NETGEAR Pioneer Edition manual Chapter Getting Acquainted, What is the ReadyNAS Pro?

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ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide

Chapter 1

Getting Acquainted

This chapter provides an overview of the features and capabilities of the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition. It also covers the unit’s physical features, main software, and initial setup steps.

Topics discussed in this chapter include:

•“What is the ReadyNAS Pro?”

•“What Are the Benefits of X-RAID and X-RAID2?”

•“Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay”

•“Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS Pro”

•“Initial Setup”

•“The RAIDar Setup Utility”

•“The FrontView Management Console”

•“NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community”

What is the ReadyNAS Pro?

NETGEAR ReadyNAS Pro gigabit network storage products provide small and medium sized businesses with easy-to-use, high-performance network attached storage solutions to share and protect critical data. Housed in a compact desktop form factor, the ReadyNAS Pro products support up to six SATA I or SATA II hard drives via six lockable, hot-swappable disk trays. Three USB 2.0 ports enable the connection of USB drives or printers. Based on current drive capacities, the ReadyNAS Pro provides up to 9TB of network attached storage that can easily be expanded as larger capacity drives become available.

The ReadyNAS Pro enables users across the LAN, WAN, or over the Internet to back up and share data from Windows, Macintosh, and Linux systems. ReadyNAS Pro offers extensible robust high- availability data protection. Its fail-safe features include dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports and support for RAID 0, 1, 5, RAID 5 plus hot spare, RAID 6, and NETGEAR’s proprietary X-RAID2TMfor automatic volume expansion.

In addition to a Web based graphical user interface (GUI) and setup wizard for ease-of-use and setup, ReadyNAS Pro features an LCD display that provides quick and intuitive system status readings and incorporates an active system monitoring capability which continually monitors the

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Contents ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Trademarks Technical SupportStatement of Conditions Certificate of the Manufacturer/ImporterProduct and Publication Details V1.0, December Contents Chapter Managing User Access Chapter Securing Your Data Appendix a Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems Conventions, Formats, and Scope About This ManualHow to Print This Manual How to Use This ManualRevision History Xii About This Manual Chapter Getting Acquainted What is the ReadyNAS Pro?RAID Is Expandable RAID What Are the Benefits of X-RAID and X-RAID2?RAID Simplifies Redundancy RAID2 Is Even More Flexible X-RAID Data VolumeFront and Side Panel Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive BayDrive Bay Rear Panel Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS Pro Initial SetupDefault IP Address, Login Name, and Password RAIDar Setup UtilityFrontView Management Console Netgear ReadyNAS Community Customizing Network Settings Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS ProEthernet Interfaces ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Default Gateway Global Network SettingsDNS Settings HostnameWins Route a Manual Routing Table Updating the Admin PasswordReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Standard File Protocols Selecting Services for Share AccessReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Streaming Services Discovery Services Understanding Volume ManagementRAID Overview of RAID Levels and X-RAID2RAID2 Deleting a Volume Volume Management for Flex-RAIDRAID Settings Adding a VolumeAdding a Second Disk for Redundancy Volume Management for X-RAID2Adding More Disks Replacing All Your Disks for More Capacity Volume MaintenanceDisk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix Working with USB VolumesDisconnect USB Flash Device OptionPrint Shares over CIFS/SMB Setting Up PrintersIPP Printing Managing Print Queues Clock, System Time, and NTP Options Adjusting System SettingsAlerts, Alert Contacts, Alert Settings, and Smtp Language Settings Updating ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition Updating from a Local Drive Updating from the Netgear Web SiteConfiguring Automatic Update Settings Restoring the Factory Default Settings Configuration BackupReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Understanding Disk Share Security Access Chapter Managing User AccessManaging Groups Setting Up User and Group AccountsPlease note the following Spaces around commas are ignored Managing Users Fred,hello123 Setting Accounts Preferences Changing User PasswordsManaging Your Shares Adding Shares Managing Shares Setting Share Access Hosts allowed access 192.168.2.101 Advanced Options Web Browser ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide FTP/FTPS Rsync # rsync -a ipaddrbackup /tmpNetworked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters Remote AccessGo to Services Standard File Protocols and enable FTP Remote FTP AccessRemote Http Access Http ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Adding a New Backup Job Configuring Backup JobsChapter Securing Your Data Select Backup Source Myfolder media/Videos My Folder My Documents/My Pictures Select Backup DestinationChoose Backup Schedule All Logs link Choose Backup OptionsViewing the Backup Schedule Programming the Backup Button Editing a Backup Job Viewing the Backup LogBacking Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Performance Chapter Optimizing PerformanceAdding a UPS to Protect Against Power Failures Disk Spin-Down Option Power ManagementUPS Configuration Power TimerWake-On-LAN Viewing System Status Chapter Managing Levels of ServiceHealth Logs Replacing a Failed Disk Choosing a Replacement DiskReplacing a Failed Disk ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Resynchronizing the Volume Using the System Diagnostic MenuUse the OS Reinstall Option to Re-install the Firmware Configuring RAID Shutdown MAC OS Appendix a Share Access from MAC and Linux SystemsFigure A-2 AFP over BonjourFigure A-4 AFP over AppleTalkFigure A-6 Enter a valid user account and password, and click Connect Figure A-10 Figure A-12 Accessing Shares from Linux/UnixReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Document Link Appendix B Related DocumentsReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Numerics IndexIndex-2 Index-3 Index-4