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1. ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Models Ultra 6 Ultra 4 Pro Pioneer NVX Pioneer ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual 2010 NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of NETGEAR Inc Technical Support When you register your product at htip www netgear com register we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely notices of product and software upgrades NETGEAR Inc 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose CA 95134 USA Email support netgear com Web site http www netgear com Phone 1 888 NETGEAR for US amp Canada only For other countries see your support information card Trademarks NETGEAR the NETGEAR logo ReadyNAS ProSafe Smart Wizard and Auto Uplink are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc Microsoft Windows Windows NT and Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders Statement of Conditions To improve internal design operational function and or reliability NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product s or circuit la
2. oO No USB shares exist Plug in a USB storage device and click Refresh to display a USB share Icon Legend j Disabled Read only Access Eil Read Write Access Read Access with excephons zi Write Access with exceptions 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 The settings are as follows e Disabled Access to this share is disabled e Read only Access Access to this share is read only e Read Write Access Access to this share is read write e 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 e 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 To set the access rules for each file protocol click the access icons to display th
3. 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 visit http networkupstools org Wake on LAN You can power on this device ee remotely by sending It a WOL You can power on this device remotely by sending it a WOL Magic Packet if the WOL service is enabled Magic Packet if the WOL service is enabled The ReadyNAS supports Enable Wake on LAN service Wake on LAN on the first Ethernet interface LAN 1 only APC When an APC brand UPS is connected a shutdown on threshold drop down option is available See Using the ReadyNAS to create a Network UPS for PCs at http readynas com forum viewtopic php f 11 amp t 16744 UPS Configuration Hosts allowed access 192 168 7 0 28 Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance 95 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Adding a UPS Adding an uninterruptible power supply UPS to the ReadyNAS is an easy way to protect against power failures Simply connect the ReadyNAS power cable to the UPS and connect the UPS USB monitoring cable back to the ReadyNAS The UPS is detected automatically and shows up on the status bar Hover over the status light to display more detail You are notified by email whenever the UPS status changes for example when a power failure forces the UPS into battery mode or when the battery is low When the battery is low the ReadyNAS automatically shu
4. To see the share listings and access a share using a Web browser click either Browse on the RAIDar utility or enter http lt ipaddr gt or http chostnames in the Microsoft Explorer browser address bar Hostname is the ReadyNAS hostname assigned in the Network screen The default hostname starts with nas followed by the last three hex bytes of the device MAC address To access a specific share simply add the name of the share to the address For example http chostnames backup For a secure encrypted connection use HTTPS You are prompted to log in Connect to nas a9 eb 84 NETGEAR Ready Has NVX C Remember my password Log in with a valid user name and password If the share access is read only only the file manager displays If the share is also writable options for creating modifying and deleting files are displayed in the file manager YE tec nas AP AD 192 168 2 1075 File Manager Microsoft inienn Leplorer reek 558 NG Location backup O E Entertainment center Pso 1021 00 22 09 pm 1 14 Ai O nookdoe CI Bi uc costs CI E wc chan doc riiu 11 50 pm 105 i OL eros 1 03 pm 15 50 k OZ 1 38pm iaa 5 i O Ini Windoe Bench m3 dor 1071708 11 33 pm aye ik O Ry window Benchudec 10 17 01 11 39 pm 59 Kk O E kitchen git 11 27 98 B24 pen 10 54 k One useful application for a Web share is to set an internal company Web site You can copy HTML files to the Web share using Win
5. e ReadyDLNA ReadyDLNA provides media streaming service to stand alone networked home media adapters and networked DVD players that 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 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 27 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual e Home Media Streaming Server 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 e Additional Streaming Services Other streaming services may be available as well including TiVo Skifta and Orbi 28 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Discovery Services Bonjour and UPnP discovery services are included with the ReadyNAS You can download and install additional services from the Add ons p
6. Performance Settings You can select from several options to tune your system for better performance Keep in mind that these options will introduce a slight risk of data corruption in case of a power failure so using an uninterruptible power supply UPS is highly recommended For information on Performance settings see Optimization and Maintenance on page 88 Performance Options You can select from the following options to tune your system for better performance Keep in mind that these options will introduce a slight risk of data corruption in case of a power failure so a UPS is highly recommended Enable disk write cache Disk write cache allows disk write requests to be acknowledged by disk before data is written out to the platter This can give a big boost to write performance with a drawback that there is a slight chance that unwritten data in the write cache will be lost in the event of a power failure Disable full data journaling Full data journaling makes a backup of data before writing the data out to the intended location providing an extra level of data protection needed to prevent data corruption for RAID volumes at the expense of disk write performance Enable fast CIFS writes This option allows for optimal write performance by enabling aggressive write back caching for CIFS transactions Do not enable this option if shares on this device will be used by multi user applications i e Quickbooks where synchronized wri
7. Select Manage Users from the pull down menu Select the user whose password needs to be reset Enter a new password in the Password field Click Apply to save changes papp Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts 87 Optimization and Maintenance This chapter discuses how to optimize performance and maintain your ReadyNAS system and contains the following sections e Updating ReadyNAS Firmware e Power Management e Adding a UPS e Performance e Viewing System Status e System Shutdown and File System Check e Volume Maintenance Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance 88 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Updating ReadyNAS Firmware The ReadyNAS device offers the option to upgrade the operating firmware either automatically using the Remote Update option or by manually loading an update image that has been downloaded from the NETGEAR Web site Updating Direct from the NETGEAR Web Site If the ReadyNAS has Internet access the easiest update option is the Remote option The update process updates only the firmware image and does not modify your data volume Note It is always a good practice to backup data especially data that cannot be replaced before you perform a firmware update To use the Remote option 1 Select Update from the main menu and then click the Remote screen 2 Click Check for Updates to check for updates on the NETGEAR update server 3 When prompted click Perform System Update After t
8. online 100 Mbit Full Duplex IF address 197 168 1 101 Subnet mask Speed Duplex mode Auto negotiation wt MTU 1500 Performance Settings Use these options to tweak network performance Enable jumbo frames Jumbo frames allows combining of multiple packets into one large packet reducing network overhead and increasing large packet transfer performance When a jumbo frame capable switch is used and client systems have jumbo frame capable network controllers you can enable this option Make sure the client network driver is set up for jumbo frame support Standard Settings Use this area to specify the IP address network mask speed duplex mode and MTU settings Standard Setting Enter the IP address for this network interface If your network utilizes a DHCP server to hand out IP addresses select the DHCP option for your IP assignment method Otherwise enter the IP address netmask and gateway values accordingly MAC address Status IP assignment IP address Subnet mask Speed Duplex mode MTU D0 30 48 BC 55 5E online 1000 Mbit Full Duplex Use values fom DACP Auto negotiation ng LA 1500 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual IP Assignment From the pull down menu select Use values from a DHCP server or Use values below In most networks where a DHCP server is enabled you can specify the Use values from a DHCP server
9. 90 MBps X RAID2 auto RAID management secure drag and drop remote access ReadyNAS Remote optional online backup solution ReadyNAS Vault secure replication Rsync and RAID 0 1 5 6 for data protection Bi AA ReadyNAS Ultra 4 ReadyNAS Ultra 4 is NETGEAR s first 4 Bay multimedia desktop storage system with both NAS and iSCSI SAN support Ultra 4 provides 2X the performance of the current NV over 80 MBps X RAID2 auto RAID management secure drag and drop remote access ReadyNAS Remote optional online backup solution ReadyNAS Vault secure replication Rsync and RAID 0 1 5 for data protection ReadyNAS PRO Pioneer WIth its compact desktop chassis the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer supports up to six SATA or SATA II hard drives in six lockable hot swappable disk trays Three USB 2 0 ports enable USB drives or printer connections and provides up to 12TB of network attached storage that can easily be expanded as larger capacity drives become available ReadyNAS NVX Pioneer Since its introduction the award winning ReadyNAS NVX product line has been the de facto choice of professionals whether at the office or at home Identical to the NVX Business system the ReadyNAS NVX Pioneer for home use offers many of the same high end features and has consistently garnered the highest ratings from PC World magazine Chapter1 Getting Acquainted 9 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Initial Setup and Default Log
10. Compress data before transferring This option is especially useful for slower network connections such as when transferring data over a WAN e Remove deleted files from target This option ensures that the destination has exactly the same image as the ReadyNAS however it is important to understand that any accidental deletion of data on the ReadyNAS cannot be recovered e File and directory exclusion list Files and directories that you want to exclude from the backup can be specified here Enter the files and directories as a comma separated list 2 Select Backup Destination This step is similar to Step 1 except you are now specifying the backup destination If you selected a remote backup source you need to select a destination on the ReadyNAS Note that either the source or destination must be the ReadyNAS STEP 2 Select backup destination Specify where you want your backup data saved As with the backup source the destination path can be a share on this device or a path on a remote PC or device Select this ReadyNAS or remote Host Path Login Password If the source is the ReadyNAS you can either enter a ReadyNAS destination tor you can specify a remote backup destination The remote backup destination can be a remote Windows PC with a ReadyNAS system a remote FTP site a remote NFS server a remote Rsync server a ReadyNAS share or a USB device Note You can select Rsync for a remote ReadyNA
11. Default gateway 10 1 16 15 z System gt Status DNS Settings DNS or Domain Name Service provides a means to translate hostnames to IP addresses Enter the DNS IP addresses here Domain name server 1 192 168 1 1 Domain name server 2 Domain name server 3 Domain name 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 name also appears in the RAIDar scan list The default hostname is nas followed by the last 3 bytes of its primary MAC address Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual 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 screen 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 address of the default gateway server here DNS Settings The DNS area allows you to specify up to three domain name service servers for hostname resolution The DNS service translates host
12. HDD 2 When the device contains multiple partitions the partitions are listed beneath the main device entry Partitions 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 The following commands are available remove and re connect to the network storage to regain access the USB 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 to the disks and that the file system is correctly closed The Disconnect option unmounts all partitions on the device Once the device is disconnected physically device Locate In cases where you attach multiple storage devices and want to determine which device corresponds to the device listing the Locate command causes the device LED to blink if the device is present Format FAT32 This option formats the device as a FAT 32 file system FAT32 format is easily recognizable by most newer Windows Linux and Unix operating systems present in the base operating system EXT3 support for Windows and OS Format EXT3 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 network
13. MTU 1500 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 19 20 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Performance Settings The Enable jumbo frames option allows you to optimize the ReadyNAS for large data transfers Use this option only if your Network Internet Card NICs and your gigabit switch support jumbo frames The ReadyNAS supports up to a 9000 byte frame size For optimal performance a switch capable of this frame size or larger should be used Performance Settings Use these options to tweak network performance C Enable jumbo frames Jumbo frames allows combining of multiple packets into one large packet reducing network overhead and increasing large packet transfer performance When a jumbo frame capable switch is used and client systems have jumbo frame capable network controllers you can enable this option Make sure the client network driver is set up for jumbo frame support Global Network Settings Network Interfaces The hostname for this device can be used in place of the IP address when accessing this device over CIFS SMB This name will also be used in various alerts that this device will send out Hostname WINS Hostname nas BC 55 5E DHCP gt Security Services Default Gateway The default gateway specifies the IP address of the system router that network requests out of the Ps Volumes current subnet will get routed to gt Shares gt Backup Printers
14. Option You can use a local or public NTP Network Time Protocol server to update the clock automatically Deselect the checkbox if you wish to set the time manually above Synchronize clock with the following NTP server s NTP Server 1 time e netgear com NTP Server 2 time h netgear com Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 31 32 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Alerts If you have specified an email address in the contact list you receive an email alert when a system event that requires attention occurs For example a device or enclosure failure a quota violation or low disk space warning will generate an email alert To access the Alerts screen select System 5 Alerts from the main menu This contains three additional configuration areas described in the following sections e Contacts on page 32 e Settings on page 33 Contacts Use the Contacts screen to specify up to three email addresses where system alerts will be sent The ReadyNAS device has a robust system monitoring feature and sends email alerts anytime something appears to be wrong or when a device has failed Make sure to enter a primary address and a backup address if possible Use an email address tied to a mobile phone to monitor the device when you are away from your desk To set up an email contact 1 Select an option from a list of popular email providers 2 Add the user name and password needed to authenticate with the SMTP se
15. X 1 In Finder select the Go 5 Network menu 2 From here access to the AFP share can be over Bonjour or over Apple Talk depending on how you have chosen to advertise your AFP share 2 Finder File Edit View Webm Window Help Back Forward Enclosing Folder Computer Home SG Network iDisk Applications CJ Utilities Recent Folders Go to Folder T G Connect to Server K AFP over Bonjour To access the AFP share advertised over Bonjour on Mac OS X 1 in Finder select Go gt Network to see a listing of available networks 2 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname T Merwork EI 1 i pe Macintosh HO Firefom Bow Ss ait M NAKO Servent em fo Pb noprcations ll a h 1 a r a l DMO Connect to server Music Worngroap onnee co thee file server K ODLGA AG NOY Pictures Kikang CiO i agd UU Samoa cue C Registered User Ta Pictures ST Chapter4 Managing 4 Accessing Shares 67 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual 3 Enter the user name and password you want to use to connect to the ReadyNAS 4 From the Volumes field select the share you want to access and click OK ey z up ngin 55 me craigs b a G s Ls MD m OE EA ios LADA a ic i KOO GANG Minghi HO i ar k a Select the volumes ta mownt Firefox kip Rs Desktop cherry 2
16. as anonymous and use your email address for the password nemo PuTTY Lal iy C UUL T3568 DO tee dd so UU 2 To access the share use the appropriate user login and password used to access the ReadyNAS Note 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 Also when using FTPS only Explicit mode also known as FTPES or AUTH TLS is supported 72 Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Accessing Shares from Linux Unix To access this share from a Linux or Unix client 1 Mount the share over NFS by entering mount lt ipaddr gt lt backup backup gt where backup is the share name Running the Is command in the mounted path displays the share content To access this share from a Linux or Unix client where backup is the share name 1 Mount the share over NFS by entering mount lt ipaddr gt lt backup backup gt Running the Is command in the mounted path displays the share content Note The ReadyNAS does not support NIS as it is unable to correlate NIS information with CIFS user accounts In mixed environments where you want CIFS and NFS integration 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 t
17. can build up on a gigabit segment With multiple network interfaces network traffic can be optimized by manually setting up a routing table If you are unfamiliar with route tables it is advised that you do not change the defaults o Je 25s lass fo fo fio JU Ehemet i adanewroute Network Netmask Gateway Interface Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Setting Up Security Use the Security screen to set the administrator password administer security and set up the password recovery feature on the ReadyNAS Access ReadyNAS Security functionality from these tabs e Updating the Admin Password on page 23 Updating the Admin Password The Admin Password screen allows you to change the administrator user password The administrator user is the only user who can access the FrontView Management Console and has administrative privileges when accessing shares Note Be sure to set a password different from the default password and keep it in a safe place Anyone who obtains this password can change settings or erase data stored on the ReadyNAS Network To change the admin password you will need to additionally specify a password recovery question Security the expected answer and an email address In case you forget the admin password you can reset the password by answering t
18. clients regardless of the security mode selected You can elect to set up port forwarding to nonstandard ports for better security when you access files over the Internet Alternately use an FTPS client for secure and encrypted login and data transfers HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol ReadyNAS supports HTTP file manager allowing read write access to shares using the browser This service can be disabled in lieu of HTTPS to allow for a more secure transmission of passwords and data With the redirect option access to http readynas ip can be automatically redirected to a share This is useful if you do not want to expose your default share listing to outsiders To redirect to a share create an index file such as index htm or index html in your target share You can also enable or disable 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 If you want remote Web access to FrontView or your HTTPS shares specify a nonstandard port the 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 use to address ReadyNAS This allows you to bypass the default dummy certificate warnings whenever users access the ReadyNAS over HTTPS Rsync Rsync is an extremely popular and efficient form of incremental backup made popular on t
19. desired option below Select the desired RAID levek Select YOU Want D0 reserwe Space for snapshots You can visualize a snapshot as a frozen image of a volume ot the time you take the snapshot Snapshots are typically used For backups during which tima the original volume can continue More More bo oper ste normally Select the desired snapshot reserved space jg w GE Create volume mov Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 41 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual After selecting Flex RAID the system will create a RAID 1 volume automatically You need to delete the existing volume first ReadyNAS NVX Home Help 188 MB 096 of 100 GB used RAID Settings Snapshot Volume Maintenance ISCSI RAID Configuration Configuration RAID Level 1 2 disks Status Redundant RAID Disks Ch 2 Sengate STSS00320NS 465 G8 100 GB allocated Remove Locate Ch 3 Seagate ST3500320NS 465 GS 100 GB alocated Available Disks Ch 1 Seagate ST3S00320NS 465 G8 Maka bot spare Locate coo 0000 Once that s done you should be able to select which type of RAID array you wish to create as well as which drives it should be created on ReadyNAS NVX EF Channel 1 Seagate STIS00320NS 465 G8 Channel 2 Seagate ST3500320N5 465 G5 STEP 2 Select RAID level and snapshot space Select RAID level ace reserved for snapshots STEP 3 Select volume capacity Physica c
20. desred options when backup ia performed 4 full backup will copy all data from the backup source Incremental backup where only changed data are copeed occured between scheduled full backups unless Dvery lime m galerka Schedule full backup First tima On backup comp3ebon send error only w to the alert email Midrece the ne ents of tire kalat dematin before a full backup r 3 perhort magi This Sckug deghnal i fale which were remowed ir Haber backup CE nal gelekte all fi dders ri tha hacky ees anat rerahip alik eg In the backup de a He the i ache uA ghara Warning Do mata AG phon if any files or dir bros pe cada stain tele uTent omnershin 46 Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual 1 Select backup source The backup source can be a share or a path located locally on the ReadyNAS or remotely on another ReadyNAS or a computer If the source is local you can select any share on the ReadyNAS a USB device attached to the ReadyNAS or an iSCSI LUN or you can elect to back up the entire data volume STEP 1 Select backup source Specify what you want to backup The path you want to backup can be in a share on this device a USB disk attached to this device will show up as a share or located remotely The backup source and destination cannot both be remote shares Select this ReadyNAS or remote v Host Path Login Password If you selected a share or a USB device on the ReadyN
21. disks with more capacity in the system reboot the ReadyNAS to start the volume expansion which occurs in the background When the process completes the data stored on the volume remains intact but the volume capacity will have expanded to include the capacity of the new disk less any additional overhead needed to assure the redundancy of the data on the volume You can expand the ReadyNAS volume repeatedly with additional disks and higher capacity disks adding to the value of your investment in a ReadyNAS For more information visit http readynas com cat 54 See Changing between X RAID2 and Flex RAID Modes on page 41 for more information 106 Appendix A Understanding RAID ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Flex RAID Flex RAID technology utilizes the industry standard RAID levels O 1 5 and 6 To reconfigure the default Flex RAID Volume C split it into multiple volumes specify a different RAID level or specify a larger reserved space for snapshots and reconfigure your volume See Understanding Volume Management on page 37 for more information about volumes Flex RAID advantages include e The default volume can be deleted and re created with or without snapshot reserved space e Hot spare disk is supported e Full volume management is available You can create RAID level O 1 5 or 6 volumes specify the volume size delete a disk from a volume assign a hot spare and so on Note RAID 6 is only available on the Ult
22. factory defaults using the Reset button on the ReadyNAS chassis according to the instructions in the ReadyNAS Hardware Manual Remote Local Settings Factory Default Click on Perform Factory Default button below if you wish to reset this device to the factory default state This option clears ALL data and configuration on this device with no recovery option Backup any data you wish to save before selecting this option Perform Factory Default AN WARNING Resetting to factory default erases everything including data shares volumes configuration information and user and group accounts There is no way to recover after you confirm this command ReadyNAS Default Configuration Settings User login URL when the https 192 168 168 168 ReadyNAS is not connected to a DHCP server Admin user name case sensitive admin Admin login password netgear1 case sensitive System configuration FrontView Web based configuration and status monitoring built in to the ReadyNAS RA IDiator firmware Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance 91 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Discovery multi unit status RAIDar for Windows Mac and Linux available from monitoring and RAID formatting htto readynas com utility LAN Connections MAC address Default address Ports Note This setting is hardware specific and will vary depending on the ReadyNAS system LAN IP address DHCP acquired 92 Chapte
23. list Export user list Export group list Preferences 2 Set the parameters on the screen Set default parameters for new accounts Default group for new users users Ww Private home shares for users Enabled Default home volume for new users Export home shares over NFS Disabled Make home shares available over FTP Disabled Recycle Bin for private home shares Disabled Remove Recycle Bin files older than this many days Limit Recycle Bin to this many MB DH Allow users to change their passwords Enabled Warn user when disk usage Is 8D ww of quota 3 Click Apply to save your settings 86 Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Changing User Passwords In User security mode there are two ways user passwords can be changed 1 The preferred method is to allow users to change their own passwords a Open a Web browser and use your existing password to log in to access the Web share listing screen at hitps lt ip addrs b Select the Password screen and follow the prompts to set a new password This encourages users to change their passwords on a more regular basis for enhanced security and relieves the administrator from this task Mame Email UID Primary Group Password Used Quota MB steve hisdom 1003 O ME E AN Successfully changed password 2 Optionally the administrator can change the passwords a Select Security gt User 4 Group Accounts
24. must close the browser window and use RAIDar to reconnect to FrontView Network Security Services gt Volumes Shares Backup Printers System Chock Alerts Shutdown Options O Shutdown and turn off device O Shutdown and reboot device gt Status F Perform volume scan on next boot This process can take several minutes to more than an hour depending on disk capacity and volume content Check and fix quotas on next boot This process can take several minutes to more than an hour depending on disk capacity and the number af files on your volume Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Volume Maintenance Use the Volume Maintenance options on the Volume Settings screen to set a rigorous high availability level of service or if you suspect disk errors are impacting performance or just reflecting age of use gt Network gt Security gt Services Volumes Volume Settings USB Storage gt Shares gt Backup gt System gt Status 192 MB 0 of 4584 GB used Additional 10 GB reserved for snapshots RAID Settings Snapshot Volume Maintenance ISCSI Disk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix Disk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix can detect and correct potential data corruption by actively searching disks for unreadable and mismatched blocks This procedure should be scheduled for off peak usage periods W Scrub disks and fix p
25. storage 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 X can be added Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 43 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual When the USB device is unmounted you have the option of renaming it The next time the same device is connected it uses the new name rather than the default USB FLASH n or USB HDD n naming scheme The USB storage shares are listed on the Share screen and access restrictions can be specified there The share names reflect the USB device names USB storage devices are shared using the name of the device appended with the partition number To change the base device name select Volumes 5 USB Storage USB Flash Device Option Toward the lower portion of the USB Storage screen is the USB Flash Device Option section where you can elect to copy the content of a USB flash device to a specified share on connection Files are copied to a unique timestamp folder to prevent existing data from being overwritten This is useful for uploading pictures from digital cameras and music from MP3 players without a PC In User Security mode an additional option to set the ownership of the copied files is available USB Volume Name and Access Rights USB volume name and share access settings are persistent across mounts The ReadyNAS attempts to remember the nam
26. 9 amin pia Applications i row k ae ap SO ee Grad AFP over AppleTalk To advertise your AFP service over AppleTalk 1 A list of available networks displays 2 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname Select the one with the hostname only You are prompted with a connection box Gma nm Etika ia fax Metra a APP on ma O HA H Mya ne HO fi cairo BP men J Apzlcaiomi 68 Chapter4 Managing amp Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual 3 Select Guest and click Connect Then select the share you want to connect to and click OK NGO Connect to Server Connect to the file server nas 00 60 63 Connect as Guest O Registered User Cancel In Share security mode if you have set up a password for your share you need to specify only the user name and password 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 want to use to connect to the ReadyNAS You should see the same file list as you would in Windows Explorer Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares 69 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Accessing Shares from MAC OS 9 To access the same share under Mac OS 9 select Connect to Server from the Finder menu choose the ReadyNAS device entry 1 from the AppleTalk section and click Connect Connect to Se
27. A 22 Seting Up SECUND aaa KG AAP KAG chee ANGKAN ERERAEREPA PA RAAH AKNG 23 Updating the Admin Password eee eee eee 23 Password Recovery 6 cc caneeabeeGan nt OkG heed w en deerawsed 24 Selecting Services for Share ACCeSS 2 0 0 eee 25 Standard File ProtocolS 0 0 ee eens 25 Streaming OO DD a casein neue Se Sere 6G4 Se sere eds Gewees 27 Discovery Services 0 eee eee 29 ME EO FOG nawa KG ieee bond 4a os PGKA BA KA heb EERE DA 30 ReadyNAS Remote amak a nawa ak oe tb eu LAKTAWAN 30 TableofContents 3 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Adjusting System Settings cc eee ees 31 O ae EENES REEE E ode ee bes KAPIT PAANAN ees YA 31 ee EEES eee a ee ee EEEE EEEE EE ENSE 32 Bei EEE E EEE E E E EE EE 32 SOMINGS ur irs ererat AG AA a eee a A GA 33 Fenormance CONS a AGA AG NA BB NAPAKA an 34 Language Settings nnan oaaae 35 AG KK dan bid GA NY TESA AEE ERATE ETE EE TE 36 Configure Backup 1 6 ee eee ees 36 PO ab BRA KAPWA E065 O40 eed ede Ge RE NANGKA keene 36 ili APA AA 36 Understanding Volume Management cee eee eee 37 X RAID2 AA APA PA AA AA 37 Adding a Second Disk for Redundancy 37 Adding More CCP eines 38 Replacing Disks for More Capacity noaa nananana 38 Changing RAID Modes 2 4actvinccudedesevnsaieeieead ass 38 Reconfigure Volume C 1 eee 39 PRONG a VOUM 2 aNG DARAANAN GG ni rar pid eias 39 PA OU ARA PA PP 40 Changing
28. AS you can leave the path blank to back up the entire share or device or enter a folder path to back up just the content of that folder lf you want to back up a remote source to the ReadyNAS enter the remote host name the folder path and any login credential required to access that path To ensure that you have the right access to the remote backup source click Test Connection after entering the source parameters Each file protocol uses a slightly different path notification so refer to the following list for the correct form Notice that a forward slash is used instead of a backslash in all instances a Remote Windows NAS Timestamp Select this to back up a share from a Windows PC Incremental backups use timestamps to determine whether files should be backed up Examples of a Windows or remote ReadyNAS path myshare myshare myfolder b Remote Windows NAS Archive Bit Select this to back up a share from a Windows PC Incremental backups use the archive bit of files similar to Windows to determine if they should be backed up Examples of a Windows or remote ReadyNAS path myshare myshare myfolder Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data 47 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual c Remote Website Select this to back up a Web site or a Web site 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 Examples
29. Accessing Shares from Windows 0 00000 cece eee ee eee 66 Accessing Shares from MAC OS X 1 6 ee ee 67 AFP Oe BN i etn ANA AB sridi ee oredr FES ad BALA Ka 67 AFP over AppleTalk uk so iio teed ode owt han BRO KA PAGAWA G kA KA 68 Accessing Shares from MAC OS 9 000 70 Accessing Shares through FTP FTPS 0 0 00 e eee eee 72 Accessing Shares from Linux Unix 0 00 0000 cee eee eee 73 Remote ACCESS occu nd dieu KG BENG GERA DEAN ABALA KANG 74 ReadyNAS Remote 000 eee eee ee eee 74 Remote FTP Access 2 2 ee ee ee eee 76 Remote HTTP HTTPS ACCESS ci cdee bis civwintodaweeaw needed ff Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts Setting Up User and Group Accounts 0 000 ce eee eee 80 Managing Users 1 nananana eee eens 81 Manag LOUPS 246s sc trr er bert riawoceeebehann eee te Bee pan 82 mporn oa OE AA ee eee hes rasika PAA 82 COM Croup OUS sanaa AAP 84 EO Na EL na KA KAAGAD GR ee ree ee re eee eee ee ee ee 85 Rt KE LSS ho sande cnivnde AA 85 Preferences PP PAT PETE 86 Changing User Passwords cece eee eee 87 Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance Updating ReadyNAS Firmware a 89 Updating Direct from the NETGEAR Web Site 89 Updating from a Local Drive 0 a 90 soe 5 See od ened oa E keene sane PABANGARAAF ABAD ABAD 90 Restoring the Factory Default Settings 0005 91 ReadyNAS Default Configuration Set
30. D 0 1 and 5 are part of the Flex RAID RAID levels To switch from Flex RAID mode to X RAID expandable RAID you need to backup your data first and then reset your ReadyNAS back to factory default During the factory default process you have a 10 minute window during the boot process to click the Setup button in RAIDar and set the box to the desired RAID mode Flex RAID or X RAID The RAIDar utility sends a prompt to Click Setup during this 10 minute time frame Welcome to the ReadyNAS Volume Setup The Ready NAS is currently not configured with a volume Please select from the options below bo change the default settings and click Create volume mow to start the initialization Select the desired volume seting Your volume wil be automaticaly configured using X RAIDZ which provides the easiest way bo expand your volume in the huture This is the recommended setting For most ervirormerit Utilize an additional disk 2 disk capacity overhead bo probect the daka volume From a 2 disk Failure DF you select this option 4 disk KAAIDZ volume wil hawa 2 digk probecbed capacity a S disk volume wil have S disk protected capacity and S desk volume wil have a 4 disk protected capacity This option requires a minimum of 4 disks C Hesxible Volume Flex RAID m Your solume wil be automaticaly configured using a standard RAID level depending on the number of disks in the ReadyNAS You can override the default RAID level by selecting the
31. Enable or disable job scheduling by selecting or 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 Log to clear the current log detail Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Viewing the Backup Log You can view the backup log while the job is in progress or after it has finished 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 lt Up finished Mon Aug 7 19 09 20 POT 2006 Job 001 Protocol cifs Source 192 168 6 157 Competition datas Mestination Backup Pob 001 data5 Book1 pril7 inv xls gt Backup Book1_april7_inv xls Nob 001 fdata5 Book1 april7 ord xls gt Backup Book1_april7_ord xls Nob 001 data5 Book1 april7 bck xls gt Backup Book1_april7_bck xls ob 001 data5 Book1 april14 inv xls gt Backup Book1 aprill4 inv xls Nob 001 data5 Book1 aprill4 ord xls gt Backup Book1 aprill4 ord xls Mob 001 data5 Bookl aprili4_bck xls gt Bac
32. Explorer and Freder 30 you can ear drag A drop files like you would normally do in your LAN environment To use ReadyNAS Remote you will need to enable thet option here and install 3 small cient on your PC or Mac For more informatnon on Aedes Remote cick here Remote ACCESS Select renee users lo give share access Enter the Emad address of the Ready N45 Remote user whe pou would like to gant access to thes device Alter granting remote access to the ReadyNAS any file rights or restrictions will be handled with the local ReadyNAS user Aoba 6 Lolo Find Chek here to send an email ete Found Allari User Name User Nama Fld ri Advarx mi Talunga Start automatically when starting Windows Connect to ReadyNAS a Network Me 5 183 2030 k backup media PE CN 11 17 AM You can now drag and drop files between your desktop and the ReadyNAS as though you were on the ReadyNAS LAN Chapter4 Managing 4 Accessing Shares 75 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Remote FTP Access 1 Select Services gt Standard File Protocols and select the FTP check box vi FTP or File Transfer Protocol used extensively for basic file upload and downloads If you will be making FTP service available to this device outside the firewall you can specify a custom port for added security Port Bi Authentication mode Anonymous 5 Allow upload resumes Disabled Passive ports 1024 65535 Masquerad
33. Home Software Manual To add a volume 1 Select the disks The example shows that the first three disks are selected and none of them are specified as a hot spare 2 Select the RAID level This will determine how the redundancy capacity utilization and performance are implemented for the volume Typically in a configuration of three or more disks NETGEAR recommends RAID level 5 In the example RAID level 5 is selected for the disks 3 Specify the reserve space for a snapshot Next select the percentage of the volume you want to allocate for snapshots You can specify O if you want 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 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 the example 10 percent of the volume will be reserved for snapshots If you do not reserve space for snapshots the snapshot screen is not displayed in the Volume screen 4 Specify the volume size After you specify the volume parameters enter the appropriate volume size if you want to configure a smaller volume size than the maximum displayed The resulting volume will be approxim
34. Model Serial Firmware Memory IF address 1 IF address 2 Volume C ReadyNAS into your network DG LAB RNDxX U4 ReadyNAS Ultra 4 0022 3FA9EEBF RAIDiator 4 2 11 1024 MB DDR2 Not Connected 197 168 1 101 Online X RAID2 Single disk 0 of 64 GB used Click here to switch to Advanced Control Mode Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted 13 14 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Advanced Control Mode The FrontView Advanced Control mode provides access to all available settings In this mode the menus on the left allow you to quickly jump to the screen you want The bar at the top provides options to return to the Home screen refresh the browser window display Help where available or to log out of the session To securely log out of a session use the Logout button Advanced Control Main Menu options AR ReadyN fs unra a Connect with Innafation ee N T Top buttons gt Network 4 ire sino You are in Advanced Control mode In Advanced Control mode you have access to additional options not 7 Security available in the Setup Wizard mode Some of these options can be destructive so care should be taken in Services this mode If you are performing the setup for the first time it is highly recommended that you first follow the Setup Wizard to completion gt Volumes r Shares Backup Hostname DG LAB RNDX Ud gt Printers gt System Model ReadyNAS Ultra 4 Status Se
35. Remote option if this device is connected to the Internet Local option to upload an gt Security Tapat 3 ago hpi Ba Pini ib cei ill update image from your system or Factory Default if you wish to destructively clear the device gt Services gt Volumes gt Shares Remot Local Yettinas Factory Default gt Backup gt Printers Select the firmware or Add on image System Clock Ef Alerts a Upload and werify image Performance Language Config Backup Power Shutdown Settings Select Update gt Settings to configure automatic update settings e Automatically check for updates e Download updates automatically Select the Remote option if this device is connected to the Internet Local option to upload an update image from your system or Factory Default if you wish to destructively clear the device Remote Local Settin Factory Default Configure the automatic update settings Automatically check for updates L Download updates automatically Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Restoring the Factory Default Settings Use the Factory Default screen to reset the ReadyNAS device back to its factory default state Back up the data and configuration information that you want to keep prior to using this option If you select this option you must confirm the command by typing FACTORY You can also reset all settings to their
36. S if it is configured to serve data over Rsync Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data 49 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual STEP 2 Select backup destination Specify where you want your backup data saved As with the backup source the destination path can be a share on this device or a path on a remote PC or device Host Select this ReadyNAS or remote ny cn Remote Windows NAS Timestamp Path Remote Website a TAMBAN AA Remote FTP Site Login Password Remote NFS Server Remote Rsync Server Share backup Share media USB Device Front Port Test connection Select when you want the backup performed Perform backup every 24 hours between 00 05 and 23 05 CI sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fi O Sat 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 lf you want you can elect not to schedule the backup job so that you can invoke it manually instead by clearing the Perform backup every check box You might want to do this if your ReadyNAS has a backup button and if you prefer to tie the job to the button STEP 3 Choose backup schedule Select when you want the backup performed Perform backup every 24 M hours between 00 05 and 23 05 4 C Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu F
37. Status Fan5Y52 5113 RPM OK FanCPU 2909 RPM OK Fansyst 4821 RPM OK Fansyvs3 5113 RPM OK Power Supply 1 Power Supply 2 SMART Information for Disk 1 Temp1 31 C 87 F Normal 0 60 C 32 140 Tem 32 C 89 F Normal 0 60 c 32 140 Model ST380013AS O UPS 4 Not present Serial 3JV3MF55 Firmware 3 05 SMART Attribute Spin Up Time Start Stop Count Reallocated Sector Count Power On Hours Spin Retry Count Power Cycle Count Temperature Celsius Current Pending Sector Offline Uncorrectable UDMA CRE Error Count Multi Zone Error Rate TA Increase Count ATA Error Count 98 Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Logs Select Status 5 Logs to access the Logs screen that provides information about the status of management tasks including a timestamp The Download All Logs link is available so you can analyze low level log information When clicked a zip file of all logs in the file is created gt Network gt Security Services gt Volumes gt Shares gt Backup gt Printers Download All Logs gt System Status Severity Date Message Tue May 25 15 37 13 PDT 2010 Finance added with default access Please review the share access restrictions in the Share Listing page to fine tune any default settings Tue May 25 15 37 13 POT 2010 Drawings added with default access Please review the share access restrictions in the Share Listing page to fine tune any
38. able character encoding conversion for FTP clients For example selecting Japanese allows the ReadyNAS to support file names with Japanese names in Windows Explorer hackip on ha prea 199 Ge TS Be m ee Fyeotes Poo He Gm E aR peach eb ratte mO fa eon E ioe de Leeda ba AI DERIS ELA AT G ora a xr 74 G Bo bee PALA b wW KB anran It is best to select the appropriate language based on the region where the device will be operated Note This option does not affect the FrontView display To change the language in FrontView adjust the browser language option If you want select the Allow Unicode for user group and share names check box for greater flexibility in non English speaking regions This option once selected cannot be reversed Note that HTTP and WebDAV access do not work with Unicode user names Other restrictions might exist To convert the ReadyNAS character encoding specified in Unicode to the character encoding used by your FTP client select the Enable character encoding conversion for FTP clients check box Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 35 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Update See Updating ReadyNAS Firmware on page 89 Configure Backup Use this to set up a system configuration backup for replication purposes See http readynas com configbackup for more detailed information See also Configuring Backup Jobs on page 46 Power See Power Management on page 93 Sh
39. ade as 76 MTU 18 19 N network mask 18 network settings customize 17 NFS 26 notice of compliance 108 NTP 31 O optimization 88 P partitions 43 password recovery 24 update 23 passwords changing 87 performance 97 performance settings 20 34 power management 93 power timer 93 94 preferences 86 product registration 2 R RAID changing modes 38 settings 40 RAID understanding 103 RAIDar 10 commands 11 LED descriptions 12 ReadyNAS community website 8 NVX Pioneer 9 Pro Pioneer 9 Ultra 4 9 Ultra 6 9 ReadyNAS Remote 30 74 ReadyNAS Vault 54 ReadyNAS about 8 recover password 24 recycle bin 62 redundancy 37 registration 2 reinstall firmware 24 remote access 74 remote add on 30 replace disks 38 route routing table 22 Rsync 26 enable 55 remote 48 S security 23 services 25 settings tab 33 setup wizard 13 setup initial 10 share access browser 65 FTP FTPS 72 Linux Unix 73 MAC OS 9 70 MAC OS X 67 restriction 61 set 61 Windows 66 share list 60 Index 111 shares adding 59 fine tune 60 managing 59 shutdown 100 speed mode 19 speed duplex mode 18 spin down 94 standard file protocols 25 status health 98 log 99 status bar 15 status lights 15 system settings adjusting 31 T technical support 2 Time Machine 57 timezone 31 U unicode 35 Unix 73 update firmware 89 password 23 UPnP 29 UPS adding 96 APC brand 95 battery 95 event 93 USB volumes 43
40. adyNAS O Services without complicated router or VPN setup Access from Windows and Mac are over File Explorer and Finder so you can easily drag amp drop files like you would PENE EP WS EEE normally do in your LAN environment Io use ReadyNAS Remote you will need to Streaming Services enable this option here and inst4f a small Nent on your PC or Mac For more information on ReadyNAS Remotk click here Discovery Services gt Volumes gt Shares gt Backup gt Printers Remove gt System gt Status Click this link for more information about ReadyNAS Remote ReadyNAS Remote The ReadyNAS Remote add on comes preinstalled and allows secure remote access to shares on your ReadyNAS without complicated router or VPN setup Once you access your shares from Windows using File Explorer or from a Mac using Finder you can easily drag and drop files into your LAN environment On Windows you can map a ReadyNAS share to a drive letter and access the share just as you would any typical local drive on your PC To use ReadyNAS Remote you need to enable the functionality and install a small client on your Mac or PC See ReadyNAS Remote on page 74 for information about enabling remote access to your ReadyNAS To enable ReadyNAS Remote 1 Check the ReadyNAS Remote check box and click Save 2 Click the Manage ReadyNAS Remote buiton to allow remote access to the ReadyNAS For more information about how to set up
41. adyNAS System Blobal Senigi Enter bhe IP address For this metwork mberdace M your network ubos a DHCP server bo hand out IF addresses select the DHCP option for your IP assignment method Otherwise enter the IP address nebmask and gateway values accordingly online 100 mbit Full Duplex Uee values from a DHCP server Use these options bo tweak network performance Foable jumbo frames Jumbo fromes allows combaning of multiple packets mko one large packet reducing network overhead and increasing large packet transfer performance When a jumbo frame capable switch is used and dient systems have jumbo frame capable ntbwaork controlkers you can erable thes opbon Moke sure the chent nebiork drett es set up for jumbo frame support ReadyNAS Ultra 4 17 18 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Ethernet Interfaces To configure Ethernet interfaces select Network gt Interfaces The default screen is the Ethernet 1 screen Use this screen to specify network interface specific settings gt Security gt Services gt Volumes gt Shares gt Backup gt Printers System gt Status Standard Setting Enter the IP address for this network interface If your network utilizes a DHCP server to hand out IP addresses select the DHCP option for your IP assignment method Otherwise enter the IP address netmask and gateway values accordingly MAC address 00 22 3F A9 EE BE Status
42. age at http readynas com gt Network Security Bonjour service allows Mac 05 X and Windows clients running Bonjour to automatically detect services advertised by the ReadyNAS Services Standard File Protocols Steaming Services Advertise FrontView over Bonjour Advertise printers over Bonjour Installed Add ons Advertise AFP service over Bonjour gt Volumes gt Shares 7 Backup z Printers gt System UPnP allows other UPnP enabled devices on the network to automatically detect Status the ReadyNAS e Bonjour Bonjour service lets you discover various services on the ReadyNAS and provides a 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 Web site e UPnP UPnP Universal Plug n Play provides a means for UPnP enabled clients to discover the ReadyNAS on your LAN Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 29 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Installed Add Ons You can access an array of new features and services by installing add ons developed by NETGEAR NETGEAR s partners and community developers ReadyNAS comes preinstalled with the following add ons e ReadyNAS Remote To view and download additional ReadyNAS add ons visit http readynas com addons and http readynas com community_addons gt Network g H gt Security ReadyNAS Remote allows secure remote access to shares on the Re
43. ame backup Default Access Read write v Share Access Restrictions Share access for the file protocol can be restricted using the access list s below gt Printers gt Speer gt Statue _ Read only hosts Read only users Read only groups m Write enabled hosts Write enabled users Write enabled groups Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Remote HTTP HTTPS Access 1 Select Services gt Standard File Protocols and select the HTTP check box HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol used everywhere web browsers apang Default access to the ReadyNAS over HTTP will show a share list If you want to use the ReadyNAS as a web server you can specify a share where access will be cad and alas you can enable or disable login Bag ira ad to that share Please keep in mind that Eune ing Brean you will only be allowed to redirect to a share that is set up for read only access over s TTP Redirect default web access to this share No ne sele cted M Login authentication on this share Disa bled v HTTPS or HTTP with SSL encryption used where secure web access is desired If you will be making HTTPS service available to this device outside the firewall you can specify an additional port for this purpose for added security Port 1 44 Port 2 SSL key host 192 168 1 143 B E Generate new key HTTP e Redirect default Web access to this sh
44. an enhance CIFS performance by allowing files residing on this ReadyNAS to be cached locally on the Windows client eliminating network latency when files are repeatedly accessed Enable oplocks for this share Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares 63 64 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Advanced Options Clicking the access icons on the Share List screen opens the Advanced Options screen which offers advanced low level file manipulation options that can affect file access through all file protocol interfaces Care should be taken before these options are used as anything that changes ownership and permissions might not be easily reversible fr CIFS AFP HTTP S Advanced Options Share Name backup Advanced Share Permission The following options are provided to override the default settings for shares and should be used with caution Share folder owner nobody Share folder group nogroup Share folder owner rights Share folder group rights FRead write Share folder everyone rights Read write w Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders in this share to the above settings This option is useful in cases where you are changing security levels and need to workaround file access problems Grant rename and delete privileges to non owner of files Advanced Share Utilities The following options provide miscellaneous share and share content functionality Use this option to adjust
45. apacity se lected Volume overhead RAID Snapshot FS Maximum volume size After creating the volume you will be prompted to restart the device before the volume is added The page at https 192 168 128 76 says The volume will not be added until you restart this device This process can take 30 minutes or more depending on your volume size during which you will not be able to access this device You will be notified by email when the volume add process is complete If you have already put data on it and the RAID level is X RAID you will need to backup your data and start again 42 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual USB Volumes The USB screen 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 When no USB is attached the No USB storage devices detected message displays USB Storage Devices The following USB storage devices are connected Device Part Description Disk Used Capacity FS UsB FLASH 3 USB Flash Device Option When a USB flash device is detected automatically copy the content to Path Pictures Share testing 1 USB 2 0 Flash Disk Partition 1 15 MB 3GB FAT32 48 Speed When multiple devices are attached they are appended by an increasing device number for example USB
46. are Advanced configuration option allowing hosting of user created HTTP Web pages on the ReadyNAS e Login authentication on this share Configures the share for whether or not authentication is required if users are browsing to the user created Web content HTTPS HTTPS cannot be disabled FrontView requires it e Port1 This field cannot be modified it is reserved for the ReadyNAS e Port2 This field can be used to allow HTTPS connections over a port other than the standard 443 Note Changing the default HTTPS port requires enabling port forwarding of the port you choose on the router Refer to the port forwarding instructions provided with your router e SSL key host Use this field to configure the hostname used for the ReadyNAS to generate its SSL certificate and then create a new SSL certificate NETGEAR recommends that you update this field to match the current IP address of the ReadyNAS and then generate a new SSL certificate to avoid future certificate errors from your Web browser In this scenario it is best to have a fixed IP configuration for the ReadyNAS so that the certificate remains valid Also if the WAN IP address configuration is DHCP NETGEAR recommends that you use a Dynamic DNS service to access the ReadyNAS through a persistent fully qualified domain name provided by a DDNS service provider rather than through an IP address Chapter4 Managing 4 Accessing Shares 77 78 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manua
47. arity Every weel at 00 00 Online File System Consistency Check Online Filesystem Consistency Checks can be used to detect filesystem problems without making the data volume inaccessible If filesystem issues are found an offline filesystem check will be required This procedure should be scheduled for off peak usage periods F Check file system consistency Every week at 00 00 These two options are available e Disk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix Select this option to detect and correct potential data corruption by actively searching disks for unreadable and mismatched blocks This procedure should be scheduled for off peak usage periods e Online File System Consistency Check Select this option to detect file system problems without making the data volume inaccessible If file system issues are found an offline file system check will be required This procedure should be scheduled for off peak usage periods For more information about Volumes see Understanding Volume Management on page 37 Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance 101 Understanding RAID This appendix introduces the main benefits of X RAID2 and provides an overview of RAID It contains the following sections e Understanding RAID e The Benefits of X RAID2 e Flex RAID Appendix A Understanding RAID 102 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Understanding RAID RAID is a well established technology and stands for Redundant Array of Independe
48. as the first disk You can elect to power off the ReadyNAS and add the disk or you can hot swap the disk while the ReadyNAS is online Depending on the size of the disk within a few hours your data volume will be fully redundant Since the process occurs in the background you can continue to use the ReadyNAS without interruption Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 37 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Adding More Disks At a certain point you will want more capacity With typical RAID volumes you have to back up the data to another system with enough space add a new disk reformat the RAID volume and restore the data back to the new RAID volume With X RAID2 add the third disk using the ReadyNAS hot swap disk tray When adding multiple disks at the same time power down the ReadyNAS add the disk s and turn the unit back on The X RAID2 device initializes and scans the newly added disk s for bad sectors This is done in the background so you can continue using the ReadyNAS while the expansion proceeds An email notice is sent when the volume has completed the expansion Replacing Disks for More Capacity When more space is needed but you are unable to install additional disks you can still expand the volume capacity by replacing the existing disks with higher capacity disks The ReadyNAS supports hot swapping so you can swap disks without turning off the unit Simply replace the first disk and the ReadyNAS synchron
49. ately the size that is specified 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 you reboot an email notification is sent when the volume has been added Use the RAIDar utility to reconnect to the ReadyNAS device RAID Settings After a volume is added return to the Volume screen and click the RAID Settings screen to display the current RAID information and configuration options for the volume Notice that the disk on Channel 4 that was not configured in the example is listed in the Available Disks section To add this disk as a hot spare click Make hot spare Wolumg C Add Auma W458 Disk space 33 MB of LIL GE used 0 i RAD Gatbnge Sree RAC Conteeeration 40 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual To remove a disk from the volume click 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 Do not use itin 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 When clicked it causes the disk LED to blink for 15 seconds This is useful to identify a specific disk Changing between X RAID2 and Flex RAID Modes RAI
50. between X RAID2 and Flex RAID Modes 41 Ee Gs bce NG GNG 646 45 6690494000 DNA E 044 NPA eS 43 PUNA Goce KANE adores doeaaseransGianses oo DA KAKA 43 USB Flash Device Option 0 0 0 0 cee eee 44 USB Volume Name and Access Rights 085 44 Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data Configuring Backup 006 2 wo ccccckeeccdecncstaneds ce skaeenesnces 46 Adding a New Backup Job o45 steed chores beet BA WAG NBP G KG LALA YA 46 Viewing the Backup Schedule 00 52 Viewing the Backup LO AA PAA 53 Editing a Backup Job eee 53 ReadyNAS Vault Service 2a 54 Enabling Rsync and Specifying Rsync Rights 55 Em ek debi KN pe hand es eras beep cee TA BIG aE RED 56 Time Machine Backup aaa RANA 44 ss OWS Owe heh eee oes 57 Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares Ji See er ee ee ee eee ee ee 59 POONG SNATES 2 05 KA 655 856 BKA DRA Heb w hese basi olaade ound 59 Fine Tuning Share Access 0a 60 Setting Share Access 0 61 Share Access Restriction hccnceern ees PABRKA reese KWAN 61 Share Display Option 0 0 0 0 0 eee 62 sole AAP desi 62 Advanced CIFS Permission a 63 4 Table of Contents ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Advanced Options a 64 Advanced Share Permission a 64 Advanced Share Utilities 0 00 ce eee 64 Accessing Shares from a Web Browser 20000 ce eee eens 65
51. ble the protocols you do not intend to use You can always enable them later Click Help for more information CIFS or Common Internet File System used predominantly by Windows Mac OS X also supports this protocol though it may be referred to as SMB CJ NFS or Network File System widely used in Unix or Linux environments Mac OS X also supports this protocol Select number of nfs threads 1 AFP or Apple Filing Protocol popular in Mac environments AFP provides better support for a larger range of characters in filenames and is preferred where this is important Advertise AFP service over Bonjour FTP or File Transfer Protocol used extensively for basic file upload and downloads If you will be making FTP service available to this device outside the firewall you can specify a custom port for added security Port Authentication mode Allow upload resumes Passive ports Masquerade as HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol used everywhere web browsers exist Default access to the ReadyNAS over HTTP will show a share list If you want to use the ReadyNAS as a web server you can specify a share where access will be redirected and you can enable or disable login authentication to that share Please keep in mind that you will only be allowed to redirect to a share that is set up for read only access over HTTP Redirect default web access to this share None selecte
52. d Login authentication on this share Disabled w HTTPS or HTTP with SSL encryption used where secure web access is desired If you will be making HTTPS service available to this device outside the firewall you can specify an additional port for this purpose for added security Port 1 Port 2 SSL key host 192 168 1 143 Generate new key Rsync a popular incremental backup protocol used in Unix and Linux environments Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 25 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual CIFS Common Internet File Service Sometimes referred to as SMB CIFS is used mainly by Microsoft Windows clients and sometimes by Mac OS X clients Under Windows My Network Places and Network Neighborhood uses CIFS This service is enabled by default NFS Network File Service NFS is used by Linux and Unix clients Mac OS 9 X users can access NFS shares through console shell access ReadyNAS supports NFS v3 over UDP and TCP AFP Apple File Protocol Mac OS 9 and OS X work best using this protocol because it handles an extensive character set However in a mixed PC and Mac environment NETGEAR recommends CIFS SMB over AFP unless enhanced character set support is necessary for the Mac ReadyNAS supports AFP 3 2 FTP FTPS File Transfer Protocol and FTP with SSL encryption Widely used in public file upload and download sites ReadyNAS supports anonymous or user access for FTP
53. default settings Tue May 25 15 37 13 POT 2010 Brochures added with default access Please review the share access restrictions in the Share Listing page to fine tune any default settings Tue May 25 14 34 02 POT 2010 Blinking disk 1 Mon May 24 10 15 04 POT 2010 System is up Mon May 24 10 14 55 POT 2010 Your ReadyNAS device has been updated with a new firmware image RAIDiator x86 4 2 11 Mon May 24 10 13 01 POT 2010 Rebooting device Mon May 24 10 13 01 POT 2010 Please close this browser session and use RAIDar to reconnect to the device System rebooting Mon May 10 13 55 23 POT 2010 System is up Mon May 10 13 55 12 POT 2010 Successfully enabled root SSH access The root password is now the same as your admin password Mon May 10 13 54 28 PDT 2010 Rebooting device Mon May 10 13 54 25 POT 2010 Please close this browser session and use RAIDar to reconnect to the device System rebooting Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance 99 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual System Shutdown and File System Check 100 Use the Shutdown Options feature to turn off or reboot the ReadyNAS device It performs 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 When you reboot you
54. dows Mac NFS or HTTP When you set HTTP access to read only HTML files including index htm and index html on the Web site can be viewed from 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 over the Web using any protocol Files not created from the file manager can be modified within the file manager but cannot be deleted here Chapter 4 Managing 4 Accessing Shares 65 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Accessing Shares from Windows To access Shares from a PC 1 To see a list of shares in Windows either click the Browse button in RAIDar or enter lt ip_address gt or lt hostname gt in the address bar O j NNAS DA 93 CD 2 When prompted enter your user name and password to connect to the ReadyNAS Windows Explorer will display the contents of the ReadyNAS share Windows Security a Enter Network Password Enter your password to connect to ii C Remember my credentials Fx Logon failure unknown user name or bad password GO x Kk Network NAS OA 93 CD Organize Network and Sharing Center View remote printers backup media i Share 2 Share A 2 items a 66 Chapter4 Managing amp Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Accessing Shares from MAC OS X To access the same share over AFP with OS
55. e Share Options screen Keep in mind that access options differ between protocols To delete a share select the check box on the far right of the share listing and click Delete Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Setting Share Access Access the CIFS Share Access Restrictions screen by clicking the file system icon gt Network Security kapanahon Apan r EAn to homie rina ems arp HTTP Advanced ations T Services pes Kita n pi NG maa shar Brod ce Default Access K k vrte gt Volumes E L baok uS Barin Ghar f Shares T Share access for the ile probocol can be restricted using the access Estis below Backup Printers gt System gt Status Share Access Restriction To limit share access to particular users or groups 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 network storage or on the domain controller Note that access control differs slightly from service to service For instance to allow read only access to all and read write access only to user fred and group engr set the following e Default Read only e Write enabled users fred e Write enabled groups engr To limit this access only to hosts 192 168 2 101 and 192 168 2 102 set the following e Default Read only e Hosts allowed access 192 168 2 101 192 168 2 102 e Write enab
56. e abcd com Password recovery question what s your nephew s middle name Password recovery answer Keenan Reset password and email Password Recovery To recover a forgotten password There are two options for recovering or resetting a lost or compromised password 1 In a Web browser enter https lt readynas ip addresss password recovery You will be prompted for the email address and security question entered when you first set up the system A new password will be sent to you at that email Optionally you can reinstall the firmware which does not remove data from the system but resets the admin username and password to the factory defaults admin and netgear In a Web browser enter http readynas com forum fag php How_do_ _re install_the_firmware 3F Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Selecting Services for Share Access Access ReadyNAS Services functionality from these tabs e Standard File Protocols on page 25 e Streaming Services on page 27 e Discovery Services on page 29 Installed Add Ons on page 30 Standard File Protocols Standard file protocols are common file sharing services that allow your workstation clients to transfer files to and from the ReadyNAS gt Network gt Security Semvices gt Volumes 7 Shares gt Backup gt Printers gt System gt Status Select the file sharing protocol you wish to enable In general disa
57. e and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 disables disk quota enforcement ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR STU VWXYZ All Add User Enter user accounts you wish to add Specify email address if you wish to inform users of their newly activated account quota warnings and quota violations A quota value of O disables disk quota enforcement You can leave the UID field blank unless the user intends to access this device via NFS NFS users typically will want UIDs matching their accounts on other servers Email UID Primary Group Password Quota MB donna herdomain steve hisdomain c dJ Donna Steve SLE LI DOC ll For each user add the following information User name Email address User ID Group association from the Primary Group pull down menu Password Disk quota 3 Click Apply to save your settings Only the Username and Password fields are required however you should specify a user email address if you intend to set up disk quotas Without an email address the user will not be warned when disk usage approaches the specified disk quota limit Message from webpage AN User successfully added Donna Steve If you do not want to assign a disk quota enter 0 If you want to add a large number of users select Import user list from the pull down menu and browse to locate the file containing the group list Chapter 5 Managing U
58. e as nas 87 BC A9 ingeb A a gt Wobma gt Charna gt Backup gt Printers gt Opeberm gt Statue a Port Defines the TCP IP port that the FTP service will be using The default port is 21 This port needs to be forwarded through the router Refer to the port forwarding instructions provided with your router b Authentication mode e Anonymous No login information is required for FTP users e User Users need an account configured on the ReadyNAS from either User or Domain security mode c Allow upload resumes This option allows users to finish uploading a file to the FTP share if the connection had been previously interrupted Without this option enabled if the connection is dropped at 50 percent completion the file upload must restart from the beginning d Passive ports This port range is required to enable remote access to the ReadyNAS from over the Internet This port range should be adjusted to the maximum number of concurrent sessions you expect to run at one time If you expect frequent concurrent access from many users double this number as each FTP user will consume a passive port e Masquerade as This field adjusts the hostname that the FTP server reports to an FTP client 2 Configure the FTP share access options Change Share Access Restrictions to allow FTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require CIFS AFP FIP S HTIP S Advanced Options Share N
59. e 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 or names will be available Share access restrictions are saved even after the unit is disconnected Shares on USB Storage Devices Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares click Help Share Name Description Password CIFS NFS AFP HTTP S Reyne Delete USE HDD 1 USB HS SAMSUNG SP1203N fey Fy Eil En o Note Even when access authorization is based on user login files on a USB device are saved with UID O regardless of the user account This allows easy sharing of the USB device with other network storage and PC systems 44 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System Backing Up Your Data This chapter explains how to back up the data from your ReadyNAS and contains the following sections e Configuring Backup Jobs e ReadyNAS Vault Service e Enabling Rsync and Specifying Rsync Rights e Time Machine Backup Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data 45 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual 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 supp
60. e been available using both disks independently e aRAID5 array with several disks loses the capacity of one disk Other types of RAID arrays are arranged so they are faster to write to and read from than a single disk RAID Levels There are various RAID combinations that give various levels of protection against data loss capacity and speed RAID levels O 1 and 5 are the most commonly found and cover most requirements e RAID 0 striped disks distributes data across several disks in a way that gives improved speed and no lost capacity but all data on all disks will be lost if any one disk fails Although such an array has no actual redundancy it is customary to call it RAID 0 e RAID 1 mirrored settings disks duplicates data across every disk in the array providing full redundancy Two or more disks each store exactly the same data at the same time and at all times Data is not lost as long as one disk survives Total capacity of the array equals the capacity of the smallest disk in the array At any given instant the contents of each disk in the array are identical to those of every other disk in the array Appendix A Understanding RAID 103 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual e RAID 5 striped disks with parity combines three or more disks in a way that protects data against loss of any one disk the storage capacity of the array is reduced by one disk e RAID 6 striped disks with dual parity less common can rec
61. ed in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following methods e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an electrical outlet on a circuit different from that which the radio receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Modifications made to the product unless expressly approved by NETGEAR Inc could void the user s right to operate the equipment Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital apparatus ReadyNAS for Home does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications European Union The ReadyNAS for Home complies with essential requirements of EU EMC Directive 2004 108 EC and Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC as supported by applying the following test methods and standards e EN55022 2006 A1 2007 e EN55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 e EN60950 1 2005 2
62. ent Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 16 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Customizing Network Settings To access network settings click the Advanced Control button on the bottom of the Smart Wizard Home screen to open advanced control features and display the main menu Then select Network to access the network settings configuration pages You can access ReadyNAS Network functionality from these tabs described in the following sections e Ethernet Interfaces on page 18 e Global Network Settings on page 20 e WINS on page 21 e DHCP on page 22 e Route on page 22 Depending on your ReadyNAS model the interface shows fewer or more Ethernet tabs ReadyNAS Ultra 4 z The Setup Wizard will guide you eee through the configuration process assisting you im quickhy integrating thes ReadyNAS into your network Hosrame Dt LAR RDO Medel Remis Ukri d eral WO FFFABEEHF Firmware RADiko 4 2 11 Memory 1024 MG DORZ IP addres 1 Hot Connected IP addreee J 192 158 1 101 Volume Ci Online X RAIDZ Single dick OS ol 64 GB used Standard Setting Click here to switch to Advanced Control mode ieee Mac address Senices E Status gt Vokmra IP Bamgnmang gt Shares gt Backup IP address gt Prinvtera Subnet mask gt System gt Situs Speed Cuplex mode MTU Performance Settings Srch to Wizard Hode Chapter 2 Managing Your Re
63. ever you might choose to disable an alert if you are aware of a problem and want to temporarily disable it In the event of device or enclosure failure quota violation low disk space and other system events requiring attention email alerts will be sent Please be aware that some email providers may filter alert emails as spam be sure to check the appropriate folder Contacts Settings Alert Events Select the system warnings you wish to have alerts enabled Unless you receive constant spurious alerts do not disable any warnings Disabling Disk Temperature option will disable SMART temperature monitoring which may alleviate certain disks that are prone to locking up on SMART commands Board Temperature Disk Failure Disk Full Disk Temperature Fan Power Quota Exceeded UPS Volume PSU Other Alert Settings Power off ReadyNAS when a disk fails or no longer responds Power off ReadyNAS when disk temperature exceeds safe levels At the bottom of the screen in the Other Alert Settings section there are additional options e Select the Power off NAS when a disk fails or no longer responds option to gracefully power off the ReadyNAS if a disk failure or disk remove event is detected e Select the Power off NAS when disk temperature exceeds safe level to gracefully power off the ReadyNAS when the disk temperature exceeds the nominal range Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 33 34 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual
64. fferent 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 To delete a volume 1 Select the Volume screen of the volume you want to delete if there are multiple volumes 2 Click Delete Volume in this case only Volume C is configured 3 You are asked to confirm your intention by typing DELETE VOLUME AN WARNING Make sure that you back up the files you want to keep before deleting a volume All shares files and snapshots residing on that volume will be deleted and are non recoverable Dak oa RAID Sorina Aso hat RAID C onfiqurathon Script Promot Topeoceed tape DELETE VOLUME Cito ak ra DELETE VOLUME Adding a Volume After deleting the volume the Add Volume screen shows the available configurable space on the physical disks All disks are selected by default and you can specify a hot spare disk if you want 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 Ahps bal ca pa Ch sakota HE Voume o0 head IPAIOYSrapahak TE HE Ma wirraim alar sirs Bin Dee eS Gel SIR Lea ore HEH Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 39 ReadyNAS for
65. file Export group list Preferences 4 Click Apply to save your settings Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts 83 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Importing Group Lists A user can belong to multiple groups Once user accounts are created you can place users in secondary groups 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 the Marketing and Sales groups While adding a new group specify the amount of disk space you want to allocate to that group by setting a disk quota A value of 0 denotes no limit You can also set the Group ID GID of the group that you are adding You can leave this field blank and let the system automatically assign this value unless you want to match your GID to your NFS clients You can view or change your groups by clicking the alphabetical index screen or click All to list all groups To add a large number of groups select Import group list from the pull down menu and browse to locate the file containing the group list You can upload a CSV comma separated values formatted file containing the group account information The file format is name1 gid1 quotal member11 member12 member13 name2 gid2 quota2 member21 member22 member23 name3 gid3 quota3 member31 member32 member33 Note the following e Spaces around commas are ignored e The name field is re
66. ged or destroyed without harm to the drive or drives on which they are stored For example part of the data might be overwritten by a system malfunction a file might be damaged or deleted by user error or malice and not noticed for days or weeks and of course the entire array is at risk of physical damage 104 Appendix A Understanding RAID ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual The Benefits of X RAID2 X RAID2 is a proven NETGEAR patent pending technology for protecting your data and is available only on NETGEAR ReadyNAS systems Managing RAID volumes can be a complex chore but X RAID2 eliminates the complexity of volume management X RAID2 mode is an auto expandable RAID technology and is the default configuration on most ReadyNAS units The ReadyNAS supports both X RAID2 the second generation X RAID and Flex RAID RAID 0 1 5 6 mode Flex RAID mode enables a more standard RAID configuration See Flex RAID on page 107 X RAID2 Is Auto expandable RAID Over time chances are that you will need to expand volume capacity to either add redundancy or add more file storage space In typical RAID systems the steps required to expand volumes can be so complex and error prone that it leads to data loss A major X RAID2 advantage is its ability to automatically expand to include the full space of new disks X RAID2 enables volume expansion without reformatting your disks or shuffling data back and forth X RAID2 automates these complex ta
67. he Linux platform but is now available for various other Unix systems as well as Windows and Mac Enabling Rsync service on the ReadyNAS allows clients to use Rsync to initiate backups to and from the ReadyNAS 26 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Streaming Services The built in streaming services on the ReadyNAS allow you to stream multimedia content directly from the ReadyNAS without the need to have your PC or Mac powered on gt Network gt Security SqueezeCenter enables streaming of music to SqueezeBox digital music players Services fig Remove Standard File Protocols Discovery Services Installed Add ons 5 iTunes Streaming Server enables iTunes clients to stream media files from the z Volumes aba ReadyNAS gt Shares gt Backup z Printers gt System Status ReadyDLNA enables playback of videos music and pictures from DLNA UPnP AV network media players Share Folder Content Types Automatically update database Enable Tivo support Click here for more info e SqueezeCenter SqueezeCenter provides music streaming to the popular Squeezebox music players from Logitech You can click the http setup link for more detailed configuration options e iTunes Streaming Server 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
68. he download completes you are prompted to reboot the system AN WARNING Do not click the browser Refresh button during the update process sai Select the Remote option if this device is connected to the Internet Local option to upload an gt Security update image from your system or Factory Default if you wish to destructively clear the device gt Services gt Volumes saa La cal Settings Factory Default Shares Backup Click Check for Update to check if a remote update image is available Printers Syst ystem Check for Update Chock Alerts Performance Language Contig Backup Power Shutdown Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance 89 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Updating from a Local Drive When the ReadyNAS is not connected to the Internet or Internet access is blocked find a computer with internet access and download the RAIDiator firmware update image from http readynas com to a USB drive or other transfer medium Once downloaded you can then upload that file to the ReadyNAS and perform the upgrade The process takes several minutes after which you need to reboot the system You can then proceed with the upgrade To use the Local option Select Update from the main menu and then click the Local screen Click Browse to select the firmware image Click Upload and verify image When prompted click Perform System Update anpa Network Select the
69. he password recovery question correctly and specifying the email Admin Password address where the new admin password will be sent There is no other way to recover a lost User amp Group Accounts password without setting the device back to factory default or reinstalling the firmware 7 Services gt Volumes New admin password gt Shares Retype admin password gt Backup Password recovery question gt Printers ee Password recovery answer System gt Status Password recovery email address Note In User 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 shares to perform backups Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 23 24 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual As a safeguard you are requested to enter a password recovery question the expected answer and an email address If in the future you forget the password go to https lt readynas ip addresss password recovery Successfully answering the questions resets the admin password which is then sent to the email address you enter on this screen Password Recovery Enter the password recovery amail address and answer the question below If the Input is correct the admin password will ba reset and the new password will be sent to the admin email address on file Password recovery email address mik
70. he user and group information to coordinate Linux Unix login settings See Managing Users on page 81 for more information Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares 73 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Remote Access You can remotely access your ReadyNAS from the Internet from the ReadyNAS remote feature or through the FTP and HTTP protocols This section provides instructions for enabling remote access to your ReadyNAS ReadyNAS Remote ReadyNAS Remote is a Web based add on service that enables drag and drop file transfers from the Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder over CIFS SMB All file permissions and share security settings are retained as if you were on the LAN All data are transmitted securely over an encrypted tunnel The setup and use of ReadyNAS Remote is intuitively easy See Installed Add Ons on page 30 for more information about add on features To enable ReadyNAS Remote 1 Install the ReadyNAS Remote client software for Mac or PC The following screenshots are from a PC however the Mac steps are nearly identical ReadyNAS Remote allows secure remote access to shares on the ReadyNAS O without complicated router or VPN setup Access from Windows and Mac are over Link to File Explorer and Finder so you can easily drag amp drop files like you would do in your LAN environment To use ReadyNAS Remote you will need to ReadyNAS enable this op d install a zgi on your PC or Mac For more information on Read
71. ial Setup and Default Login The RAIDar Setup Utility The FrontView Management Console Note This manual documents common software features of most ReadyNAS product models Variations per model are noted as necessary Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted 7 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual What is the NETGEAR ReadyNAS NETGEAR ReadyNAS network storage products provide businesses and home users with easy to use high performance gigabit network attached storage NAS solutions used to share and protect data ReadyNAS systems enable users across the LAN WAN or over the Internet to back up and share data from Windows Macintosh and Linux systems Offering extensible high availability data protection ReadyNAS systems come with robust fail safe features that can include e Support for RAID 0 1 and 5 plus hot spare In addition RAID 6 is available on the Ultra 6 Ultra 6 Plus and Pro Pioneer models e Dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports NETGEAR s proprietary X RAID2 for automatic volume expansion On selected ReadyNAS units you can set up iSCSI volumes so that the ReadyNAS can simultaneously act as a SAN storage area network in addition to providing NAS functionality Your ReadyNAS continually monitors the entire system for abnormal situations or failures Status indicators provide quick hardware and software status readings and e mails alerts inform you about critical events in the system And with the easily avai
72. in Follow the instructions in the NETGEAR Installation Guide that came with your unit to install your ReadyNAS system An electronic copy of the installation guide is located on the product CD You can also find it on the NETGEAR web site and on the ReadyNAS Community support page at http readynas com documentation For a list of supported disks go to http www readynas com hcl The RAIDar Setup Utility The RAIDar utility acts as a discovery tool for the ReadyNAS devices on your network and enables easy setup and management of all your ReadyNAS units If not already installed you can find the RAIDar utility on your product Resource CD Installation options for Windows MAC and Linux versions of RAIDar are provided Once installed start the RAIDar utility RAlIDar automatically discovers the device or devices in the network without needing its IP address and makes it easy to see the status of your units You should see your ReadyNAS device listed The default IP configuration is set to DHCP if the unit does not get an IP address it defaults to 192 168 168 168 Note If you are running RAIDar on Windows XP before SP2 disable the Internet connection firewall MAC Address Model Host Name IP Address 00 22 3F A9 EB 04 ReadyNAS NVX nas A9 EB 34 10 0 0 2 Setup Browse Rescan Locate Exit If no ReadyNAS device is detected check the following and click Rescan to try again e Make sure the ReadyNAS device i
73. ings attached Just select the checkbox below and a share called vault will be created Anything you drag to this share will be automatically backed up to our secure data center Enable ReadyNAS Vault I agree to Terms and Conditions Cl Check here if you prefer not be reminded about ReadyNAS Vault 54 Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Enabling Rsync and Specifying Rsync Rights Rsync is a fast and extraordinarily versatile file copying tool It is famous for its delta transfer algorithm This tool reduces the amount of data sent over the network by sending only the differences between the source files and the existing files in the destination Rsync is widely used for backups and mirroring Unlike other protocols Rsync uses an arbitrary user name and password that are used only for Rsync access To encrypt Rsync data transfers run Rsync over SSH Access to the share through Rsync is identical regardless of the security mode The user account you specify does not need to exist on the ReadyNAS or a domain controller See Rsync SSH and Rsync Encryption on page 56 Shares on RAID Volumes Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares click Help De a Share Name Description CIFS AFP HTTP Q Delete backup Backup Share zy zy 5 Asyng Pas
74. is useful if you have multiple ReadyNAS devices and you need to correlate the RAIDar entries to physical devices About Display RAIDar info Help Shows the help screen Exit Exit RAIDar Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted 11 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual RAIDar LED Descriptions The first LED column represents the global error status informing you if the ReadyNAS device is in normal operating mode or if it is in some form or warning or failure condition The other columns display device specific status allowing you to view exactly what devices may need attention Note some LEDs are valid only for disk and volume Not present No disk or device attached qtr 8 Device in normal a aaa mode 7 oem a or Dead inane device has failed or is in a state where it needs attention Inactive spare This disk is a Spare disk on standby If a disk fails this disk will take over automatically hl Awaiting resync This disk is waiting to resync to the RAID volume If the LED is blinking this disk is currently resyncing During resync process volume is in degraded mode performance is effected by the resync process and another disk failure in the volume will render it dead p Life support mode The volume has encountered multiple disk 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 r
75. ite back cachi an r CIFS traneactic ng Do not enable this option if shares on this d will be weed by multiuser m o ication Le Quickbooks where eynchronred nites are necessary ed keep he SYTE ar abi pa USE disk writes The mn speeds up 3 by sang the USB da Sy NChenGue mede fy i alae this kani gulat Han e the US i device Seaton te Wizard Made Register Note Some settings suggest that you utilize an uninterruptible power supply UPS before enabling that option See Power Management on page 93 Select Enable disk write cache to allow disk write requests to be acknowledged by the disk before data is written out to the platter This can give a big boost to write performance with the drawback that there is a slight chance that unwritten data in the write cache will be lost in the event of a power failure The Disable full data journaling improves disk performance at the expense of data protection Full data journaling makes a backup of data before writing the data out to the intended location which provides the extra level of data protection needed to prevent data corruption for RAID volumes at the expense of disk write performance 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 client
76. izes the disk with data from the removed disk This process can take 30 minutes or longer depending on disk capacity but you can continue to use the ReadyNAS while the new disk synchronizes Upon completion replace the second disk with another higher capacity disk and allow that disk to synchronize X RAID2 expands the volume when a minimum of two disks are replaced When you have replaced the number of disks you want to replace minimum of two reboot the ReadyNAS to initiate the background expansion An email notice is sent when the volume has completed the expansion Changing RAID Modes X RAID2 is the default technology used by ReadyNAS However for a more flexible option you can set ReadyNAS to Flex RAID mode This option allows you to assign a standard RAID level so you specify a hot spare and create multiple volumes The process involves setting the ReadyNAS back to Factory Default and using RAIDar to configure the volume during a 10 minute delay during boot WARNING Setting the ReadyNAS to the factory default will erase all data For instruction on how to change RAID modes see Changing between X RAID2 and Flex RAID Modes on page 41 For more about RAID X RAID2 and Flex RAID see Understanding RAID on page 102 38 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Reconfigure Volume C lf you want to reconfigure the default Flex RAID Volume C split it into multiple volumes specify a di
77. kup Book1 aprill4_beck xls Mob 001 data5 Bookl april21_inv xls gt Backup Book1 april21 inv xls Mob 001 data5 Bookl april2 1_bck xls gt Backup Book1 april21_bek xls Mob 001 data5 Book1l april21_ord xls gt Backup Book1 april21_ord xls ob 001 data5 Book3 JAN ord xls gt Backup Book3_J4N_ord xls Mob 001 data5 Bookl pril28 bck ils gt Backup Book1 april28_bck xls ob 001 data5 Book 2 APR_inv zls gt Backup Book APR inv xls ob 001 dataS Book1 april28 inv sls Backup Book1 april28 inv xls Mob 001 data5 Bookl april28 ord sls gt Backup Book1_april28_ord xls Mob 001 data5 Book 2 FEB_inv xls gt Bbackup Book2 FEB inv xls Job 0014 data5 Book3 APR ord xls gt Backup Book3 APR ord xls Mob 001 data5 Book2 JAN inv sls gt Bbackup Book2 JAN Inv xls Mob 001 data5 Book2 MAR_inv xls gt Backup Book MAR iny xls ob 001 data5 Book3 FEB ord xls gt fBackup Book3 FEB ord xls Editing a Backup Job To edit a backup job either click the three digit job number button on the Backup Jobs screen or click the Edit Backup Job link while viewing that job log Make appropriate changes or adjustments to the job as needed Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data 53 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual ReadyNAS Vault Service You can back up data to the Web using ReadyNAS Vault which allows continuous and scheduled backups of your ReadyNAS data to a secure onli
78. l 2 Configure the HTTP S share access options Change the Share Access Restrictions to allow HTTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require CIFS AFP FTP S HTTP S Advanced Options Share Name backup Default Access Read writei Share Access Restrictions Share access for the file protocol can be restricted using the access list s below gt Eeparate enines 3 Hosts allowed access Users allowed access Groups allowed access E Enable WebDAV support Enable WebDAV support WebDAV is an HTTP connection method that allows drag and drop file transfers similar to what you might experience with a standard Windows or Mac OSX computer See the article Accessing ReadyNAS remotely with WebDAV at http readynas com p 126 for instructions on how to set up WebDAV Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares Managing User Accounts The topics in this chapter cover the setup and management of the ReadyNAS Network Attached Storage System in your network This chapter contains the following sections e Setting Up User and Group Accounts e Changing User Passwords Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts 79 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Setting Up User and Group Accounts 80 Access to shares requires the correct login authentication Each user and group can be set to the specific access required For example company financial data can be restricted to individual users or user
79. lable FrontView Management system the ReadyNAS can be customized with a wealth of add on features developed by NETGEAR NETGEAR s partners and the ReadyNAS development community ReadyNAS Community Website For more information about NETGEAR ReadyNAS products visit the dedicated ReadyNAS Community website at http readynas com where you will find reviews tutorials a comparison chart software updates documentation an active user forum and much more 8 Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual ReadyNAS for Home Storage Product Lineup NETGEAR offers a complete lineup of ReadyNAS for Home products each with its own unique characteristics to fit your specific requirements With all ReadyNAS products the embedded operating system and easy to configure software makes installation and upgrades a breeze The ReadyNAS Ultra family is designed for advanced home users who have large digital media libraries music photos videos and require maximum performance in order to run their bleeding edge applications concurrently These products are ideal for media enthusiasts looking for a fast high quality yet affordable storage solution to store share and protect their equally high valued media collections ReadyNAS Ultra 6 ReadyNAS Ultra 6 is NETGEAR s first 6 Bay multimedia desktop storage system with both NAS and iSCSI SAN support for advanced home users Ultra 6 provides up to 3X the performance of the Duo over
80. lder in the root of the share where it will be kept up to the number of days and capacity specified C Enable Recycle Bin Remove files older than Limit Recycle Bin to Recycle Bin A Recycle Bin can be enabled for each share for Windows users Use the Enable Recycle Bin option is shown at the bottom of the CIFS screen When this check box is selected whenever a file is deleted 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 Rece Bim Be Ed yew Favortes Tools Hap EES JAP F jp Search Folders dress E bod 168 6243 backupmecade Bin ion LHA KE H5 KE L O72 ED LQIHEB L 344 KB Laa KB 1 725 ED 6 501 KB Typ Buh Acrobat Dare Adobet Acrobat Doc Adobe acrobat Der Sinks Acrobat D Adobe Acrobat Dae Bobe Arobst W Adobe crobat Doc ffbba Acrobat Di bata Haddisd AN 10 33 PA ALNG 3 55 PM 14 2005 3 12 FH AN ALON 3 24 PH IS 1 26 AH ITS IOS PA 4220S LLL AA YANA 10 40 PA You can specify the grace period by setting how long to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and how large the Recycle Bin can get before the files are permanently erased Chapter4 Managing 4 Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Advanced CIFS Permission The Advanced CIFS Permission section offers options fo
81. led users fred e Write enabled groups engr 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 e Default Disabled e Hosts allowed access 192 168 2 101 192 168 2 102 e Read only users mary joe e Read only groups marketing finance e Write enabled users fred e Write enabled groups engr To grant guests access to this share select the Allow guest access check box Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares 61 62 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Share Display Option Restricting access to a share does not prevent users from seeing the share in the browse list In certain instances such as backup shares you might want to prevent users from seeing it To hide a share select the Hide this share check box Users with 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 Share Display Option You can hide this share from browsing by selecting the option below If enabled users will not see the share unless they explicitly specify the share name in the browse path Please note that enabling this option will disable access to the share from other file protocols C Hide this share when a user browses the ReadyNAS for available shares Recycle Bin When enabled deleted files from this share will be dumped in the Recycle Bin fo
82. n a schedule Note that if you schedule this device to power off data transfers will be interrupted and pending backup jobs will not run Power Timer This device can power itself on and off automatically on a schedule Note that if you schedule this device to power off data transfers will be interrupted and pending backup jobs will not run Also note that some devices will not support scheduled power ON and you will not see this option in the Action list O Enable power timer Action Time Action Time Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Configuring UPS Battery Low Shutdown If this device is not connected to a UPS device you can elect to enable a UPS connection to another ReadyNAS device Select the Enable monitoring of UPS physically attached to a remote ReadyNAS check box and enter the IP address in the Remote IP address field 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 UPS Configuration This device is not physically monitoring a UPS You may choose to monitor a UPS connected to a remote ReadyNAS On receiving a low battery event this ReadyNAS will shutdown gracefully C Enable monitoring of UPS physically attached to a remote ReadyNAS Remote IP address
83. n occurs in the background so you can keep on working with the ReadyNAS during this time Appendix A Understanding RAID 105 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Once synchronization completes the data volume is redundant This means that if one disk fails the other disk contains all the data so your are protected from a disk failure Furthermore X RAID2supports multiple parity which provides protection against two simultaneous disk failures Note X RAID2 does not replace backups Easy Volume Expansion X RAID2 supports both vertical and horizontal expansion Horizontal expansion is the process of adding more disks to a ReadyNAS Vertical expansion increases the volume capacity when higher capacity disks are installed in the ReadyNAS You can take advantage of higher capacity or more affordable disks to grow the size of a ReadyNAS volume by replacing a disk with a larger one adding more disks or both as they become available After the initialization process the ReadyNAS synchronizes the new disk or disks and assures data redundancy This process can take 30 minutes to several hours and occurs in the background so you can continue using the ReadyNAS Also the synchronization process can also traverse system shutdowns If you need to shut the system down while it is performing a synchronization you can do so freely when you restart the ReadyNAS it resumes the synchronization Once completed and there are a minimum of two
84. names into IP addresses If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet screen 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 A Windows Internet Naming Service WINS server allows the ReadyNAS or other devices on the network to be browsed from other subnets This is useful if you want to browse by hostname across multiple subnets for example over VPN You can specify the WINS server IP address or make the ReadyNAS your WINS server Specify a WINS Server Interfaces WINS or Windows Internet Name Service enables clients on a different Windows subnet to browse Global Settings this device If you wish to enable cross subnet browsing enter the IP address of the server providing WINS here DHCP gt Security WINS server gt Services gt Volumes gt Shares gt Backup Make this device a WINS Server This device can provide WINS service by enabling the option below Make sure that there are no other WINS server on the network before doing this This option is not available in Domain or Active Directory security modes gt Printers gt System gt Status C Become a WINS server Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System 21 22 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual DHCP DHCP Dynamic Host Config
85. nd Edition e EN 61000 3 2 2006 e EN 61000 3 3 1995 w A1 2001 A2 2005 Appendix B Notification of Compliance 109 Index A add disks 38 add ons find new 30 remote 30 admin password 23 advanced control 14 advanced options 64 AFP 26 over AppleTalk 68 over Bonjour 67 alerts 32 AppleTalk 68 B backup 45 add 46 log 53 schedule 52 Time Machine 57 backup source 47 backup configure 46 Bonjour 29 67 C CIFS 26 permission 63 clock 31 compliance 108 configuration settings default 91 contacts 32 D data security 45 default gateway 21 default login 10 DHCP 22 server 19 discovery services 29 display shares 62 DNS settings 21 duplex mode 19 E email setup 32 ethernet interfaces 18 F factory default 91 file system check 100 firmware reinstall 24 firmware updating 89 flash device 44 Flex RAID 38 changing modes 41 technology 107 FrontView 13 FTP 26 FTPS 72 remote access 76 G global network settings 20 group accounts 80 group list export 85 import 84 groups managing 82 H health status 98 hostname 20 HTTP 26 77 HTTPS remote access 77 HTTPS 26 Index 110 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual installed add ons 30 IP address 18 IP assignment 19 J jumbo frames 20 L language setting 35 LEDs 12 Linux 73 login default 10 logs 53 99 MAC OS9 70 MAC OS X 67 maintainance 88 management console 13 managing groups 82 masquer
86. ne data center For convenience the backup data can be managed and accessed wherever you have Internet access To enable the ReadyNAS Vault service 1 Click the link on the ReadyNAS Vault screen in FrontView For additional instructions read the article Online Backups with ReadyNAS Vault at http readynas com vault gt Network gt Security ReadyNAS Vault gt Services ReadyNAS Vault allows continuous and scheduled backups of your ReadyNAS data to a secure gt Volumes online Vault For convenience the backup data can be managed and accessed wherever you have aa Internet access For more information on ReadyNAS Vault please click here Backup Backup Jobs O Enable ReadyNAS Vault support Add a New Backup Job Time Machine Login z Printers gt System Password gt Status For convenience if you have not already enrolled for the ReadyNAS Vault Service a window appears in FrontView that gives you the option to sign up for a free trial of the ReadyNAS Vault service Select the Enable ReadyNAS Vault check box and a share called vault is automatically created Anything dragged to this share is automatically backed up to the NETGEAR secure vault data center ReadyNAS vault Did you know that your ReadyNAS comes with a built in online backup system designed to protect your irreplaceable ReadyNAS data from disasters and theft It s called ReadyNAS Vault and you can try it FREE for 30 days no str
87. nsfer algorithm which reduces the amount of data sent over the network by sending only the differences between the source files and the existing files in the destination Rsync is widely used for backups and mirroring What is SSH Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices The encryption used by SSH provides confidentiality and integrity of data over an insecure network such as the Internet What is Rsync over SSH Rsync over SSH is a supported backup method on our ReadyNAS x86 Business Class products which allows administrators to synchronize their ReadyNAS to a remote server or other supported ReadyNAS devices over the Internet with encryption and compression 56 Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Time Machine Backup The ReadyNAS can be used as a backup destination for your Mac OS X Time Machine After enabling the Time Machine option use the Change Disk option from Time Machine Preferences to select this ReadyNAS You need to enter the user name and password specified in the ReadyNAS when prompted by the MAC for authentication For information about ReadyNAS support for Time Machine see the article Easy Time Machine Setup with the ReadyNAS at htip readynas com TimeMachine NETGEAR ReadyNAS 4200 Connect with Innovation Backup Listing Add a New Backup Job Sfatul ReadyNAS Vault Help g
88. nt Disks which is a way of protecting your data in case of a disk failure High quality reference material about RAID is widely available on the Internet at sites like Wikipedia http en wikipedia org wiki RAID which is the source of the following information RAID is used as an umbrella term for computer data storage schemes that can combine and replicate data among multiple hard disk drives The different schemes and architectures are named by the word RAID followed by a number as in RAID 0 RAID 1 and so on RAID is designed to meet one of two key goals increased data reliability or increased I O performance When multiple physical disks are set to use RAID technology they are said to be in a RAID array This array distributes data across multiple disks but the array is seen by the operating system and computer user as one single disk RAID Basics RAID redundancy is achieved by either writing the same data to multiple drives known as mirroring or writing extra data known as parity data across the array calculated such that the failure of one or more depending on the type of RAID disks in the array will not result in loss of data A failed disk can be replaced by a new one and the lost data can be reconstructed from the remaining data and the parity data Organizing disks into a redundant array decreases the usable storage capacity For instance e a2 disk RAID 1 array loses half of the total capacity that would have otherwis
89. of UPS physically attached to a remote ReadyNAS Remote IP address Wake on LAN You can power on this device remotely by sending it a WOL Magic Packet if the WOL service is enabled Enable Wake on LAN service Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance 93 94 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Power Saver Disk Spin Down Option To reduce power consumption set the ReadyNAS to spin down the disks after a specified time of inactivity The disks will spin up as needed To enable spin down mode 1 In the ReadyNAS Power Saving Option section select the Enable disk spin down after check box 2 Specify the minutes of inactivity before spin down The ReadyNAS can be scheduled to turn off and turn back on automatically Select the Enable power timer check box and enter the action and time Note The Power ON option does not appear if the ReadyNAS hardware does not support this feature 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 ReadyNAS Power Saving Option You can elect to spin down your disks after a specified period of inactivity The disks will spin up automatically as needed A UPS is recommended if you enable this option to prevent loss of data in cache due to power failure C Enable disk spin down after minutes of inactivity Power Timer The ReadyNAS device can power itself on and off automatically o
90. of a Web site path myshare myshare myfolder d Remote FTP Site Select this to back up an FTP site or a path from that site Examples of an FTP path myserver mypath mydir myserver mypath mydir myfile e Remote NFS Server Select this option to back up from a Linux or UNIX server across NFS Mac OS X users can also use this option by setting up an NFS share from the console terminal Examples of an NFS path mypath mypath myfolder f Remote Rsync Server Select this to perform backups from a Rsync server Rsync was originally available for Linux and other UNIX based operating systems but is also popular under Windows and Mac for its efficient use of incremental file transfers This is the preferred backup method between two ReadyNAS devices For more information see Enabling Rsync and Specifying Rsync Rights on page 55 STEP 1 Select backup source Specify what you want to backup The path you want to backup can be in a share on this device a USB disk attached to this device will show up as a share or located remotely The backup source and destination cannot both be remote shares Remote Rsync Server w Host Path Login Password E Enable Compression Remove deleted files on source Test connection 48 Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual When you elect to back up to a remote Rsync server you are presented with additional options e Enable Compression
91. option to automatically set the IP address and network mask e Use values from a DHCP server 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 one day Otherwise you might notice that the IP address of the unit changes even when it has been turned off for only a few minutes Most DHCP servers allow you to map a static IP address to a MAC address If you have this option this ensures your ReadyNAS maintains the same IP address even in DHCP mode e Use values below 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 the RAIDar utility and click Rescan to locate the device and then reconnect Speed Duplex Mode NETGEAR advises that you keep the setting in an Auto negotiation mode however if you have a managed switch that works best when the devices are forced to a particular soeed or mode you can select either the full duplex or half duplex setting as needed Speed Duplex mode Auto negotaton MTU Aubonne obiation 100Mb Full duplex 100Mb Half duplex MTU NETGEAR advises that you leave the default setting however in some network environments changing the default MTU value can fix throughput problems Speed Duplex mode Mema w
92. ort 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 small office environments And with multiple ReadyNAS systems you can set up one ReadyNAS to directly back up another Adding a New Backup Job The backup source can be e Located remotely e A public or a private home share e All home shares on the ReadyNAS To create a new backup job From the main menu select Backup 5 Add a New Backup Follow the four steps NETGEAR PAK ReadyNAS 4200 ka e AY AA NG AY AL Backup Co caa mn tego STEP 1 Select backup source Sadly what you wart bo backup The path you want bo backup can be in a share on this device 3 USO drk attached ko this device will show up as a share of located remotely The backup sourte and degbmabion cannot both be remote shared Seleat the Ged yas or remgle i Host Fath Login gt Status STEP 2 Sekodi backup destination Soy where you wank your backup data sowed As with Ehe badhup source the destination path ean be a share on the device of a path on a remote PC or device leet thie Aah or temina s hgst Fath Lange STEP F Choose backup schedule Select when you want thee backup performed bi Perform backup every 24 w hours between 00 05 w and 21105 w E uit EF Meri F luz F ied a 7 Fn Fi ET 4 Sele Al paya STLP 4 Choose backup oplioms Select the
93. over from the loss of two disks e RAID 10 or 1 0 uses both striping and mirroring 01 or 0 1 is sometimes distinguished from 10 or 1 0 a striped set of mirrored subsets and a mirrored set of striped subsets are both valid but distinct configurations RAID can involve significant computation when reading and writing information With traditional real RAID hardware a separate controller does this computation In other cases the operating system or simpler and less expensive controllers require the host computer s processor to do the computing which reduces the computer s performance on processor intensive tasks Simpler RAID controllers might provide only levels O and 1 which require less processing RAID systems with redundancy continue working without interruption when one or possibly more depending on the type of RAID disks of the array fail although they are then vulnerable to further failures When the bad disk is replaced by a new one the array is rebuilt while the system continues to operate normally Some systems have to be powered down when you remove or add a drive others support hot swapping allowing you to replace drives without powering down RAID with hot swapping is often used in high availability systems where it is important that the system remains running as much of the time as possible Note RAID is not meant to be an alternative or substitute for backing up data Data might become dama
94. quired e Quota is set to the default if not specified e GID is automatically generated if not specified e Empty fields are replaced with account defaults e Group members are optional Examples of acceptable formats are as follows Note that you can omit follow on commas and fields if you want to accept the system defaults for those fields or you can leave the fields empty flintstones In this example the group flintstones is created with an automatically assigned GID and default quota rubble 1007 5000 barney betty In this example the group rubble has a GID of 1007 a quota of 5000Mb with members barney and betty 84 Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual To import a group list Use this option to upload a CSV comma separated values formatted file to simplify adding a list of users Click Help for format specification and examples 1 Select Security 5 User and Group Accounts Import group list w 2 Select Import group list from the pull down menu in the upper Manage users right corner Manage groups Import user list 3 Click Browse to locate the file containing the group list and Import group list upload a CSV comma separated values formatted file EE containing the group account information 4 Click Apply to save your settings Export group list Preferences Exporting User Lists You can export the user account list on the device into a CSV comma separated values fo
95. r 6 Optimization and Maintenance ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Power Management The ReadyNAS offers power timer time off time on UPS event and Wake on LAN power management options to reduce system power consumption both while the system is in use and when it is not in use To display the power management options select System 5 Power gt Network Security ReadyNAS Power Saving Option Hr AGING You can elect to spin down your disks after a specified period of inactivity The disks will spin up Volumes automatically as needed A UPS is recommended if you enable this option to prevent loss of data in cache due to power failure gt Shares gt Backup Printers Enable disk spin down after 5 minutes of inactivity System Clock Alerts F Power Timer Performance es This device can power itself on and off automatically on a schedule Note that if you schedule this device to power off data transfers will be interrupted and pending backup jobs will not run Also Update note that some devices will not support scheduled power ON and you will not see this option in the Config Backup Action list Saang Enable power timer ad Action Time Action Time Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat UPS Configuration This device is not physically monitoring a UPS You may choose to monitor a UPS connected to a remote ReadyNAS On receiving a low battery event this ReadyNAS will shutdown gracefully Cl Enable monitoring
96. r setting the default permission of new files and folders created through CIFS The default permission for newly created files is read write for the owner and owner s group and read only for others that is everyone Permission for newly created folders is read write for everyone The default permission can be changed to meet additional security requirements Advanced CIFS Permission TC Automatically set permissions on new files and folders Do not allow ACL changes to be more restrictive than this When new files are created over CIFS set file permission as follows Group rights are permission for members of the file owner s group Everyone refers to all other users not in the file owner s group Group rights Everyone rights When new folders are created over CIFS set folder permission as follows Group rights are permission for members of the folder owner s group Everyone refers to all other users not in the folder owner s group Group rights Everyone rights Opportunistic locking often referred to as oplocks enhances CIFS performance by allowing files residing on the ReadyNAS to be cached locally on the Windows client with the file or files opened thus eliminating network latency when the files are constantly accessed When another client attempts to open the same file or files the cached data is written to the ReadyNAS and the oplock is released Opportunistic Locking Opportunistic locking oplocks c
97. ra 6 Ultra 6 Plus and Pro Pioneer models e Multiple volumes are supported each with a different RAID level snapshot schedule and disk quota definition e Each disk can be replaced one by one then rebuilt after the last disk is replaced another data volume using the newly added capacity can be configured See Changing between X RAID2 and Flex RAID Modes on page 41 for more information Appendix A Understanding RAID 107 Notification of Compliance ReadyNAS for Home Systems Regulatory Compliance Information This section includes user requirements for operating this product in accordance with National laws for usage of radio spectrum and operation of radio devices Failure of the end user to comply with the applicable requirements may result in unlawful operation and adverse action against the end user by the applicable National regulatory authority This product s firmware limits operation to only the channels allowed in a particular Region or Country Therefore all options described in this user s guide may not be available in your version of the product FCC Requirements for Operation in the United States FCC Information to User This product does not contain any user serviceable components and is to be used with approved antennas only Any product changes or modifications will invalidate all applicable regulatory certifications and approvals This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject
98. remote access with ReadyNAS Remote click the link on the FrontView Management Console interface or go to http readynas com remote 30 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Adjusting System Settings Use the System menu to adjust system settings and access ReadyNAS system functionality described in the following sections ats e Clock on page 31 i kahina e Alerts on page 32 gt Shares Performance Settings on page 34 eens e Language Settings on page 35 System e Update on page 36 a e Configure Backup on page 36 Performance Power on page 36 ae e Shutdown on page 36 id es Clock An accurate time setting are required to ensure proper file timestamps To access the clock screen select System gt Clock from the main menu Select Timezone amp Current Time Use these two sections to set your Time zone and the correct Date and Time NTP Option You can synchronize the system time on the ReadyNAS 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 available public NTP servers by searching online For an accurate clock sync point the NTP server to the Domain IP Accurate clock setting is required to ensure proper file timestamps Select Timezone Timezone GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada Tijuana v Select Current Time Date Time NTP
99. ri Sat Select All Days 4 Choose Backup Options In this last step set up how you want the backups to be performed STEP 4 Choose backup options Select the desired options when backup is performed A full backup will copy all data from the backup source Incremental backup where only changed data are copied occurs between scheduled full backups unless Every time is selected Schedule full backup First time On backup completion send lerrorsonly y to the alert email address Remove the contents of the backup destination before a full backup is performed This will clean the backup destination of files which were removed in the backup source Warning This will delete all files and folders in the backup destination After backup is complete change ownership of files in the backup destination to the share owner if the destination is a ReadyNAS share Warning Do not use this option if any files or directories should retain their current ownership 50 Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual a Schedule a full backup To select when you want full backups to be performed select from these options e First time e Every week e Every 2 weeks e Every 3 weeks e Every 4 weeks e 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 The next full backup is performed at the in
100. rial 0022 3FA9EEBF Firmware RAIDiator 4 2 11 Memory 1024 MB DDR3 IP address 1 Not Connected IP address 2 197 168 1 101 Volume C Online X RAID2 Single disk 0 of 64 GB used Snitch te Wieard Mods Click here to return to Wizard Mode Status bar Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Status Bar The status bar at the bottom of the screen gives a quick glimpse of the system status and provides access to the following information e Data and Time When clicked the date button opens the Clock screen e Volume e Disks e Fan e Temperature e UPS Move your mouse over the status light to display device information or click a status light to open the related FrontView screen Channel 1 Seagate 5138001345 74 GE OChannel 2 not present Ochannel 3 not present OChannel 4 not present O UFS 1 Not present Temp 1 44C 111F Temp 2 16C 60F Tue May 25 13 02 09 2010 Volurne C RAID Level x2 Unprotected A Fan 53 1674 RPM disk failure will render this volume dead 210 MB 0 of 64 GB used Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted 15 Managing Your ReadyNAS System This chapter describes how to set up and manage the ReadyNAS Network Attached Storage system on your network and contains the following sections e Customizing Network Settings e Setting Up Security e Selecting Services for Share Access e Adjusting System Settings e Understanding Volume Managem
101. rmatted file and have it sent by email The file will also be backed up in the admin user home directory To export a user list 1 Select Security 5 User and Group Accounts 2 Select Export user list from the pull down menu in the upper Export user list w right corner Manage users Manage groups 3 Enter an email address and click the Send user list button ee user a mport gri E 4 Click Apply to save your settings Export user list Export group list Preferences Exporting Group Lists You can export the group list on this device into a CSV comma separated values formatted file and have it sent by email The file will also be backed up in the admin user home directory To export a group list 1 Select Security gt User and Group Accounts i Export group list 2 Select Export group list from the pull down menu in the upper Manage users right corner Manage groups Import user list 3 Enter an email address and click the Send user list button Import group list l l Export user list 4 Click Apply to save your settings Export group list Preferences Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts 85 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Preferences Use the Preferences option to set default parameters for new accounts To set account preferences 1 Select Preferences from the pull down menu in the upper right corner Manage groups Manage users Manage groups Import user list Import group
102. rver Choose a server from the list or enter a server address ar nas C0 10 40 a fad ED AppleTalk r 48 nas 00 10 40 fel Local Network afp at nas 00 10 40 1 item Searching 7 Address afp fat mas 00 10 40 Cancel 7 d Add to Favorites f 2 When 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 and click Connect Connect to the file server nas 00 10 40 as Guest Registered User Name backud Password f Options Y 4 70 Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual 3 If no share password is set in Share mode you can select the Guest radio button and leave the Password field blank A successful login shows a list of one or more shares Select the share that you want to connect to and click OK nas 00 10 40 Select the volumes you wish to mount backup BOS B backup m mM AG A Back View Computer Home Favorites Applications A items 202 76 GR awallahle Exterior Paint doc Entertainment Center P5D Image l gif q GF Ba kitchen gif Nook doc UC Costs xls UC Kitchen doc Window Bench doc Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares 71 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Accessing Shares through FTP FTPS To access the share using FTP in Share security mode 1 Log in
103. rver In cases where the provider is not listed click the button to customize the SMTP setting for your provider In the event of device or enclosure failure quota violation low disk space and other system events requiring attention email alerts will be sent Please be aware that some email providers may filter alert emails as spam be sure to check the appropriate folder Contacts Settings SNMP Alert Contact 1 Alert Contact 2 In the event of device or enclosure failure quota violation low disk space and other system events requiring attention email alerts will be sent Please be aware that some email providers may filter alert Alert Contact 3 emails as spam be sure to check the appropriate folder Email Provider Internal Contacts Settings SNMP User Password CC here to view advanced o Alert Contact 1 Alert Contact 2 Alert Contact 3 Email Provider Internal w User Access additional SMTP options Password Click here to hide advanced options SMTP server SMTP port From Use TLS Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Settings ReadyNAS devices are preconfigured with mandatory and optional alerts for various system warnings and failures Use the Settings screen to control the settings for optional alerts NETGEAR recommends that you keep all alerts enabled how
104. s The Enable fast CIFS writes option speeds 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 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 correctly unmounting it Failure to do so can compromise data integrity on the device Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance 97 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Viewing System Status The Status menu contains links to the Health and Logs screens Health The Health screen displays status details for each disk the fan the temperature and the UPS When available normal expected values are provided For each disk click SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology to display the content of the internal disk log To recalibrate the fan click Recalibrate gt Network gt Security Services gt Volumes Device Description Status X Shares Diski Hitachi HUAT22020ALA330 1863 GB 28 C 82 F Write cache ON OK gt Backup Disk Hitachi HUAT22020AL4330 1863 GB 28 C 82 F Write cache ON OK Printers Disk3 Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 1863 GB 28C 82 F Write cache ON OK PBA Disks Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 1863 GB 28 C 82 F Write cache ON OK
105. s Shares enable you to organize the information stored on a volume The administrator has access to that information and sets permissions for other users and groups For example for generic policies and forms like blank expense reports everyone should be able to access them For sensitive data like financial information only the finance group and specified personnel should be granted access to it gt Network gt Shares on RAID V lumks z Security Services Click on the access icon te customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the Volumes shares cick Help Shares Share Name Description CIS AFP KITES ELC fey a Add Shares backup Backup Share fey Ei o meds Media Server Share fey Ei O gt Backup gt Printers Shares on USG Storage Devices gt System gt Status No USE shames mst Plug im a USB storage dewce and cick Refresh bo display a USB share The Shares screen provides share service options for the ReadyNAS device which includes share management including data and print shares volume management and share service management Adding Shares To add a share 1 From the main menu select Shares 5 Add Shares If more than one volume is configured click the volume where you want to add the share 2 Enter the share name and description Once you finish adding the shares they will be acces
106. s belonging to one particular group gt Network Security Admin Password To manage user and group accounts select Security gt User amp gt Services Group Accounts gt Volumes gt Shares The pull down menu provides access to several options as gt Backup described in the following sections gt Printers gt System gt Status e Managing Users on page 81 e Managing Groups on page 82 e Importing User Lists on page 82 e Importing Group Lists on page 84 e Exporting User Lists on page 85 e Exporting Group Lists on page 85 e Preferences on page 86 User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user here and allow the user to belong to other groups in the Group Management page A quota value of 0 Manage groups disables disk quota enforcement Import user list Import group list ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO POR sTU vwxyz All Add user Export user list Export group list Preferences User accounts not found Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Managing Users To manage user accounts 1 Select Manage Users from the pull down menu 2 Click the Add User screen to add a new user You can add up to five users at a time User and group accounts are required for share access if the share is added without public access You can assign a primary group for each user her
107. s turned on and is connected to your network e Make sure your client PC running RAIDar is on the same subnet as the ReadyNAS device 10 Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual When you select a unit from the list and click the Setup button RAIDar opens your default browser and connects you to the selected ReadyNAS You will be prompted for the user name and password you will use to log in to FrontView Connect to 100 0 0 4 The server 10 0 0 4 at Control Panel requires a username and password e Default administrator user name admin User name 8 admin e Default password netgeart Ta Ea Both user name and password are case sensitive AA a When logged in the RAIDar utility connects to the FrontView Management Console which you use to configure and manage your ReadyNAS systems L x J care RAIDar Commands Setup This launches the FrontView Management Console for the highlighted device FrontView is a web based utility used to setup configure and manage your devices If this is a first time installation or the device has been reset to factory default the setup wizard launches so you can configure the device Browse Click Browse to see the shares available on the highlighted device This feature works on the Windows platform only Rescan Click Rescan to update the ReadyNAS device list and status Locate Click Locate to cause the LEDs on the ReadyNAS device to blink This
108. ser Accounts 81 82 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Managing Groups To add a new group 1 Select Manage Groups from the pull down menu in the upper right corner The current security mode requires user and group accounts for share access You can allow a user to belong to multiple groups by adding the user to the Secondary Members list separated by commas or one user per line ABC DEF GHI JEL MNO POR STU AYZ All Add Group Enter group accounts you wish to add NFS groups typically will want GIOs matching group accounts on other servers otherwise leave the GID field blank Quota value of O disables disk quota enforcement Group Name SID Quota MBI CJ bP Fr bP CG CJ O 1 O oe 2 Select the Add Group screen You can add up to five groups at a time If you expect to have just one large 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 Importing User Lists You can upload a CSV comma separated value formatted file containing the user account information The file format is name password1 group1 email1 uid1 quota1 name2 password2 group2 email2 uid2 quota2 name3 password3 group3 email3 uid3 quota3 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 defa
109. ship 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 e Click Apply to save your settings As a best practice before trusting your backup job to a schedule it is a good idea 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 Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data 51 52 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Viewing the Backup Schedule After saving the backup job a new job appears in the Backup Schedule section of the Backup Jobs screen A summary of scheduled backup jobs displays jobs are numbered beginning at 001 Backup Schedule The following backup jobs are currently scheduled Source Enable Job Destination When Status Every 24 hr 001 tita Between 00 23 Ready Go Delete 192 168 1 4 documentation View log Clear log Weekdays Backup Button Setup View Clear default backup button job logs You can program the Backup button on the front of this device to execute one or more backup jobs that you have defined above The jobs will be executed in the order that you specify here when the Backup button is pressed i a To manage your backup jobs 1 Click the Job number icon to modify the selected backup Job 2
110. sible from different client operating systems as described later in this chapter gt Network gt Security Enter the share names and descriptions you wish to add Deselect the Public Access checkbox if you wish to enable user authentication for access to this share via CIFS and AFP protocols gt Services Pa are Name Description Public Access P olumes 5 n 1 Brochures Shares Drawings Mechanical Specs Share Listing gt Backup Finance Finance Reports r 00 K K K gt Printers gt System gt Status Note Enabling public access means anyone on the network without a user account on the ReadyNAS can access the share Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares 59 60 Fine Tuning Share Access ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual To manually fine tune share access select Share Listing once the shares are added gt Network Security Services gt Volumes Shares Add Shares Share Name Brochures Drawings Description Marketing Brochures Engineering Drawings Computers Finance Backup Share Media Server Share Shares on USB Storage Devices Click on the access icon to customize the access control Place the mouse cursor over the icon to display the current access level in the status bar For instruction on how to access the shares d
111. sks and provides volume management features previously available only in enterprise level storage solutions When as few as two of your disks have extra capacity the data volume automatically expands its capacity The data volume capacity increases every time a larger disk is added regardless of the capacity of the other disks in the system The process occurs in the background so access to the ReadyNAS is not interrupted Furthermore X RAID2 supports multiple parity which provides protection against two simultaneous disk failures Simplified Redundancy X RAID2 requires one data volume of a minimum of one disk overhead to provide redundancy and protect against disk failure In a two disk X RAID2 volume the usable Capacity is one disk in a three disk volume the usable capacity is two disks in a four disk volume the usable capacity is three disks and so on Even with RAID there is no data redundancy with one disk if that disk fails your data is lost If you have a one disk ReadyNAS and want protection from disk failure you need to add a second disk that is at least as large as the first It can be hot added while the ReadyNAS is running Whenever you add or replace a disk the ReadyNAS will initialize and scan it to make sure the disk is good Once added ReadyNAS will synchronize the new disk with the original disk Depending on the disk size the synchronization could take anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours Synchronizatio
112. sword Option media Media Server Share zy zy TOU chi Gb NG g t ofi w aan loge uter Wi Dagta dg lor raya Koets to i nare The u nagmas are specie bo ore and need mot be user accounts on the ReadyNAS o Raymer Over SSH Renae SSH Reape You will see Rsync setting icons on the Share Listing screen if the Rsync service is enabled on the ReadyNAS To enable the Rsync service 1 Select Services gt Standard File Protocols 2 Select the default access rights 3 Assign a user name and password You need to specify this when doing an Rsync backup See Remote Rsync Server on page 48 To enable Rsync access to a share or change access restrictions 1 Click the Rsync icon on the Share Listing screen Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data 55 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Examples List ReadyNAS Rsync content for a Linux client To list the content of a ReadyNAS Rsync share with no user name and password defined for a Linux client rsync lt ipaddr gt backup To recursively copy the content of a share to tmp rsync a lt ipaddr gt backup tmp To do the same except with a login user and password hello enter rsync a user lt ipaddr gt backup tmp Password For instructions on setting up an Rsync backup job see Configuring Backup Jobs on page 46 Rsync SSH and Rsync Encryption What is Rsync Rsync is a fast and extraordinarily versatile file copying tool It is famous for its delta tra
113. t Network gt Security gt Services The ReadyNAS can be used as a backup destination for your OS X Time Machine After enabling the Ng BOTH option below use the Change Disk option from Time Machine Preferences to select this ReadyNAS You will need to enter the user name and password specified below when prompted gt Shares for authentication Click here for more information on ReadyNAS support for Time Machine Backup Backup Jobs y E 4 Enable Time Machine support Capacity for Time Machine will be limited by the lesser of Add a New Backup Job available disk space and the capacity value below Please note that AFP Service is Time Marhina required and will be automatically enabled if not already ReadyNAS Vault System User Name ReadyNAS gt Status j Password Capacity E GB Max 8 Mon Mar 29 16 18 00 201 Chapter 3 Backing Up Your Data 57 Managing amp Accessing Shares This chapter discusses managing and accessing data from the following operating systems and protocols and contains the following sections e Managing Shares e Accessing Shares from a Web Browser e Accessing Shares from Windows e Accessing Shares from MAC OS X e Accessing Shares from MAC OS 9 e Accessing Shares through FTP FTPS e Accessing Shares from Linux Unix e Remote Access Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares 58 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Managing Share
114. terval you choose calculated from this first backup Incremental backups are performed between the full backup cycles Backups of a Web or FTP site only have the option to do a full backup every time b 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 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 emails are restricted to approximately 10K lines To view the full backup log regardless of length select Status 5 Logs and click the Download All Logs ink c Remove files from backup destination Select this option 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 an experiment with a test share to make sure you understand this option d 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 owner
115. tes are necessary to keep files in sync Enable fast USB disk writes This 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 device Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Language Settings To ensure proper display of file names use the Language Setting screen to set the ReadyNAS to the character set you want to use Language Setting Select the the language that will be predominantly used by users of this device This setting is important to ensure proper filename listing in shares and proper handling of email messages Please note that this option does not affect the web browser language display of this management system use the browser or operating system language setting to do this English Unicode v If you select Unicode for above language setting you can optionally use Unicode for user group and share names This option cannot be disabled once you enable this option Please note that HTTP WebDAV cannot use user names using Unicode Also some other restrictions may apply O Allow Unicode for user group and share names If your FTP client uses a different character encoding than your ReadyNAS s character encoding specified above the FTP server on ReadyNAS can convert it when you check the box below C En
116. the timestamps of the contents of the share This can be used to fix issues with incremental backups and sources destinations that change local timestamps on Daylight Savings changes Enter a positive number to push timestamps ahead negative numbers to push them back Shift share content timestamps by 0 minutes 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 select the Grant rename and delete privilege to non owners option Ina collaborative environment you might want to enable this option In a more security conscious environment disable this option Advanced Share Utilities Use this option to adjust the timestamps of the contents of the share This can be used to fix issues with incremental backups and sources or destinations that change local timestamps when daylight savings time changes In the Shift share content timestamps by field enter a positive number to push timestamps ahead negative numbers to push them back Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Accessing Shares from a Web Browser
117. tings 91 Power Management a 93 Power Saver Disk Spin Down Qption a 94 PO laan AmDG ABAKADA NBA LANGAN EGG E LANANG a 94 Configuring UPS Battery Low Shutdown 2000000 ee 95 NEL NA Od DS OO eo ee he has 95 AP Ur 640496 d de She o ae ABO KYA RON bE Hed OSA ee eee 95 ns eg i ee a ee ee re 96 BC oko en chek AA ene e eae nee eter ees 97 Viewing SYSICN DID e cn GG KA KANG DEAL NA WAKAS TF KAB MG AWA mA 98 KA PU PE PE 98 E U AA AA AA 99 System Shutdown and File System Check 100 Table of Contents 5 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Volume Maintenance 00 aa 101 Appendix A Understanding RAID Understanding RAID 022540664 cd Gee one the eine ene kd mGA K aNG R KA 103 zi Bizse a ee ee AA ee eee 103 RAID Levels 0 ccc ee ee eee ees 103 The Benefits of X RAID2 cee tne BA GP Eee Rene GGWA ALES 105 X RAID2 Is Auto expandable RAID 00 0c eee 105 SINCE PENOY ers KB AAP ed hee eds eee LAKE AA 105 Easy Volume Expansion ccccccestersddeaess AGA BABAHA cava 106 Fail PAP PA PAPA 107 AppendixB Notification of Compliance Index 6 Table of Contents Getting Acquainted ReadyNAS for Home The NETGEAR ReadyNAS for Home software manual describes how to configure and manage a ReadyNAS system This chapter discussed the following topics What is the NETGEAR ReadyNAS ReadyNAS for Home Storage Product Lineup Init
118. to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance of 20 cm between the radiator and your body This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Appendix B Notification of Compliance 108 ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual FCC Declaration Of Conformity We NETGEAR Inc 350 East Plumeria Drive Santa Clara CA 95134 declare under our sole responsibility that the ReadyNAS for Home complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Radio Frequency Interference Warnings 8 Instructions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and us
119. ts down safely See Configuring UPS Battery Low Shutdown on page 95 96 Chapter 6 Optimization and Maintenance ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Performance Select System 5 Performance from the main menu to configure system preferences N ET GEAR ReadyNAS 3200 System gt Hetwork gt Security 2 Baras gt Volumes gt Shes Backup System erts Io Gunes cS os ee oo Performance Options ou can selec tiro ithe folk ng opbens bo KH stem fo be ther performance Keep m rb Hat these options v ii tro duce Na aight ria ab a com oe on in case of a po wer fai jure z0 a UPS is high Peele ee 7 r Kanila a om cache allows disk writ aC hong vledged a tO the This can t pa bi ng bo eto nbi nce Ce ad re ee oh th pot the ioti ki a tha gb 1 ee verte can aha val bak tes gt E ao event of a pa sedari ln Disable full data journaling Full data ppumabng makes a backup of data betore writing the daka cut bo the intended location prov ding an extra lex el of data r ile tegien needed to prevent data corruption far RAID volumag at the expense of dick write p formmang mpeg Enable this in for best performance im Mac OS K ernviranmeants wi ii det Siri kha Ra M Jyt NAS or GP e i rs This opti In mire duce compatibility SSM evithy Y i MT so diyat thi N3 optic it thes dewee voll be Paner by Windows NT dis ents Enable fast CIFS writes This option allows for optimal write performance by enabling aopen io wer
120. ults if not specified Set the default using the Preferences option Preferences on page 86 Email notification is not sent to the user if the field is omitted or left blank UID is automatically generated if not specified Empty fields are replaced with account defaults Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Examples of acceptable formats are as follows Note that you can omit follow on commas and fields if you want 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 hello723 He belongs to the default group receives no email notification has a UID assigned automatically and has a default quota Wbarney 23stone barney bedrock com In this example user barney has a password set to 23stone He belongs to the default group receives email 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 She belongs to the group ourgroup receives email notification sent to wiima bedrock com has a UID set to 225 and a quota set to 50Mb To import a user list Manage users Ayt 1 Select Security 5 User and Group Accounts 2 Select Import User List from the pull down menu in the upper right corner Import group list Export user list 3 Click Browse to select the
121. untime 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 disk and you will no longer be able to access the data on it w Background task active A lengthy background task such as a system update is in progress 12 Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual The FrontView Management Console Once logged in using the RAIDar utility the FrontView Management Console appears FrontView operates in two modes e Setup Wizard mode e Advanced Control mode When the unit is installed for the first time or is in its factory default state FrontView opens in Setup Wizard mode The Setup Wizard will guide you step by step through the configuration process assisting you in quickly integrating the ReadyNAS unit into your network Note For the initial setup using the Setup Wizard is highly recommended so that all of the necessary settings are configured properly FrontView will automatically switch to the Advanced Control mode once the Setup Wizard completes Setup Wizard Mode The Home screen provides detailed information about your unit NETGEAR Connect with Innawation ReadyNAS Ultra 4 Refresh Ji Jf Logout The Setup Wizard will guide you step by step through the configuration process assisting you in quickly integrating this Hostname
122. uration Protocol service simplifies management of a network by dynamically assigning IP addresses to new clients on the network The DHCP screen allows you to specify your ReadyNAS as a DHCP server Select the Enable DHCP service check box to make the ReadyNAS device act as a DHCP server This is convenient in networks where DHCP service is not already available UH Bi DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol service provides a way for individual computers on the IP network Global Settings to automatically obtain an IP address along with other network parameters to help reduce network administration WINS gt Securi ba ty Starting IP Address 192 168 6 1 CAIN Ending IP Address 192 168 6 167 gt Volumes Lease Time min 15 gt Shares gt Backup Printers gt System gt Status WARNING These options are available only if the 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 want to use this device as a DHCP server make sure to specify static addresses in the Ethernet and DNS tabs Route Use the Route screen to specify a manual routing table for each Ethernet interface and to optimize performance For example you could configure a manual routing table to assure that these Ethernet interfaces are directly routed over a fiber backbone and assure the unit does not experience the traffic congestion that
123. user accounts 80 user list export 85 import 82 users managing 81 utility RAIDar 10 V volume adding 39 deleting 39 maintenance 101 management 37 112 Index ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual W Wake on LAN 93 95 WebDAV 78 WINS 21 X X RAID2 37 105
124. utdown See System Shutdown and File System Check on page 100 36 Chapter2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual Understanding Volume Management The ReadyNAS family offers the following volume technologies Network e X RAID2 on page 37 gt Security gt Services e USB Volumes on page 43 Volumes USB Storage X RAI D2 gt Shares X RAID2 is the NETGEAR patented auto expandable RAID technology kik that allows you to expand your ReadyNAS capacity by adding additional disks or replacing existing disks with higher capacity disks With X RAID2 you do not need to know intricate details about RAID except that as you need more space your volume can grow without the need to reformat your drives or move your data to another location Since the expansion happens online you can continue to use the ReadyNAS while the underlying volume capacity increases System Status Disk space 210 MB 0 of 64 GB used RAID Settings RAID Configuration Configuration RAID Level X RAID2 Single disk Status Unprotected A disk failure will render this volume dead RAID Disks Ch 1 Seagate ST380013AS 74 GB 70 GB allocated Adding a Second Disk for Redundancy With only one disk in your ReadyNAS the X RAID2 volume has no redundancy and provides no protection from disk failure However if and when you feel the need for redundancy add a new disk with at least the same the capacity
125. yNAS Remot here Remote desktop client and tutorial save a Log into FrontView and select Services gt Installed Add ons gt ReadyNAS Remote b Click the here link on the screen or go to http eadynas com download to download the client software from ReadyNAS com and view the setup tutorial c Install the ReadyNAS Remote client software Note Desktop firewall software can block the ReadyNAS Remote client If the PC or Mac is running firewall software like Norton Zone Alarm or Kaspersky you need to configure your desktop firewall to give permission to the ReadyNAS Remote client software 74 Chapter 4 Managing amp Accessing Shares ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual 2 Click the link in the ReadyNAS Remote client software to create a ReadyNAS Remote account A popup notice displays upon successful registration with the ReadyNAS Remote Web service v 4 First Name Al WA Last Name Sallette T User ID sallette DL For ex john smith j smith jsmth01 1 O Password ERN L E Re enter Password GB ReadyNAS Remote if z F sa sallette logged in aa TESS WO 12 14PM 3 Use FrontView to enable the ReadyNAS Remote feature and identify the ReadyNAS Remote accounts that you will permit to access your ReadyNAS shares E RemiyNAS Remote allows secure remote access to shares on the ReadyNAS ai without comphoated muber or VPN setup Access from Windows and Max are over File
126. yout s described herein Revision History 202 10654 02 June 2010 Compliance update 202 10654 01 June 2010 First publication Table of Contents Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted What is the NETGEAR ReadyNAS 0 0 2 2 0 02 ee 8 ReadyNAS Community Website 0 aa 8 ReadyNAS for Home Storage Product Lineup 9 ReadyNAS Ultra 6 0 eens 9 ReadyNAS Ulla 4 s ccdets pGheneoeeurreees eee oes see bare 9 ReadyNAS PRO Pioneer a 9 ReadyNAS NVX Pioneer eee eee ees 9 Initial Setup and Default Login ccc ee ee 10 The RAIDar Setup UY kw GA KGG PAGES duane eo de stiri ewe as 10 RAIDar COMMANGS 2 6665 245cee40 406505 eeeeee edd onsen sescd 11 RAIDar LED Descriptions 222 pakanin bagahe Kh KR ena ANG 12 The FrontView Management Console a 13 Setup Wizard Mode 60s apes nannaa naana 13 Advanced Control Mode 00 14 SUSEN v6 x06 9 500 4 0 940658800 kA PUN ee KGG GUD eo eR 15 Chapter 2 Managing Your ReadyNAS System Customizing Network Settings cc cee eee 17 Ethernet Interfaces 0 0 ccc eee eens 18 Standard Settings a 18 Performance Settings 22 4 lt o secwess dees wade ENDS dee kna 20 Global Network Settings 0 0 0 0 a 20 ESL i HP PA PATE eae Pe eee AA 20 Default Gateway eee 21 DO CI ak AG BG BNG AP MAKA LA NAMADN EG Seen HANG 21 if AA AA PEP E EE NE 21 PA AA AA AS 22 Li AAP PA PP AA P

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