Using The Wd Sentinel Dx4000 Efficiently; Replacing Drives; Sharing Files With External Users - Western Digital WDBLGT0040KBK Administrator's Manual

Using the WD Sentinel DX4000 Efficiently

The WD Sentinel server has many jobs to perform. Share data during
business hours, and back up the computers during hours of inactivity. Keep
the server powered on 24/7 to do its work.

Replacing Drives

The online removal of a drive forces a rebuild when the drive is replaced. Until
the rebuild is complete, the RAID system is degraded and susceptible to
unrecoverable failure should another drive be removed. Good practice is to
only remove one drive at a time between rebuilds.
Avoid pulling a drive out unless there is a failure.
When a drive needs replacement, the WD Sentinel server is still functional but
subject to a second drive failure that would result in the loss of data. To
minimize this vulnerable time, a good practice is to have another drive ready
to replace the failed drive.

Sharing Files with External Users

Create Employee-Specific Private Folders/Assign Permissions—Depending
on the nature of your business and organizational structure, you may want to
create a shared folder for each employee and give the respective employee
Read/Write permissions for that folder.
Create Shares for Vendors or Clients/Access Remotely—The built-in Remote
Web Access feature enables collaboration on files and data not only among
your employees but also with your clients and vendors.
As a best practice, create a unique user account for each client and vendor
you want to exchange data with and create a dedicated Shared Folder for
each such external user. To prevent giving external users access to your
sensitive data, make sure that the user accounts you create have the
appropriate permissions for only the folders you have created for them.
To start collaborating with your external users, just provide them with the
domain address of your WD Sentinel server and their user name and
password.
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