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shares. Reasons to create a custom share might be to store files by category, such as
client files, project files, or financial archive files. A small business might set up shares
by department, for the marketing, accounting, and sales groups, for example. Access to
shares is controlled through access rights.
Following the three-volume example from the previous section, you could create the
following shares:
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Volume A: Business Files
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Share 1: Client Files
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Share 2: Financial Files
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Share 3: Human Resources Files
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Volume B: Backup File Storage
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Share 1: Daily Backups
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Share 2: Month-end Backups
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Volume C: Media Files
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Share 1: Music Files
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Share 2: Photo Files
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Share 3: Video Files
Shares are created and managed through the Web browser administrative interface.
Under the “Storage” pull-down menu, select “Shares.”
To create a share, follow the steps on page 19 of the
BlackArmor User Guide
. While
managing shares, you can perform the following actions:
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Add a recycle bin for deleted files
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Configure a share to download specific types of files into default folders—for
instance, all music files into Music
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Automatically sort downloaded files with the “Drag&Sort” Service
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Create and customize access at the group and individual levels
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Specify file protocol support, including CIFS, FTP, and NFS
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Set storage space quotas for individual users or user groups and grace periods
with an extra 100MB to permit users time to delete files and get back under the
quota
Protect Data with File Backups
To protect files from loss, corruption, or accidental deletion, regular file backups are vital.
Several backup scenarios are available. BlackArmor Backup supports creation of full,
incremental, and differential backups.
For complete details on installation and operation, consult the
Seagate BlackArmor
Backup User Guide.
BlackArmor Backup
Seagate BlackArmor Backup is an integrated software suite that ensures security of all
information on a PC. (The Macintosh currently is not supported.) It can backup the
