Infrant Technologies ReadyNAS Duo, User Manual

Page 1: ...R E A D Y N A S I N S T A N T S T O R A G E User Guide ...

Page 2: ...ights reserved http www infrant com ReadyNAS X RAID FrontView RAIDar RAIDiator Network Storage Processor and NSP are trademarks or registered trademarks of Infrant Technologies Inc All other product names are the property of their respective owner P N IT 05 1 1040 U 08 2 Page 2 ...

Page 3: ... 14 Hostname 14 Default Gateway 14 DNS 14 WINS 15 DHCP 16 Route 17 Security 18 Admin Password 18 Security Mode Selection 19 Share Security Mode 20 Specify a Workgroup 20 Share Accounts 21 User Security Mode 21 Specify a Workgroup 21 Setting up Accounts 21 Managing Groups 22 Managing Users 24 Setting Accounts Preferences 26 Domain Security Mode 27 Domain ADS Authentication 27 3 Page 3 ...

Page 4: ... 3rd and 4th DISK for MORE Capacity 36 Replacing All Your Disks for Even MORE Capacity 37 Changing Between X RAID and Flex RAID Modes 37 Snapshot 37 Taking and Scheduling Snapshot 38 Resizing Snapshot Space 40 USB Storage 40 Shares 43 Adding Shares 43 Managing Shares 44 Setting Share Access in Share Mode 45 Setting Share Access in User and Domain Modes 46 Advanced Options 48 USB Shares 49 Printers...

Page 5: ... SMTP 60 Performance 61 Adding a UPS for performance 62 Language 63 Unicode for User Group and Share Names 64 Updating ReadyNAS 64 Remote Update 64 Local Update 65 Settings 65 Factory Default 66 Power Management 67 Disk Spin down Option 67 Power Timer 67 Shutdown 68 Status 70 Health 70 Logs 71 2 Accessing Shares 73 Windows 74 MAC OS X 75 AFP over Bonjour 75 AFP over AppleTalk 77 MAC OS 9 79 Linux ...

Page 6: ...88 Re synchronize the Volume 88 stem Reset Switch 5 Changing User Passwords 91 A RAID Levels Simplified 92 RAID Level 0 92 RAID Level 1 92 RAID Level 5 92 RAID Level X X RAID 93 ut Field Format Domain Workgroup Name 94 Host 94 Host Name 94 ReadyNAS Host Name 94 Host Expression 95 Share Name 95 Share Password 95 SNMP Community 95 User Group Name 95 User Password 95 ossary d Help 98 D 6 Page 6 ...

Page 7: ...accessing the shares on the ReadyNAS skip to Chapter 2 Accessing Shares In the event of a disk failure the proper procedure for replacing the failed disk is in Chapter 3 Replacing a Failed Disk Sometimes it may be necessary to re install the firmware or reset the system back to the factory default configuration Chapter 4 System Reset Switch explains the process for doing both Chapter 5 Changing Us...

Page 8: ... to the desired menu page Towards the bottom left you ll notice buttons that allow you to switch back and forth between the Setup Wizard mode and the Advanced Control mode As you click on the menu buttons you ll notice a similar theme across all menu pages At the top right corner is the command bar which typically provides options to print or email the page refresh the browser window or display he...

Page 9: ...isk failures and is in the state of being marked dead However the ReadyNAS has blocked it from being marked dead in the event that someone may have accidentally pulled out the wrong disk during runtime If the wrong disk was pulled out shutdown the ReadyNAS immediately reconnect the disk and power on the ReadyNAS If you reconnect the disk during runtime the ReadyNAS will mark it as a newly added di...

Page 10: ...connection to the ReadyNAS device after the IP address has been changed You can click Rescan in RAIDar to locate the device and reconnect from there Note If you elect to assign the IP address using DHCP it is advisable to set the lease time on the DHCP server router to a value of at least a day Otherwise you may notice that the ReadyNAS IP address may change even when it has been powered down for ...

Page 11: ...roughput problems It s advisable to leave the default setting otherwise V L A N S E T T I N G Virtual Local Area Network or VLAN allows devices residing on different segments of a LAN to appear in the same segment or conversely allows devices on the same switch to behave as through they belong to a different LAN If you wish to use the ReadyNAS in a VLAN environment select the Enable VLAN support c...

Page 12: ...bo 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 If your ReadyNAS device comes with multiple Ethernet interfa...

Page 13: ...nu when a supported USB or PCI wireless adapter is detected Enter the network name ESSID operating mode typically Managed if you have an access point data encryption mode and encryption key values from your wireless access point Select the desired IP assignment method DHCP or static and save the changes to start using your ReadyNAS device with the wireless adapter Note Please note that support for...

Page 14: ...f the router connected to the cable modem or your DSL service If you had selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet or Wireless tab the Default Gateway field will be automatically populated with the setting from your DHCP server If you had selected the Static option you can manually specify the IP addresses of the default gateway server here D N S The DNS box allows you to specify up to three Domain...

Page 15: ...eadyNAS or other devices on the network to be Windows browsable from other subnets If you do not have an existing WINS server you can designate the ReadyNAS to be one Simply select the Enable WINS checkbox 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 i e over VPN 15 Page 15 ...

Page 16: ...eckbox 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...

Page 17: ...ed on your ReadyNAS In some environments you can optimize your network traffic by manually setting up a routing table Route table management is beyond the scope of this manual and this option is provided only for advanced users who understand routing and wish to deviate from the default routes 17 Page 17 ...

Page 18: ...ord different from the default password and make sure this password is kept in a safe place Anyone who obtains this password can effectively change or erase the data on the ReadyNAS Note In User or Domain security mode you can use the admin account to login 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 h...

Page 19: ...ully answering the questions there will reset the admin password and that new password will be sent to the email address you enter in this tab Security Mode Selection The ReadyNAS device offers three security options for your network environment Read the quick overview below to help select the most appropriate option based on the required level of security and your current network authentication s...

Page 20: ... 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 accou...

Page 21: ...eeds the privilege to perform backups of these 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 only accessible by users using CIFS Windows or AppleTalk file protocols To set up the ReadyNAS for this security mode you will need the following information Workgroup ...

Page 22: ...This allows for finer grain settings for share access For instance you can have user joe in group marketing also belong to group sales so joe can access shares restricted to only 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 set or change the quota at a later...

Page 23: ...on box Here 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 name3 gid3 quota3 member31 member32 member33 Please note the following Spaces around commas are ignored The name fields is required Quota will be set to default if not speci...

Page 24: ...S To manage user accounts select the Manage users option in the drop down box To add a user click on the Add User tab You can add up to five users at a time You can enter a user name email address user ID select a group password and disk quota for the user Only the user name and password fields are required however you should specify the user email address if you intend to set up disk quotas Witho...

Page 25: ...ormats are as follows note that you can ommit 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 will have password set to hello123 belongs to the default group no email notification automatic UID assigned and default quota barney 23stone barney bedrock com In this example user barney will...

Page 26: ... S E T T I N G A C C O U N T S P R E F E R E N C E S You can set various account defaults by selecting the Preferences option in the drop down box 26 Page 26 ...

Page 27: ...word DNS name of the ADS realm if using ADS You can elect to have the ReadyNAS automatically auto detect the domain controller or you can specify the IP address Sometimes auto detect will fail and you will need to supply the IP address of the domain controller to join the domain If you have a large number of users in your domain you may need to deselect the Display users from trusted domains check...

Page 28: ...the domain controller The ReadyNAS simply pulls the account information from the controller and displays them in the Accounts tab 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 email addresses are specified users will be automatically notified when approaching and reaching their quotas 28 Page 28 ...

Page 29: ...work Places or Network Neighborhood you re going across CIFS This service is enabled by default and cannot be disabled NFS or 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 AFP or Apple File Protocol Mac OS 9 and OS X works best using this protocol as it handles a large ran...

Page 30: ...ows you to bypass the default dummy certificate warnings whenever you access the ReadyNAS Rsync an extremely popular and efficient form of incremental backup made popular in the Linux platform but is now available for various other Unix systems as well as Windows and Mac Enabling Rsync service on the ReadyNAS will allow clients to use Rsync to initiate backups to and from the ReadyNAS Streaming Se...

Page 31: ... players The streaming players are often utilizing 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...

Page 32: ...ne by one then rebuilt after the last disk is replaced another data volume utilizing the newly added capacity can be configured A D V A N T A G E S O F X R A I D 1 One volume technology but supports volume expansion either by adding more disks or by replacing existing disk with larger capacity disks 2 You can start out with one disk and add up to 3 more disks when you need them or can afford them ...

Page 33: ...ne volume is configured Make sure if you have data in that volume that you back up the files you wish to keep first All shares files and snapshots residing on that volume WILL BE DELETED AND ARE NON RECOVERABLE Click Delete Volume in the Volume C tab You will be asked to confirm your intention by typing DELETE VOLUME 33 Page 33 ...

Page 34: ...ee Appendix A RAID Levels Simplified for more information Typically in a three or more disk configuration RAID level 5 is recommended In our example above we selected RAID level 5 for the three selected disks S p e c i f y r e s e r v e s p a c e f o r s n a p s h o t Next select the percentage of the volume you wish to allocate for snapshots You can elect to specify 0 if you wish to disable snaps...

Page 35: ... before you are notified to reboot After rebooting you will then be notified by email when the volume has been added Use RAIDar to reconnect to the NAS device R A I D S E T T I N G S After you have added a volume you can revisit the Volume tab and click on the RAID Settings tab to display the current RAID information and configuration options for the volume Notice the disk on channel 4 that we did...

Page 36: ...t disk from each disk For instance if you had one 80GB disk and two 250GB disks only 80GB from each disk will be used in the volume The leftover space on the 250GB disks will be reclaimed only when the 80GB disk is replaced with a 250GB or greater capacity disk See Replacing All Your Disks for Even More Capacity below A D D I N G A 2 N D D I S K F O R R E D U N D A N C Y A one disk X RAID device h...

Page 37: ...sk You will do this also for the 3rd and 4th disk Once you get the completion notification for the 4th disk reboot the ReadyNAS During boot volume capacity is expanded with the additional capacity from each disk For instance if you had replaced four 250GB disks with four 600GB disks the capacity of the volume will increase by approximately 350GB x 3 the fourth disk is reserved for parity The expan...

Page 38: ...ts can be scheduled in intervals from once every 4 hours to once a week Specify the frequency and the days that you wish to schedule a snapshot A start and end time of 00 00 will take one snapshot at midnight A start time of 00 00 and end time of 23 00 will take snapshots between midnight and 11pm the next day at the interval you specify Once you save the snapshot schedule the time of the next sna...

Page 39: ...ckup snap 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 Do note that snapshots can expire when the snapshot reserved space is filled The snapshot mechanism keeps track of data that has been changed from the original volume starting at the...

Page 40: ...ck Save Your snapshot space will be limited to approximately 100GB The process of resizing the snapshot space can take awhile depending on your data volume size and the number of files in your volume Expanding the snapshot space will reduce your data volume size and reducing the snapshot space will expand it Note Due to the nature of how snapshots work you will encounter a drop in write performanc...

Page 41: ...ons and makes the USB share accessible again Locate In cases where you attach multiple storage devices and wish to determine which device corresponds to the device listing the Locate command will blink the device LED if present Format FAT32 This option formats the device as a FAT32 file system FAT32 format is easily recognizable by most newer Windows Linux and Unix operating systems Format EXT3 Th...

Page 42: ...S B F l a s h D e v i c e O p t i o n Towards the lower portion of the USB Storage tab you ll notice the USB Flash Device Option There you can elect to copy the content of a USB flash device automatically on connect 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 ...

Page 43: ...Volume tab If more than one volume is configured click on the volume you wish to add the share The Add Share tab has two looks depending on the security mode In the Share mode you will enter the share name description and optional password and disk quota The share password and share disk quota is available only in this security mode In the User or Domain security modes the Add Share tab consists o...

Page 44: ...ppear in Share mode If you want to delete a share click on the checkbox to the far right of the share listing and click Delete You have the option of deleting up to five shares at a time The columns to the left of the Delete checkbox represent the services that are currently enabled and the access icons in those columns summarize the access rights to the share for each of the services You can move...

Page 45: ...n Share mode the CIFS Windows share options tab will look as follows In this tab you can select the default access at the top and optionally specify the host s that you wish to allow restrict access to in the Share Access Restriction box S h a r e A c c e s s R e s t r i c t i o n For instance select read only for default access and list the hosts you wish to allow access to Access from all other ...

Page 46: ... 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 Default Read only Write enabled users fred Write enabled groups engr If you wish to limit the above access only to hosts 192 168 2 101 and 192 168 2 102 set the following Default Read only Hosts allowe...

Page 47: ...mple to access a hidden share enter host share in the Windows Explorer R e c y c l e B i n The ReadyNAS can have a Recycle Bin for each share for Windows users You will see the Enable Recycle Bin option at the bottom of the Windows CIFS access tab When enabled whenever you delete a file the file gets inserted into the Recycle Bin folder in the Share rather than being permanently deleted This allow...

Page 48: ...e manipulation options that can affect remote file access through all file protocol interfaces Care should be taken before using these options as anything that changes ownership and permissions may not be easily reversible A d v a n c e d S h a r e P e r m i s s i o n The Advanced Share Permission box offers the options to override the default ownership and permission of the share folder on the em...

Page 49: ... name can be changed in the Volumes USB tab if desired The ReadyNAS attempts to remember the name as long as there s 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 Note Although access authorization is based on user login in non Share mode files saved...

Page 50: ...the manufacturer and model of your printer and will list in the USB Printers tab 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 For example to setup a printer under Windows click Browse in RAIDar or simply enter hostname in the Windows Explorer address bar to list all data and printer shares on the ReadyNAS Double click ...

Page 51: ...X and can be installed on Windows Bonjour for Windows is available for download from Apple s website at http www apple com macosx features bonjour Managing Print Queues From time to time printers may run out of ink 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 go to the USB Printers tab or cl...

Page 52: ...b To create a new backup job click on the Add a New Backup Job tab You will notice a 4 step procedure on creating a job S T E P 1 S E L E C T B A C K U P S O U R C E The backup source can be located remotely or it can be a public a private home share or all home shares on the ReadyNAS A USB device will appear as a share so if you want to backup a USB device select on a share name starting with USB...

Page 53: ...t 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 selection box shows an example format of the path You can also click Help for more examples With a remote source you may need to enter a login and password to access the share If y...

Page 54: ...backups to be performed S c h e d u l e f u l l b a c k u p First select when you want full backups to be performed You can elect to do this just at the first time every week every two weeks every three weeks every four 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 ...

Page 55: ...s may 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 Before trusting that your backup job to a schedule it is always a good idea to manually perf...

Page 56: ...n and click Apply Pressing the Backup Button once will start the job s Viewing the Backup Log You can view the backup log while the job is in progress or after it has finished The log format may differ depending on the backup source and destination type that was selected but you can see when the job was started and finished whether successfully or with errors Editing a Backup Job To edit a backup ...

Page 57: ... to ensure files maintain proper timestamp N T P O P T I O N 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 Available public NTP servers can be found by searching the web 57 Page 57 ...

Page 58: ...ible Some email addresses can be tied to a mobile phone This is a great way to monitor the device when you are away from your desk A L E R T S S E T T I N G S This ReadyNAS device has been pre configured with mandatory and optional alerts for various system device warnings and failures The Alerts Settings tab allows you to control the settings for the optional alerts It is highly recommended that ...

Page 59: ... your network you can set up the ReadyNAS device to work within this infrastructure To set up SNMP service check the Enable SNMP service checkbox in the SNMP tab You can leave the Community name as public or specify a private name if you have opted for a more segregated monitoring scheme Next enter a host name or an IP address for Trap destination This is where all trap messages will be sent The f...

Page 60: ... environments however may have a firewall that blocks untrusted MTA s from sending out messages If you were unable to receive the test message from the Alerts Settings tab it may have been blocked by the firewall In that case please specify an appropriate SMTP server in this tab Internet Service Providers ISP for home may also block untrusted MTA s Furthermore they may allow you to specify their S...

Page 61: ...l chance that parity written to a disk in a RAID set may 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 will increase substantially Select Disable journaling altogether if you understand the consequences of the 2nd option above and you also don t mind a l...

Page 62: ...erations i e BackupExec may have problems Do not enable this option if you will have clients running Windows NT 95 or earlier accessing the NAS The Enable fast USB disk writes option speeds up USB write access by accessing 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 d...

Page 63: ...Language tab offers the option of setting the ReadyNAS device to the appropriate character set for file names For example selecting Japanese allows sharing of files with Japanese names in Windows Explorer 63 Page 63 ...

Page 64: ...h speaking regions This option once selected cannot be reversed Note HTTP and WebDAV access will not work with Unicode user names Other restrictions may exist Updating ReadyNAS The ReadyNAS device offers the option of upgrading the operating firmware either automatically using the Remote Update option or manually loading an update image downloaded from the Infrant Support website R E M O T E U P D...

Page 65: ...Internet or Internet access is blocked you can download an update file from the Support site and upload that file to the ReadyNAS in the Local update tab Click on the Browse button to select the update file and click the Upload and verify image button The process will take several minutes at which time you will be requested to reboot the system to proceed with the upgrade DO NOT click on the brows...

Page 66: ...o perform the update F A C T O R Y D E F A U L T The Factory Default tab allows you to set the ReadyNAS device back to factory default Choose this option carefully as ALL DATA WILL BE LOST and remember to back up any data that you wish to keep You will be asked to confirm the command by typing FACTORY Warning Resetting to Factory Default will erase everything including data shares volume s user an...

Page 67: ...rnal mode Once enabled if you decide to disable disk spin down you will need to manually re enable journal mode if desired A UPS is recommended if you utilize this option P O W E R T I M E R The ReadyNAS can be scheduled to power off and power back on on certain models automatically Select the Enable power timer checkbox and enter the desired action and time The Power ON option is available on the...

Page 68: ... not be run Shutdown The Shutdown tab offers the option to power off or reboot the ReadyNAS device You have the option of performing a full file system check or 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 ...

Page 69: ...When you reboot or shutdown the ReadyNAS you will need to close the browser window and use RAIDar to re connect to FrontView 69 Page 69 ...

Page 70: ...ion Health The Health page displays the disk fan power temperature and UPS status in detail When available normal expected values are provided For disks you can click on the SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology link to display the content of the internal disk log 70 Page 70 ...

Page 71: ...ton is available in case of problems where technical support personnel may be of assistance in analyzing low level log information Alternatively if you have problems with the ReadyNAS sending out email through your firewall you can download a zip of all the logs by clicking the Download All Logs link 71 Page 71 ...

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Page 73: ...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 in the Shares Services tab Also make sure the default access of the share is set to Read only or Read write 73 Page 73 ...

Page 74: ...er 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 To access the share under Windows specify the hostname followed by the share name in the Explorer address bar i e hostname backup as follows 74 Page 74 ...

Page 75: ... in which you can access your AFP share depending on how you have chosen to advertise your AFP share 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 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname 75 Page 75 ...

Page 76: ...hostname icon to display the share listing In Share security mode simply select Guest to access the shares In User or Domain security mode enter the user name and password you wish to connect to the ReadyNAS as 76 Page 76 ...

Page 77: ...If you had chosen to advertise your AFP service over AppleTalk you will see a listing of available networks Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname Select the one that has the hostname only You ll be prompted with a connection box 77 Page 77 ...

Page 78: ...nly specify user name and password if you have set up a password for your share 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 connect to the ReadyNAS as You should see the same file listing as you would in Windows Explorer 78 Page 78 ...

Page 79: ...mpted to login enter the share name and password if the ReadyNAS is configured for Share security mode or enter a valid user account and password otherwise If no share password is set in Share mode you can select Guest user and leave the password field blank If your login is successful you will be given a listing of one or more shares Select the share you wish to connect to 79 Page 79 ...

Page 80: ...You should see the same files in the share that you do under Windows Explorer 80 Page 80 ...

Page 81: ... it unable to correlate NIS information with CIFS logins In mixed environments where CIFS and NFS integration is desired 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 provides the ability to import a comma delimited file containing the user and group information to coordin...

Page 82: ...if you want a secure encrypted connection You will be prompted to login Enter the share name and share password if the ReadyNAS is in Share security mode Otherwise login with a valid user and password if the ReadyNAS is in User or Domain mode If the share access is read only the file manager will only display 82 Page 82 ...

Page 83: ...g 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 only be deleted under this file manager The only exception is the admin user who can change or delete any files created through the web Files not created from this file manager can be modified within the ...

Page 84: ...only to shares you are comfortable making public on your network Warning Disk usage using FTP in Share mode WILL NOT count towards the share disk quota so carefully choose how you advertise a 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 you can use a FTPS FTP SSL client to connect to the Re...

Page 85: ...ific only for rsync access The user account you specify does not need to exist on the ReadyNAS or a domain controller An example 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 rsync a ...

Page 86: ...e ReadyNAS is available to these players for playback Please consult the player manual for information on the file formats that it supports Multiple players can be connected to the ReadyNAS and can play the media files concurrently Do make sure to enable the appropriate service in the Services tab Consult the Device Compatibility list for information on which DVD players and media adapters will wo...

Page 87: ...e failed channel Order Replacement Disk Go to the Status menu and click on the Health tab 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 Disk RMA from the vendor will require that you provide the serial number of the...

Page 88: ...oose Loose connection may cause spurious drive failure events that may render the data volume inoperable On the Rev B ReadyNAS 600 X6 system you can replace the failed disk in power off mode by removing the disk from the top and sliding the new disk in 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 whil...

Page 89: ... firmware installation will take several minutes to complete The Status LED in the front will also be solid when the process is complete The installation will not affect the data on the ReadyNAS but make sure not to press the reset switch for too long otherwise a destructive Factory Default process will be done instead see below To set the ReadyNAS device to Factory Default use the same process ex...

Page 90: ...red snapshot size and click Create volume now The ReadyNAS will proceed with a reboot to re configure your volume to the desired specification For any of the above activities please make sure to back up important data before starting 90 Page 90 ...

Page 91: ...ds This relieves the admin from this task and hopefully 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 In Share and Domain security mode the Password tab will not...

Page 92: ...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 three or more disk con...

Page 93: ...ing a 2nd disk the capacity remains the same but the data is now mirrored between the two disks With redundancy your data will not be lost in the event of a disk failure By adding a 3rd disk the capacity doubles while maintaining redundancy By adding a 4th disk the capacity triples with redundancy The process of volume expansion is automatic When a disk has been added you will be notified of the s...

Page 94: ... must conform to the following restrictions Name must only consist of characters a z A Z 0 9 and the symbols dash 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 dash Example of a valid FQDN firstpart secondpart thirdpart ...

Page 95: ...anguage 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 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 dash and period Name must start with a ...

Page 96: ...re will abuse the available storage space RAID Acronym for 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 disk s 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 r...

Page 97: ...X RAID Infrant Technologies patent pending Expandable RAID technology 97 Page 97 ...

Page 98: ...you can visit our support site at http www infrant com There you ll find links to FAQs message board and live online support Infrant also has a lively community forum at http www infrant com forum which is often monitored by advanced users and Infrant support and engineering staff 98 Page 98 ...