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ReadyNAS Pro
Business Edition User
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NETGEAR, Inc.
350 E Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134 USA
202-10406-01
v1.3
November 2008

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  • Page 1 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA 202-10406-01 v1.3 November 2008...

  • Page 2: Technical Support

    In the interest of improving 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 layout(s) described herein.
  • Page 3 Product and Publication Details Model Number: Publication Date: Product Family: Product Name: Home or Business Product: Language: Publication Part Number: Publication Version Number: November 2008 Network Storage ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached Storage System Business Edition Business English 202-10406-01 v1.3, November 2008...
  • Page 4 v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Initial Setup ...1-7 Default IP Address, Login Name, and Password ...1-8 The RAIDar Setup Utility ...1-8 The FrontView Management Console ...1-9 NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community ...1-10 Chapter 2 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro Customizing Network Settings ...2-1 Ethernet Interfaces ...2-2 Global Network Settings ...2-5...
  • Page 6 Adjusting System Settings ...2-24 Clock, System Time, and NTP Options ...2-24 Alerts, Alert Contacts, Alert Settings, SNMP, and SMTP ...2-25 Language Settings ...2-27 Updating ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition ...2-28 Configuration Backup ...2-31 Chapter 3 Managing User Access Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes ...3-2 User Security Mode ...3-3...
  • Page 7 Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters ...3-20 Remote Access ...3-20 Remote FTP Access ...3-21 Remote HTTP Access ...3-22 Chapter 4 Securing Your Data Configuring Backup Jobs ...4-1 Adding a New Backup Job ...4-1 Viewing the Backup Schedule ...4-6 Programming the Backup Button ...4-7 Viewing the Backup Log ...4-8 Editing a Backup Job ...4-8...
  • Page 8 Shutdown ...6-8 Appendix A Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems MAC OS X ... A-1 AFP over Bonjour ... A-2 AFP over AppleTalk ... A-3 MAC OS 9 ... A-5 Accessing Shares from Linux/Unix ... A-7 Appendix B Related Documents Index viii v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 9: About This Manual

    The NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide describes how to configure and troubleshoot a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition system. The information in this manual is intended for readers with intermediate computer and networking skills. Conventions, Formats, and Scope The conventions, formats, and scope of this manual are described in the following paragraphs: •...

  • Page 10: How To Use This Manual

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • Scope. This manual is written for the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition according to these specifications: Product Version Manual Publication Date How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this manual includes the following: •...

  • Page 11: Revision History

    202-10406-01 October 2008 202-10406-01 November 2008 About This Manual ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Description First publication Correct errors in v1.0 about supported features and technical parameters. Add remote FTP and HTTP access, and file system consistency check topics.
  • Page 12 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide About This Manual v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 13: Getting Acquainted

    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-RAID2 for automatic volume expansion.

  • Page 14: What Are The Benefits Of X-Raid And X-Raid2

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide entire system for abnormal situations or part failures and e-mails system alerts to the network administrator. In addition, the Frontview Add-on SDK provides developers the tools for uniquely extending ReadyNAS capabilities. For a full list of what is new compared with existing...

  • Page 15: X-Raid2 Is Even More Flexible

    The process occurs in the background, so access to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition is not interrupted. Others may claim that they have “online” RAID expansion just like X-RAID2, but take a closer look and you’ll see it’s just not that simple.

  • Page 16: Introducing The Status Displays, Ports, And Drive Bay

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay This section introduces the ReadyNAS Pro display, ports, and drive bay. Front and Side Panel Figure 1-1 1. OLED display, including the disk activity status light 2.

  • Page 17: Drive Bay

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Drive Bay Figure 1-2 1. Drive bay door 2. Six disk bays 3. Disk tray pop-out button 4. Disk tray pop-out latch 5. Disk tray 6. Disk tray lock 7. Recessed disk tray latch lock release Note: If you set the tray lock, you will need to use a push-pin or paper clip to open the tray.

  • Page 18: Rear Panel

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Rear Panel Figure 1-3 1. Disk exhaust fan 2. System exhaust fan 3. Two USB ports 4. Recessed button which provides access to the diagnostic startup menu: Normal, Factory Restore (which erases all data), OS Reinstall, Tech Support remote diagnostics, Skip Volume Check, Memory Test.

  • Page 19: Choosing A Location For A Readynas Pro

    NETGEAR website. Initial Setup Follow the instructions in the NETGEAR Installation Guide that came with your unit to install your NETGEAR® ReadyNAS™ Pro. An electronic copy of the installation guide is on the product CD, on the NETGEAR web site, and on http://readynas.com.

  • Page 20: Default Ip Address, Login Name, And Password

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Default IP Address, Login Name, and Password The default IP configuration is set to DHCP; if the unit does not get an IP address, it defaults to 192.168.168.168. The default administrator user name is admin with the default password being netgear1 (case sensitive).

  • Page 21: The Frontview Management Console

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide The FrontView Management Console The FrontView management console operates in two modes: Setup Wizard mode, and Advanced Control mode. When the unit is in its factory default state, FrontView is in Setup Wizard mode.

  • Page 22: Netgear Readynas Community

    NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community web site is http://readynas.com. Find previews and reviews of new features, tutorials, and information you won’t get anywhere else. Well, maybe you will, but not easily and not in one happy place like this. Do give us feedback on the ReadyNAS Community Forum and let us know if you would like to see topics not covered here.

  • Page 23: Setting Up And Managing Your Readynas Pro

    From the Network menu, you can then navigate to your basic network settings screens such as Interfaces, Gateway, DNS, WINS, DHCP, and Route options. Figure 2-1 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 Chapter 2...

  • Page 24: Ethernet Interfaces

    IP Assignment. Select either Use values from a DHCP server or Use values below. – 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 a day.
  • Page 25 NETGEAR advises that you keep the setting in an Auto-negotiation mode otherwise. Figure 2-3 • MTU. In some network environments, changing the default MTU value can fix throughput problems. NETGEAR advises that you leave the default setting otherwise.
  • Page 26 LAN. Figure 2-6 If you wish to use the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition in a VLAN environment, select the Enable VLAN support check box, and enter a numeric VLAN ID. You need to reboot the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition for the VLAN function to take effect.

  • Page 27: Global Network Settings

    The Hostname you specify is used to advertise the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition on your network. You can use the hostname to address the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition in place of the IP address when accessing the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition from Windows, or over OS X using SMB.

  • Page 28: Wins

    Edition to be one. Simply select the Become a WINS server check box, and configure your Windows PC to specify the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition IP address as the WINS server. This can be useful if you wish to browse by hostname across multiple subnets (for example, over VPN).

  • Page 29: Dhcp

    Figure 2-10 Select the Enable DHCP service check box if you want the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device to act as a DHCP server. This is convenient in networks where DHCP service is not already available.

  • Page 30: Updating The Admin Password

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Updating the Admin Password The Security tab allows you to set the administrator password, administer security, and set up the password recovery feature on the ReadyNAS. Note: The RAIDar utility includes a discovery mechanism that enables it to find any ReadyNAS on the network without needing to know its IP address.

  • Page 31: Selecting Services For Share Access

    The Services screen allows you to manage various services for share access. This in effect controls the type of clients you wish to allow access to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. Three types of services are available: Standard File Protocols, Streaming Services, and Discovery Services. These different services are explained in the following sections.
  • Page 32 Linux platform but now available for various other Unix systems as well as Windows and Mac. Enabling rsync service on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition allows clients to use rsync to initiate backups to and from the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition.

  • Page 33: Streaming Services

    Streaming Services The built-in streaming services on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition allow you to stream multi- media content directly from the ReadyNAS, without the need to have your PC or Mac powered on. Figure 2-14 • SqueezeCenter provides music streaming to the popular Squeezebox music players from Slim Devices.

  • Page 34: Discovery Services

    Edition on your LAN. Understanding Volume Management Figure 2-16 The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition family offers two RAID volume technologies: Flex-RAID, utilizing the industry-standard RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6; and X-RAID2, NETGEAR-patented 2-12 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro...

  • Page 35: Overview Of Raid Levels And X-Raid2

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide expandable RAID technology. Your system comes preconfigured with X-RAID2. However, you can switch between the two modes through a factory default reset process described in “Configuring RAID” on page 6-7.” Overview of RAID Levels and X-RAID2 This section provides a basic overview of RAID and X-RAID2.
  • Page 36 It’s as simple as that. X- RAID2 lets you do this without reformatting your disks and shuffling your data back and forth. The process occurs in the background, so access to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition is not interrupted.

  • Page 37: Volume Management For Flex-Raid

    All shares, files, and snapshots residing on that volume will be deleted are non-recoverable! Figure 2-17 You are asked to confirm your intention by typing DELETE VOLUME. Figure 2-18 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 2-15...
  • Page 38 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Adding a Volume After deleting the volume, Add Volume tab displays listing the available configurable space on the hard disks. All the disks are selected by default. You can elect to specify a hot spare disk if you wish.
  • Page 39 An additional disk failure would render this volume unusable. Note: The Remove operation is a maintenance feature. NETGEAR recommends that you do not use it in a live environment. Its function is equivalent to hot-removing the disk or simulating a disk failure.

  • Page 40: Volume Management For X-Raid2

    ReadyNAS is not permitted during this time. You will be notified by e-mail when the process is complete. After you receive your e-mail, the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition will have been expanded with the capacity from your new disk(s). Replacing All Your Disks for More Capacity When you need more disk space and 2 TB disks are available at an attractive price, you can expand your volume capacity by replacing the existing disks.

  • Page 41: Volume Maintenance

    Volume Maintenance ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition includes two volume maintenance features called disk scrubbing with auto parity fix, and online file system consistency check. Disk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix. This option can detect and correct potential data corruption.

  • Page 42: Changing Between X-Raid2 And Flex-Raid Modes

    Changing between X-RAID2 and Flex-RAID Modes You can switch between X-RAID2 and Flex-X-RAID modes. The process involves setting the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition to the factory default and using RAIDar to configure the volume during a 10-minute delay window during boot. See information.
  • Page 43 USB Volume Name and Access Rights Persistence Across Mount/Dismounts The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition attempts to remember the name 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(s) will be available.

  • Page 44: Setting Up Printers

    Figure 2-25 Print Shares over CIFS/SMB The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition can act as a print server for up to two USB printers for your Windows or Mac clients. To set up a printer in Windows: 1. Click Browse in RAIDar or simply enter \\hostname in the Windows Explorer address bar to list all data and printer shares on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition.

  • Page 45: Managing Print Queues

    From time to time, printers might run out of ink or paper, or simply jam up, forcing you to deal with the print jobs stuck in a queue. The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition has a built-in print queue management to handle this. Simply select the USB Printers tab or click Refresh to display the printers and the jobs queued up for any “stuck”...

  • Page 46: Adjusting System Settings

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Adjusting System Settings Figure 2-28 System settings include clock, alert, performance, language, firmware update, configuration backup/restore, power, and shutdown settings. Clock, System Time, and NTP Options An accurate time setting on the Clock screen is required to ensure proper file timestamps. You can access the Clock screen by selecting System >...

  • Page 47: Alerts, Alert Contacts, Alert Settings, Snmp, And Smtp

    Selecting the Power-off NAS when a disk fails or no longer responds option gracefully powers off the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition if a disk failure or a disk remove event Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-25 v1.3, November 2008...
  • Page 48 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition when the disk temperature exceeds the nominal range. SNMP. If you utilize an SNMP management system such as HP OpenView or CA UniCenter to monitor devices on your network, you can set up the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device to work within this infrastructure. Figure 2-31 To set up SNMP service: 1.

  • Page 49: Language Settings

    Installation CD or downloaded from the NETGEAR Support site at http://www.netgear.com/support. SMTP. The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device has a built-in e-mail message transfer agent (MTA) that is set up to send alert e-mail messages from the device. Some corporate environments, however, might have a firewall that blocks untrusted MTAs from sending out messages.

  • Page 50: Updating Readynas Pro Business Edition

    FTP clients check box. Updating ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device offers the option of upgrading the operating firmware either automatically using the Remote Update option or by manually loading an update image downloaded from the NETGEAR Support website.
  • Page 51 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Updating from the NETGEAR Web Site The preferred and quicker method if the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition has Internet access is the Remote update option. Select Update from the main menu and then select the Remote tab. Click Check for Updates to check for updates on the NETGEAR update server.
  • Page 52 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition by selecting the Local update tab. The update file can be a RAIDiator firmware image or an add-on package. Figure 2-37 Click Browse to select the update file and then click Upload and verify image. The process takes several minutes after which you are requested to reboot the system and proceed with the upgrade.

  • Page 53: Configuration Backup

    Restoring the Factory Default Settings The Factory Default tab allows you to reset the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device back to its factory default state. Choose this option carefully as All Data Will Be Lost unless you back up any data that you wish to keep prior to clicking Perform Factory Default.
  • Page 54 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Click Backup then Select which category of configuration files to backup, then click the “Download configuration archive” button to download a zip archive of the requested files. Tip: Use the configuration backup to save your configuration so that if you ever have to reset the unit to its factory default settings, you can simply restore all your settings from the configuration backup.

  • Page 55: Managing User Access

    Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached Storage System Business Edition in your network is described in this chapter. This chapter contains the following sections: • “Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes • “Setting Up User and Group Accounts •...

  • Page 56: Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition offers User and Domain security access options. Figure 3-1 Select the most appropriate option based on the required level of security and your current network authentication scheme.

  • Page 57: User Security Mode

    Each user is given a home share on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device that the user can use to keep private data such as backups of the user’s PC. This home share is accessible only by that user and the administrator in order to perform backups of the private shares.

  • Page 58: Domain Security Mode

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • User names you wish to create (plus e-mail addresses if you will be setting disk quotas) • Amount of disk space you want to allocate to users and groups (optional) To change or set a workgroup name: 1.

  • Page 59: Setting Up User And Group Accounts

    OU (Organization Unit). You can specify nested OUs by separating OU entries with commas. The lowest level OU must be specified first. You can elect to have the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition automatically auto-detect the domain controller, or you can specify the IP address. Sometimes auto-detect fails, and you need to supply the IP address of the domain controller to join the domain.
  • Page 60 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 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 only the Marketing and Sales groups. While adding a new group, you can specify the amount of disk space you wish to allocate that group by setting a disk quota.
  • Page 61 To manage user accounts: 1. Select Manage Users from the drop-down menu. Managing User Access ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide is created with an automatically assigned GID and has a GID of 1007, a quota of 5000 MB, with members...
  • Page 62 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 2. Click the Add User tab to add a new user. You can add up to five users at a time. For each user, add the following information: • User name, • E-mail address •...

  • Page 63: Changing User Passwords

    This relieves the administrator from this task and encourages users to change their passwords on a more regular basis for enhanced security. Managing User Access ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 64: Managing Your Shares

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Users can use the Web browser and their existing password to log in to https://<ip_addr>/ to access the Web share listing page. Then select the Password tab, and follow the prompts to set a...

  • Page 65: Adding Shares

    Managing Shares Once you have added shares, you can manually fine-tune share access by selecting Share List. Figure 3-13 Managing User Access ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Appendix A, “Share Access from MAC and Linux v1.3, November 2008 3-11...
  • Page 66 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide If you want to delete a share, select the check box on the far right of the share listing and click Delete. The columns to the left of the Delete check box represent the services that are currently available.
  • Page 67 If you wish 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: • Default: Disabled • Hosts allowed access: 192.168.2.101, 192.168.2.102 • Read-only users: mary, joe Managing User Access ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 3-13...
  • Page 68 Windows Explorer address bar. Figure 3-16 Recycle Bin. The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition can have a Recycle Bin for each share for Windows users. The Enable Recycle Bin option is shown at the bottom of the CIFS screen. When this check box is selected, whenever you delete a file, the file gets inserted into the Recycle Bin folder in the share rather than being permanently deleted.
  • Page 69 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 3-17 You can specify how long to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and how large the Recycle Bin can get before files get permanently erased. Advanced CIFS Permission. The Advanced CIFS Permission section offers options for setting the default permission of new files and folders created through CIFS.

  • Page 70: Web Browser

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 3-19 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.
  • Page 71 Files not created from this file manager can be modified within the file manager but cannot be deleted here. If the Share is also writable, the file manager displays options for creating, modifying, and deleting files, as follows. Managing User Access ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 3-17...

  • Page 72: Ftp/Ftps

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 3-23 One useful application for a Web share is to set up an internal company website. You can copy HTML files to the Web share using Windows, Mac, NFS, or HTTP. When you set HTTP access to read-only, html files, including index.htm and index.html, can be viewed using any web browser.

  • Page 73: Rsync

    To do the same except with a login user and password hello, enter: # rsync -a user@<ipaddr>::backup /tmp Password: ***** Note: The ReadyNAS does not support Rsync over SSH. Managing User Access ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 3-19...

  • Page 74: Networked Dvd Players And Upnp Av Media Adapters

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters Networked DVD players and UPnP AV Media adapters detect the ReadyNAS if either the Home Media Streaming Server or the UPnP AV services are enabled. The content of the Streaming Services media share on the ReadyNAS is available to these players for playback.

  • Page 75: Remote Ftp Access

    FTP user will consume a passive port. • Masquerade as: This field is for adjusting the hostname that the FTP server reports to an FTP client. Managing User Access ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 3-21...

  • Page 76: Remote Http Access

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 2. Configure the FTP share access options. Figure 3-28 Change the Share Access Restrictions to allow FTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require. Remote HTTP Access 1. Go to Services > Standard File Protocols and enable FTP.
  • Page 77 ReadyNAS via a persistent fully qualified domain name a DDNS service provides rather than via an IP address. 2. Configure the HTTP/S share access options. Figure 3-30 Managing User Access ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 3-23...
  • Page 78 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Change the Share Access Restrictions to allow HTTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require. 3. Enable WebDAV support: WebDAV is an HTTP connection method that can allow drag and drop file transfers similar to what users may experience with their standard Windows or Mac OSX computer.

  • Page 79: Securing Your Data

    With the flexibility to support incremental backups over CIFS/SMB, NFS, and rsync protocols, and full backups over FTP and HTTP protocols, the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition can act as a simple central repository for both home and office environments. And with multiple ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition systems, you can set up one ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition to back up another directly.
  • Page 80 Once you have selected a backup source, you can enter the path from that source. If you selected a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition share, you can either leave the path blank to backup the entire share, or enter a folder path. Note that you should use forward slashes (/), in place of backslashes (\).
  • Page 81 With a remote source, you might need to enter a login and password to access the share. If you are accessing a password-protected share on a remote ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition server configured for Share security mode, enter the name of the share name for login.
  • Page 82 If you selected a remote backup source, you need to select a public or a private home share on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (either the source or destination must be local to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition). If you selected a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition share for the source, you can either enter another local ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition share for the destination, or you can specify a remote backup destination.
  • Page 83 3. Remove files from backup destination. Select if you want to erase the destination path contents before the backup is performed. Be careful not to reverse your backup source and Securing Your Data ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 84: Viewing The Backup Schedule

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 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 experiment with a test share to make sure you understand this option.

  • Page 85: Programming The Backup Button

    Simply select the backup jobs in the order that you want them run and click Apply. Pressing the Backup Button once starts the job(s). Securing Your Data ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide page 1-4) to execute one or more pre- v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 86: Viewing The Backup Log

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Viewing the Backup Log You can view the backup log while the job is in progress or after it has finished. Figure 4-6 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.
  • Page 87 When the next snapshot is taken, the previous one is replaced. Figure 4-7 • If you prefer, you can manually take a snapshot by clicking Take Snapshot Now. Securing Your Data ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008...
  • Page 88 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 4-8 You can also specify how long a snapshot should last. If you will be using snapshots for backups, you can schedule the snapshot to last slightly longer than the expected duration of the backup.
  • Page 89 Snapshot Space section. Simply select a value from the pull-down menu and click Save. Your snapshot space will be limited to approximately 100GB. Figure 4-11 Securing Your Data ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 4-11...

  • Page 90: Backing Up The Readynas To A Usb Drive

    The following sections describe how to back up and remove disks from the ReadyNAS systems. On the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition, the Backup button is associated with the USB Port at the front of the system. By default, the Backup button copies the data from the Backup share onto the USB disk connected to the USB port at the front of the device .

  • Page 91: Optimizing Performance

    • NETGEAR recommends that you select the Disable journaling only if the NAS has UPS protection. Without battery backup, there is a small chance that parity written to a disk in a RAID set might become out of sync with the data disks if a power failure suddenly occurs, possibly causing incorrect data to be recovered if one disk fails.

  • Page 92: Adding A Ups For Performance

    The Optimize for OS X option provides the best performance in Mac OS X environments when connected to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition 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 clients.

  • Page 93: Power Management

    Power Management The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition offers disk spin-down, 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.

  • Page 94: Power Timer

    NETGEAR recommends UPS if you utilize this option. Power Timer The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition can be scheduled to power off and power back on (on certain models) automatically (see Figure action and time.

  • Page 95: Managing Levels Of Service

    System status, alerts, replacing failed disks, scheduling stuff ... • “Viewing System Status • “Replacing a Failed Disk • “Using the System Diagnostic Menu Viewing System Status The Status menu contains links to the Health screen and Logs screen that provide system status information.

  • Page 96: Logs

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 6-2 To recalibrate the fan, click Recalibrate. Logs Select Status > Logs to access the Clear Logs screen. The Clear Logs screen provides information about the status of management tasks, including a timestamp.

  • Page 97: Replacing A Failed Disk

    Replacing a Failed Disk Note: Be sure to check the Hardware Compatability list on the NETGEAR support site for a list of disks that have been qualified for the ReadyNAS Pro to assure that you use a suitable disk. When a disk fails in your ReadyNAS device, you are notified of the failure by e-mail. The failed disk location can be seen in the FrontView status bar at the bottom by selecting Status >...
  • Page 98 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 2. Press the button under the failed disk. The latch pops out. Figure 6-5 3. Pull out the disk tray and remove the screws. Figure 6-6 v1.3, November 2008 Managing Levels of Service...

  • Page 99: Resynchronizing The Volume

    Using the System Diagnostic Menu The recessed reset switch on the back of the unit (see the illustration allows you to perform six functions: Managing Levels of Service ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 “Rear Panel” on page 1-6)

  • Page 100: Use The Os Reinstall Option To Re-Install The Firmware

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 1. Normal: Bypass the diagnostic menu and perform a normal boot. 2. Factory Default: Reset the ReadyNAS back to factory default state, erasing all data on the disks. This option can be used to change between X-RAID2 and Flex-RAID mode.

  • Page 101: Configuring Raid

    Create Volume Now. The volume and initialization process begins. Warning: If no action is taken within 10 minutes, the system defaults to X-RAID2 with 10 GB reserved for snapshots. Managing Levels of Service ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 102: Shutdown

    Figure 6-8 When you reboot or shut down the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition, you must close the browser window and use RAIDar to reconnect to FrontView.

  • Page 103: Share Access From Mac And Linux Systems

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Appendix A Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems This appendix presents examples of how shares on the ReadyNAS device can be accessed by the various MAC operating systems. MAC OS X To access the same share over AFP with OS X, select Network from the Finder Go > Network menu.

  • Page 104: Afp Over Bonjour

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide AFP over Bonjour To access the AFP share advertised over Bonjour on Mac OS X, select Network from the Finder Go menu to see a listing of available networks. Figure A-2 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname.

  • Page 105: Afp Over Appletalk

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure A-4 From the Volumes field, select the share you want to access and click OK. AFP over AppleTalk If you chose to advertise your AFP service over AppleTalk, a listing of available networks is displayed.
  • Page 106 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure A-6 Select Guest and click Connect. Then, select the share you want to connect to and click OK. Figure A-7 In Share security mode, you need to specify only the user name and password—if you have set up a password for your share.

  • Page 107: Mac

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide MAC OS 9 To access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server from the Finder menu, choose the NAS device entry from the AppleTalk section, and click Connect. Figure A-8...
  • Page 108 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure A-10 You should see the same files in the share that you do in Windows Explorer. Figure A-11 Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 109: Accessing Shares From Linux/Unix

    Linux/Unix login settings. Refer to Appendix A, “Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems shares from various versions of the MAC OS. Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide for instructions on accessing v1.3, November 2008...
  • Page 110 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.3, November 2008...

  • Page 111: Appendix B Related Documents

    This appendix provides links to reference documents you can use to gain a more complete understanding of the technologies used in your NETGEAR product. Document Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing: Wireless Communications: Preparing a Computer for Network Access: Virtual Private Networking...
  • Page 112 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Related Documents v1.3, November 2008...
  • Page 113 Numerics 1100 backup USB 4-12 accessing shares FTP/FTPS 3-18 Linux/Unix A-7 MAC OS X A-1 over MAC OS 9 A-5 Rsync 3-19 Web browser 3-16 account preferernces settings 3-9 active directory server. See ADS. Adding a Volume Flex-RAID 2-16 admin user password, setting of 2-8 ADS 3-4 Advanced Options 3-15...
  • Page 114 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide settings 2-2 Digital Living Network. See DLNA. Discovery Services 2-9 UPnP 2-12 discovery services Bonjour 2-12 Disk Spin-Down 5-3 DLNA 2-11 DNS Settings 2-6 domain security mode 3-4 security options 3-2 DVD Players networked 3-20...
  • Page 115 3-9 recovery of 2-8 setting admin user 2-8 performance fine-tuning 5-1 settings, jumbo frames 2-5 Power Management 5-3 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Power Timer 5-4 print queues managing 2-23 Printers setting up 2-22 USB 2-22 Printing...
  • Page 116 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide fine-tuning 3-11 managing 3-10 selecting services 2-9 setting access in Domain Mode 3-13 Shutdown 6-8 SlimServer 2-11 SMART+Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. See SMART+. SMB 2-9 SMTP 2-27 Snapshots 4-8 expiration 4-10 resizing space 4-11...
  • Page 117 3-3 setup 3-4 X-RAID 2-15 adding a second disk 2-18 adding more disks 2-18 RAID Level X 2-14 redundancy overhead 1-3 using hot-swap trays 2-18 volume management 2-18 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide v1.3, November 2008 Index-5...
  • Page 118 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Index-6 v1.3, November 2008...
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