journal mode. Once enabled, if you decide to  
disable disk spin-down, you need to manually re-enable journal mode if desired.  
NETGEAR recommends UPS if you utilize this option.  
Power Timer  
The ReadyNAS can be scheduled to power off and power back on (on certain models)  
automatically (see Figure 1-70). Select the Enable power timer check box and enter the action  
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and time. (The Power ON option is available on the ReadyNAS NV through an add-on package.)1  
The Power ON option does not appear if the ReadyNAS hardware does not support this feature.  
Note: When the ReadyNAS is powered off, any file transfers and backup jobs are  
interrupted, and backup jobs scheduled during the power off state do not run.  
UPS Configuration  
If this device is not connection to a UPS device, you may ele4ct to enable a UPS connection to  
another NAS device. Select the Enable UPS attached to another NAS check box and enter the IP  
Address in the Remote IP field. NETGEAR recommends that you enable this feature if you have  
enabled the Disk Spin-Down option.  
If you use this option, the ReadyNAS is shut down automatically when a battery-low condition is  
detected on a UPS connected to another ReadyNAS. This is useful when a UPS is shared by  
multiple ReadyNAS units, even though only one ReadyNAS is monitoring the battery status.  
As an option, the ReadyNAS can remotely monitor the UPS when connected to a PC running  
Network UPS Tools (NUT). For more information about NUT, see  
Shutdown  
The Shutdown Options screen offers the option to either power off or reboot the ReadyNAS  
device. You also have the option of performing either a full file system check or a quota check on  
the next boot. Both these options can take several minutes to several hours depending on the size  
of your volume and the number of files in the volume. You do not need to select these options  
unless you suspect there might be data or quota integrity problems.  
1. Please refer to the Release Notes for RAIDiator 3 on the NETGEAR Support site for more information.  
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Figure 1-71  
When you reboot or shut down the ReadyNAS, you must close the browser window and use  
RAIDar to reconnect to FrontView.  
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Accessing Shares from Your Operating System  
This chapter presents examples of how shares on the ReadyNAS device can be accessed by the  
various operating systems. If you have problems accessing your shares, make sure to enable the  
corresponding service by selecting Shares > Share Listing screen. Also make sure that the default  
access of the share is set to Read-only or Read/write.  
Windows  
To see a share listing in Windows, either click Browse in RAIDar or enter \\<hostname> or  
\\<ip_address> in the Explorer address bar. Hostname is the NAS hostname assigned in the  
Network tab. The default hostname is set to nas- followed by the last three hex bytes of the device  
MAC address.  
Figure 2-1  
To access the share in Windows, specify the hostname followed by the share name in the Explorer  
address bar, for example: \\<hostname>\backup, as follows:  
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Figure 2-2  
MAC OS X  
To access the same share over AFP with OS X, select Network from the Finder Go > Network  
menu.  
Figure 2-3  
From here, there are two ways to access your AFP share, depending on how you have chosen to  
advertise your AFP share.  
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AFP over Bonjour  
To access the AFP share advertised over Bonjour on Mac OS X, select Network from the Finder  
Go menu to see a listing of available networks.  
Figure 2-4  
Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname.  
Figure 2-5  
In Share security mode, select the Guest radio button to access the shares and click Connect. In  
User or Domain security mode, enter the user name and password you wish to use to connect to the  
ReadyNAS.  
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Figure 2-6  
From the Volumes field, select the share you want to access and click OK.  
AFP over AppleTalk  
If you chose to advertise your AFP service over AppleTalk, a listing of available networks is  
displayed.  
Figure 2-7  
Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname. Select the one that has the  
hostname only. You are prompted with a connection box.  
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Figure 2-8  
Select Guest and click Connect. Then, select the share you want to connect to and click OK.  
Figure 2-9  
In Share security mode, you need to specify only the user name and password—if you have set up  
a password for your share. If you have not set up a user name, enter the share name in place of the  
user name. In User or Domain security mode, enter the user name and password you wish to use to  
connect to the ReadyNAS.  
You should see the same file listing as you would in Windows Explorer.  
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MAC OS 9  
To access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server from the Finder menu, choose  
the NAS device entry from the AppleTalk section, and click Connect.  
Figure 2-10  
When you are prompted to log in, enter the share name and password if the ReadyNAS is  
configured for Share security mode, otherwise enter a valid user account and password  
otherwise, and click Connect.  
Figure 2-11  
If no share password is set in Share mode, you can select the Guest radio button and leave the  
password field blank. If your login is successful, are given a listing of one or more shares. Select  
the share you wish to connect to and click OK.  
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Figure 2-12  
You should see the same files in the share that you do in Windows Explorer.  
Figure 2-13  
Linux/Unix  
To access this share from a Linux or Unix client, you will need to mount the share over NFS by  
entering:  
mount <ipaddr>:/<backup /backup>  
where backup is the share name. Running the ls command in the mounted path displays the share  
content.  
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Figure 2-14  
Note: The ReadyNAS does not support NIS as it is unable to correlate NIS information  
with CIFS logins. In mixed environments where you want CIFS and NFS  
integration, you can set the security to User mode and manually specify the UID  
and GID of the user and group accounts to match your NIS or other Linux/Unix  
server settings. The ReadyNAS can import a comma-delimited file containing the  
user and group information to coordinate Linux/Unix login settings (see  
“Managing Users” on page 1-15 for more information).  
Web Browser  
To access the same share using a Web browser, enter http://<ipaddr> in the browser address bar.  
You can use https if you want a secure encrypted connection. You will be prompted to log in.  
Figure 2-15  
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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.  
Figure 2-16  
If the Share access is read-only, only the file manager displays.  
Figure 2-17  
If the Share is also writable, the file manager displays options for creating, modifying, and deleting  
files, as follows.  
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Figure 2-18  
One useful application for a Web share is to set up an internal company website. You can copy  
HTML files to the Web share using Windows, Mac, NFS, or HTTP. When you set HTTP access to  
read-only, html files, including index.htm and index.html, can be viewed using any web browser.  
Note: Files created under the Web file manager can be deleted only under this file  
manager. The only exception is for the admin user; the admin user can change or  
delete any files created through the web.  
Files not created from this file manager can be modified within the file manager  
but cannot be deleted here.  
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FTP/FTPS  
To access the share via FTP in Share security mode, log in as “anonymous” and use your e-mail  
address for the password.  
Figure 2-19  
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Note: Enabling FTP access in Share mode opens up the share to anyone on your network  
who has an FTP client. NETGEAR recommends that you enable FTP access only  
to shares you are comfortable making public on your network.  
Warning: Disk usage using FTP in Share mode does not count towards the share disk  
quota, so carefully choose how you advertise an FTP share.  
To access the share in User or Domain security mode, use the appropriate user login and password  
used to access the ReadyNAS. For better security, use an FTPS (FTP-SSL) client to connect to the  
ReadyNAS FTP service. With FTPS, both the password and data are encrypted.  
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Rsync  
Access to the share through rsync is identical regardless of the security mode. If you specified a  
user or password in the rsync share access tab, you will need to specify this when accessing the  
rsync share. Unlike other protocols, rsync uses arbitrary user name and password that is specific  
only for rsync access. The user account you specify does not need to exist on the ReadyNAS or a  
domain controller.  
Figure 2-20  
Here is an example of a way for a Linux client to list the content of a ReadyNAS rsync share with  
no user name and password defined:  
# rsync <ipaddr>::backup  
To recursively copy the content of a share to /tmp:  
# rsync -a <ipaddr>::backup /tmp  
To do the same except with a login user and password hello, enter:  
# rsync -a user@<ipaddr>::backup /tmp  
Password: *****  
Note: The ReadyNAS does not support Rsync over SSH.  
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Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters  
Networked DVD players and UPnP AV Media adapters detect the ReadyNAS if either the Home  
Media Streaming Server or the UPnP AV services are enabled. The content of the Streaming  
Services media share on the ReadyNAS is available to these players for playback.1 Multiple  
players can be connected to the ReadyNAS and can play the media files concurrently.  
Make sure that you enable the appropriate service in the Services tab before invoking the service.  
Figure 2-21  
Consult the Device Compatibility list for information about which DVD players and media  
adapters work with the ReadyNAS.  
1. Consult the player manual for information on the file formats that it supports.  
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Maintenance and Administration  
Viewing System Status  
The Status menu contains links to the Health screen and Logs screen that provide system status  
information.  
Health  
The Health screen displays the status of each disk, and the fan, temperature, and UPS status in  
detail. When available, normal expected values are provided.  
Figure 3-1  
For each disk, you can click SMART+ (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) to  
display the content of the internal disk log.  
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Figure 3-2  
To recalibrate the fan, click Recalibrate.  
Logs  
Select Status > Logs to access the Clear Logs screen. The Clear Logs screen provides information  
about the status of management tasks, including a timestamp.  
Figure 3-3  
The Download All Logs link is available in case you need to analyze low-level log information. If  
you click this link, a zip of all the logs is provided.  
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Replacing a Failed Disk  
When a disk fails in your ReadyNAS device, you are notified of the failure by e-mail. The failed  
disk location can be seen in the FrontView status bar at the bottom by selecting Status > Health.  
Figure 3-4  
On the front of the ReadyNAS device, a failed disk is identified by an amber LED. The left most  
LED is disk channel 1; the next one is disk channel 2; and so on. Take note of the failed channel.  
Ordering a Replacement Disk  
On the main menu, select Status > Health. Take note of the disk vendor and model utilized on your  
ReadyNAS system. It is best to replace a failed disk with the same disk model. Contact the disk  
vendor, and arrange to have the disk replaced if the disk is still under warranty. A disk RMA from  
the vendor requires that you provide the serial number of the disk. To locate the serial number,  
open the case and take out the failed disk (see the following sections for replacement instructions  
for your disk model).  
If the disk is no longer under warranty, you can obtain a disk of the same capacity or larger from  
your ReadyNAS retailer.  
Replacing a Failed Disk on the ReadyNAS NV+  
When a Disk Status LED blinks slowly, it is an indication of a failed disk. ReadyNAS NV+  
supports hotswap bays, so there is no need to power down the device.  
To replace the disk:  
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1. Open the disk tray door.  
2. Press the button under the failed disk. The latch pops out.  
Figure 3-5  
3. Pull out the disk tray and remove the screws.  
4. Replace the failed disk, reassemble, and slide the disk tray back in. Make sure that the hard  
disk connectors are facing away from you when you reassemble the disk.  
Figure 3-6  
The ReadyNAS system performs RAID synchronization in the background, and notifies you  
by e-mail when synchronization is complete.  
Replacing the Failed Disk on the ReadyNAS 1100  
The Disk Status LED corresponding to the failed disk blinks slowly. The ReadyNAS1100 supports  
hotswap disk trays; you do not need to power down the device.  
To replace a failed disk:  
1. Press disk tray button; the latch pops out.  
2. Pull out the disk tray.  
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3. Replace the failed disk by placing the disk in the disk tray and sliding the disk tray back into  
the device.  
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Figure 3-7  
Replacing the Failed Disk on the ReadyNAS 600/X6  
On the ReadyNAS 600/X6 system, shut down the ReadyNAS and open up the enclosure as  
instructed in the Installation Guide. If you view the disks from the front of the enclosure, the left-  
most disk is channel 1; the next disk is channel 2; and so on.  
On the ReadyNAS 600/X6, Rev A, system, remove the drive cage and disconnect the power and  
SATA cable from the failed disk. Insert the new replacement disk, reconnect the cables, insert the  
drive cage, and secure the enclosure.  
Warning: When replacing the cables, make sure that the connectors fit square-on and  
securely. After the drive cage is re-inserted, double-check the connectors to  
make sure that they have not come loose. Loose connections can cause  
spurious drive failure events that can render the data volume inoperable.  
On the ReadyNAS 600/X6, Rev B, system, you can replace the failed disk in power-off mode by  
removing the disk from the top and sliding the new disk into place.  
On ReadyNAS systems with hot-swap drive bays, you do not need to power off the ReadyNAS to  
replace a failed disk. You can replace the disk while the system is on. After removing the failed  
disk, wait at least 10 seconds until the disk LED blinks, and then insert the new disk.  
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Resynchronizing the Volume  
If you had to power off to replace the failed disk, turn on the power on the ReadyNAS.  
The RAID volume automatically resynchronizes with the new disk in the background. The process  
takes several hours depending on disk size. During the resync process, the ReadyNAS can be used  
as normal, although access will be slower until the volume is finished resynchronizing.  
You will be notified by e-mail when the resync process is complete.  
Resetting Your System (System Switch)  
Refer to the Installation Guide included in the shipping box (a PDF of the Installation Guide is  
also on your Installation CD) for the location of the System Reset switch on the back of the  
ReadyNAS.  
The System Reset switch allows you to perform three functions:  
1. Reinstall the ReadyNAS firmware.  
2. Reset the ReadyNAS back to the factory default settings.  
3. Change between X-RAID and Flex-RAID mode.  
Typically, you should not need to resort to options (1) and (2) unless you exhausted all other means  
of recovering your system. You might want to reinstall the ReadyNAS firmware as a first step, if  
the ReadyNAS had been working normally but a configuration change makes it inaccessible. If  
this does not work or you wish to set the ReadyNAS back to a factory default state, you can do so  
following these instructions below:  
To re-install the ReadyNAS firmware: Use a paper clip to depress the switch while the  
system is off. Continue to depress the reset switch while powering on the system for  
approximately 5 seconds until the disk LEDs flash once to signify that the command has been  
accepted. The firmware installation takes several minutes to complete. The Status LED in the  
front will be solid green when the process is complete. The installation does not affect the data  
on the ReadyNAS.  
Warning: Make sure that you do not continue to press the reset switch after the  
LEDS flash once, otherwise a Factory Default will occur that erases your  
data. (see below)  
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To set the ReadyNAS device to Factory Default: Use the same process, except you must  
hold the System Reset switch for 30 seconds after powering on the system. You will see the  
disk LEDs flash for a second time to signify that the command has been accepted.  
Warning: This process reinstalls the firmware and resets all disk configurations,  
wiping out any data you might have on the NAS.  
To change between X-RAID and Flex-RAID mode: Perform a Factory Default using the  
method described in the previous bullet. Changing RAID modes does not preserve your data,  
so make sure to perform a backup before doing this. During the boot process after a Factory  
Default, there is a 10-minute window during which you can use RAIDar to select the volume  
setup you want. RAIDar will display your ReadyNAS with Setup in the Info column. (It might  
take a couple of minutes for RAIDar to display this.)Then, click Setup to display the Volume  
Setup screen.  
Configuring RAID on the ReadyNAS 1100 and NV+  
Your ReadyNAS comes in one of three configurations:  
Diskless system with X-RAID (expandable volume).  
System with pre-installed disks in X-RAID (expandable volume).  
System with pre-installed disks in RAID 0/1/5 (flexible volume).  
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The following figure illustrates the default configuration with redundancy in your ReadyNAS  
NV+.  
Figure 3-8  
You can switch between the X-RAID Expandable Volume mode and the RAID 0/1/5 Flexible  
Volume mode only if you want to change the default configuration. It is not necessary to perform  
this procedure every time you boot up the system. The device remains in the selected mode until  
explicitly changed.  
Warning: Performing a Factory Default will erase all your data on the hard disks.  
To reconfigure your RAID setup:  
1. Power off the device.  
2. Use a paper clip or push pin to press the System Reset switch. Press the System Reset switch  
for 30 seconds while powering on the device.  
The four LEDs will flash for approximately 30 seconds.  
3. When the LEDS are on, but not flashing, release the reset switch.  
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4. Open RAIDar. RAIDar will prompt you to click Setup. The ReadyNAS Volume Setup screen  
displays.  
Figure 3-9  
5. Select either the Expandable Volume (X-RAID) or the Volume (RAID 0,1,5) radio button  
and click Create Volume Now. The volume and initialization process begins.  
Warning: If no action is taken within 10 minutes, the system defaults to X-RAID  
with 5GB reserved for snapshots.  
Warning: Before beginning any of these activities, make sure to back up all  
important data.  
Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive  
The following sections describe how to back up and remove disks from the ReadyNAS systems.  
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On the ReadyNAS1100, the Backup button is associated with the USB Port at the front of the  
system. By default, the Backup button copies the data from the Backup share onto the USB disk  
connected to the USB port at the front of the device (as shown in the following figure).  
Figure 3-10  
ReadyNAS NV+ Backup  
On the ReadyNAS NV+, the Backup button is associated with the USB port at the front of the  
system. By default, the Backup button copies the data from the Backup share onto the USB disk  
connected to the USB port at the front of the device (as shown in the following figure).  
USB Drive  
Figure 3-11  
You can easily program backups in the FrontView Backup menu to back up one or more  
predefined backup jobs.  
Warning: Make sure that you have a USB hard drive attached to the front USB Port  
before pressing the Backup button.  
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Removing the System Module from the ReadyNAS 1100  
To access the system module and remove it from the ReadyNAS1100:  
1. Power off the unit and remove the screws.  
2. Lift up the latch.  
3. Pull the system module forward; it slides out easily.  
The illustration on the right shows the ReadyNAS1100 with the system module removed.  
Figure 3-12  
Changing User Passwords  
There are two ways in which user passwords can be changed in the User security mode. The first  
way is for the administrator to change the passwords by selecting Security > User & Group  
Accounts and then selecting Manage Users from the pull-down menu. The other and preferred  
way is to allow users to change their own passwords. This relieves the administrator from this task  
and encourages users to change their passwords on a more regular basis for enhanced security.  
Users can use the Web browser and their existing password to log in to https://<ip_addr>/ to  
access the Web share listing page. Then select the Password tab, and follow the prompts to set a  
new password  
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Note: User passwords in Domain mode must be set on the domain or ADS server.  
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RAID Levels Simplified  
RAID can be somewhat daunting; this appendix helps to simplify RAID.  
RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Basically, if properly configured,  
it can store data on multiple disks in a way that if one disk fails, the data can still be accessed from  
one or more remaining disks. A RAID level selects how data is kept redundant, the most popular  
ones being levels 0, 1, and 5. Contrary to the RAID acronym, RAID level 0 does not provide any  
redundancy.  
RAID Level 0  
RAID level 0 provides the best write performance of all the RAID levels as it stripes data across  
all disks so that data can be written to all disks in parallel. Unfortunately, it is not redundant, so if  
one disk fails, the entire volume fails. RAID level 0 can be configured with one or more disks, and  
its capacity is the size of the smallest disk in the RAID set multiplied by the number of disks in the  
set. For example, a four-disk RAID 0 yields the capacity of all four disks, assuming they are  
identical in size.  
RAID Level 1  
RAID level 1 consists of two or more disks, all disks other than the first being an exact mirror of  
the first. RAID level 1 can sustain disk failure up to the total number of disks in the RAID set  
minus one. For example, a two-disk RAID 1 volume can sustain a one-disk failure and continue  
running. A three-disk RAID 1 volume can sustain up to two disk failures. If a disk fails, the data is  
retrieved from the surviving disk. Unfortunately, RAID 1 capacity utilization is not optimal in a  
configuration of three or more disks. The capacity is limited to the size of the smallest disk in the  
RAID set.  
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RAID Level 5  
RAID level 5 provides the best balance of capacity and performance while providing data  
redundancy. RAID 5 provides redundancy by striping data across three or more disks and keeping  
the parity information on one of the disks in each stripe. In case of disk failure, the surviving disks  
and the parity disk are used to reconstruct the lost data, providing data transparently to the user  
application. When the failed disk has been replaced with a good disk, the reconstructed data is  
written out to the new disk; when the reconstruction (or sometimes referred as RESYNC) process  
is complete, the volume returns to a redundant state. The capacity of a RAID 5 volume is the  
smallest disk in the RAID set multiplied by one less than the number of disks in the RAID set. For  
example, a four-disk RAID 5 set provides the capacity of three disks, assuming all four disks are  
identical in size.  
RAID Level X (X-RAID)  
RAID level X, or X-RAID, is similar to RAID level 5, as it is optimized for large sequential  
access for the best possible media streaming performance. The X also refers to its natural volume  
eXpandability. In X-RAID mode, with one disk, the volume is non-redundant and has the capacity  
of the single disk. By adding a second disk, the capacity remains the same, but the data is now  
mirrored between the two disks. With redundancy, your data is not lost if a disk fails. Adding a  
third disk doubles the capacity while maintaining redundancy. Adding a fourth disk triples the  
capacity with redundancy. The process of volume expansion is automatic. When a disk has been  
added, you are notified of the steps being taken, and you are notified when you need to reboot to  
continue with the expansion process.  
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Input Field Format  
Domain or Workgroup Name  
A valid domain or workgroup name must conform to the following restrictions:  
Name must consist only of characters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols _ (underscore), -  
(hyphen), and . (period).  
Name must start with a letter.  
Name length must be 15 characters or less.  
Host  
A valid IP address or a host name.  
Host Name  
A valid host name must conform to the following restrictions:  
Name must consist only of characters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols - (hyphen) and .  
(period).  
Name must start with a letter.  
A short host name length must be 15 characters or less.  
A fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) must have no more than 63 characters in each section  
separated by . (period), and cannot end with a - (hyphen). Example of a valid FQDN:  
firstpart.secondpart.thirdpart.com.  
ReadyNAS Host Name  
A valid host name except the first part or short host name must be 15 characters or less due to the  
NetBIOS name length restriction.  
Host Expression  
A valid host expression is either a valid host or the common IP expression form specifying a range  
of addresses in a network, for example:  
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192.168.2.  
192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0  
192.168.2.0/24  
Share Name  
Name must consist only of characters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols - (hyphen) and .  
(period).  
Name cannot be an existing user name.  
Name cannot end in -snap.  
Name cannot be any one of the following reserved names:  
bin boot cdrom dev etc floppy frontview home initrd lib lost+found mnt  
opt proc root sbin tmp usr var admin administrator images language  
quota.user quota.group shares global homes printers diag c d e f g h i  
j
Share name can contain Unicode characters if this option is specified in the Language tab.  
Share Password  
The password can be any character except for ' (single quote).  
Share passwords are limited to 8 characters.  
SNMP Community  
Name must only consist of characters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols _ (underscore), -  
(hyphen) and . (period).  
Name must start with a letter.  
Name length must be 32 characters or less.  
User or Group Name  
Name must only consist of characters a–z, A–Z, 0–9, and the symbols _ (underscore), -  
(hyphen), @, and . (period).  
Name cannot be an existing share name.  
Name can contain Unicode characters if this option is specified in the Language tab.  
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Glossary  
AFP  
CIFS  
FTP  
AppleTalk Filing Protocol\ is the standard way Mac OS 9 and earlier versions share  
files across the network.  
Common Internet File System, a standard protocol that Windows users use to share  
files across the network. Mac OS X also has the capability to share files using CIFS.  
File Transfer Protocol, a common protocol adopted by many OS to enable remote file  
download and upload for public sharing.  
HTTP  
Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the protocol Web browsers use to connect to Web  
servers for file access, typically Web pages.  
HTTPS  
NFS  
HTTP with SSL encryption is used where secure Web access is desired.  
Network File System, a common way Unix and Linux systems share files by making  
remote file systems appear to reside locally.  
Quota  
Amount of volume space allocated to a particular user or group account, or to a  
particular share. The user, group, or share with a set quota cannot exceed disk usage  
beyond this limit. Quota is typically specified to ensure that no one user, group, or  
share abuses the available storage space.  
RAID  
Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Basically it is a method of storing data on  
multiple disks in a way that if one disk fails, data can still be accessed from the other  
disks. A RAID level selects how data will be kept redundant, the most popular of  
which are levels 0, 1, and 5. Contrary to the RAID acronym, RAID level 0 does not  
provide any redundancy. For more information, see Appendix A, “RAID Levels  
Simplified.”.  
Share  
A folder on a NAS volume that can be shared among different network file services  
such as CIFS for Windows, AFP (AppleTalk File Protocol) for Macs, NFS for Unix/  
Linux, FTP, and HTTP. Access to the share can be customized on a user or group or  
host-level basis.  
Snapshot  
An instantaneous, non-changing, read-only image of a volume. Snapshots are useful  
for backups.While a snapshot is being taken, the original volume can continue to  
operate normally. Snapshots can also be utilized as a temporary backup in case of  
viruses. Files can be restored from the snapshot volume if current files are corrupted.  
Volume  
X-RAID  
A file system built on top of a RAID set. This file system consists of shares that are  
made available through various network file services.  
NETGEAR patent-pending Expandable RAID technology.  
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1100  
Apple File Protocol. See AFP.  
AFP 2-4  
replacing disk 3-4  
system module removal 3-11  
1100 backup  
USB 3-10  
B
600/X6  
configuring 1-42  
editing 1-50  
scheduling 1-45, 1-48  
A
accessing shares  
FTP/FTPS 2-11  
Linux/Unix 2-7  
Rsync 2-12  
Backup Log 1-49  
Backup Manager 1-42  
Bonjour  
1-21  
Windows 2-1  
AFP 2-3  
settings 1-17  
active directory server. See ADS.  
CA UniCenter 1-54  
Adding a Volume  
changing modes 1-28  
CIFS 1-18  
ADS 1-12  
CIFS permission 1-37  
Advanced Control 1-2  
Clock  
NTP 1-53  
setting time 1-52  
AFP 1-18  
Comma Separated Value. See CSV  
over AppleTalk 2-4  
over Bonjour 2-3  
share 2-2  
Common Internet File Service. See CIFS.  
CSV 1-16  
alerts  
format of 1-14  
general settings 1-54  
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FrontView  
accessing 1-1  
DHCP 1-7  
FTP 1-18  
settings 1-2  
backup jobs 1-43  
Digital Living Network. See DLNA.  
accessing shares 2-11  
Discovery Services 1-17  
UPnP 1-21  
G
group  
discovery services  
accounts, setting up 1-13  
Disk Spin-Down 1-63  
DLNA 1-20  
groups  
DNS Settings 1-6  
domain  
security mode 1-12  
security options 1-9  
H
health  
home share  
E
user 1-11  
Ethernet Connection  
specifying 1-2  
Hostname 1-5  
default 1-5  
setting 1-5  
EXT3 1-33  
F
HP OpenView 1-54  
Hpertext Transfer Protocol. See HTTP.  
HTTP 1-18  
how to 3-7  
HTTPS  
replacing on NV+ 3-3  
replacing, how to 3-3  
with SSL encryption 1-18  
import users  
FAT32 1-33  
user accounts 1-16  
File Transfer Protocol. See FTP.  
firmware reinstall 3-6  
Flex-RAID 1-22  
increasing capacity  
replacing disks 1-27  
IP address  
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configuring RAID 3-7  
iTunes Streaming Server 1-20  
USB 3-10  
J
OU 1-12  
L
password  
Language  
settings 1-59  
Unicode 1-60  
setting admin user 1-7  
Linux/Unix  
Logs 3-2  
settings, jumbo frames 1-4  
M
Power Timer 1-63  
host name use 1-5  
MAC OS 9  
Printers  
MAC OS X  
setting up 1-50  
USB 1-50  
accessing shares 2-2  
menu buttons 1-1  
MTU 1-3  
Printing  
multi-media 1-20  
SlimServer 1-20  
N
configuring on 1100 and NV+ 3-7  
networking  
X-RAID A-2  
UPnP AV Media Adapters 2-13  
RAID Level 0 A-1  
RAID Level 1 A-1  
RAID Level 5 A-2  
RAID Settings 1-25  
NFS 1-18  
NFS server  
backup jobs 1-43  
NTP  
ReadyNAS  
clock 1-53  
configuring 1-1  
NV+  
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health 3-1  
updating 1-60  
replacement disks  
ordering 3-3  
CA UniCenter 1-54  
resetting system  
system switch 3-6  
resynchronizing volume 3-6  
Rsync 1-18  
Home Media Streaming Server 1-21  
multi-media 1-19  
S
share 1-10  
user 1-11  
UPnP AV 1-20  
Support 1-ii  
domain 1-9  
share 1-8, 1-9  
user 1-9  
system switch  
resetting system 3-6  
Setup Wizard 1-2  
share  
shares  
access restriction, domain mode 1-37  
adding 1-34  
advanced CIFS permission 1-37  
HTTP 1-60  
managing 1-33, 1-35  
setting access in Domain Mode 1-37  
Shutdown 1-64  
SlimServer 1-20  
updating ReadyNAS 1-60  
UPnP 1-21  
SMART+Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting  
Technology. See SMART+.  
UPnP AV 1-20  
UPnP AV Media Adapters  
networked 2-13  
SMB 1-18  
SMTP 1-56  
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UPS  
USB 1-33  
backing up to 3-9  
flash device 1-33  
formats, FAT32 1-33  
shares 1-41  
X-RAID 1-22  
adding a second disk 1-26  
adding more disks 1-27  
RAID Level X A-2  
redundancy overhead 1-26  
using hot-swap trays 1-27  
volume management 1-26  
storage 1-31  
USB storage  
user  
security mode 1-11  
security options 1-9  
user accounts  
import users 1-16  
V
VLAN  
settings 1-3  
support enabling 1-4  
X-RAID 1-22  
Flex-RAID 1-22  
X-RAID 1-26  
VPN  
setting WINS server 1-6  
W
Web browser  
Windows  
accessing shares 2-1  
WINS  
1-6  
workgroup  
changing default 1-11  
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