ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA 202-10456-01 v1.
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Product and Publication Details Model Number: Publication Date: December 2008 Product Family: Network Storage Product Name: ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached Storage System Pioneer Edition Home or Business Product: Home Language: English Publication Part Number: 202-10456-01 Publication Version Number: 1.0 iii v1.
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Contents About This Manual Conventions, Formats, and Scope ................................................................................... ix How to Use This Manual ................................................................................................... x How to Print This Manual .................................................................................................. x Revision History .................................................................................................
Updating the Admin Password .......................................................................................2-6 Selecting Services for Share Access ..............................................................................2-8 Standard File Protocols ............................................................................................2-8 Streaming Services ................................................................................................2-10 Discovery Services ................
Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters ..............................................3-16 Remote Access ............................................................................................................3-16 Remote FTP Access ..............................................................................................3-17 Remote HTTP Access ............................................................................................
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 ..............................................................................
About This Manual The NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide describes how to configure and troubleshoot a ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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: • Typographical Conventions.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide • Scope. This manual is written for the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition according to these specifications: Product Version 1.0 Manual Publication Date December 2008 How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this manual includes the following: • Buttons, at a time. and , for browsing forward or backward through the manual one page • A button that displays the table of contents and a button that displays an index.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide – Printing a PDF version of the complete manual. Use the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page. • Click the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page in the manual. The PDF version of the complete manual opens in a browser window. • Click the print icon in the upper left corner of your browser window. Tip: If your printer supports printing two pages on a single sheet of paper, you can save paper and printer ink by selecting this feature.
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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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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 ReadyNAS systems, see ReadyNAS Specifications on ReadyNAS.com.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide The X-RAID Data Volume X-RAID has one data volume. This volume uses the capacity of the smallest disk from each disk. For instance, if you had one 80 GB disk and two 250 GB disks, only 80 GB from each disk is used in the volume. The leftover space on the 250 GB disks is reclaimed only when the 80 GB disk is replaced with a 250 GB or greater capacity disk. However, as you will see below, X-RAID2 is more flexible in how it handles volume expansion.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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 1 2 7 3 4 5 6 Figure 1-1 1. OLED display, including the disk activity status light Note: The OLED goes to sleep to prevent burn-in; press the power button to wake it. When reporting an abnormal status, it stays on. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Drive Bay 4 5 6 1 2 7 3 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. Getting Acquainted 1-5 v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Rear Panel 1 3 4 5 6 2 7 8 Figure 1-3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Disk exhaust fan System exhaust fan Two USB ports 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS Pro The ReadyNAS Pro is suitable for use in an office environment where it can be free-standing, located in a wiring closet or equipment room. When deciding where to locate the unite, ensure that: • It is accessible and cables can be connected easily. • If it will be protected by an uninterruptable power supply (UPS), its power cable can be securely and safely connected to the UPS.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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). 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Figure 1-5 Use the wizard to perform the initial configuration of the unit. The FrontView Advanced Control mode provides access to all the available settings. Figure 1-6 Getting Acquainted 1-9 v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide In this mode, you see the menus on the left that 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 this session. Figure 1-7 At the bottom of the screen is the status bar including the date button on the left which, when clicked takes you to the Clock screen.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Chapter 2 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached Storage System Pioneer Edition in your network is described in this chapter.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Ethernet Interfaces Select Network > Interfaces > Ethernet 1 /Ethernet 2 tab pages to specify network interfacespecific settings for Standard Settings and Performance Settings. Standard Setting. In this section, you can specify the IP address, network mask, speed/duplex mode, and MTU settings. In most networks where a DHCP server is enabled, you can simply specify the Use values from a DHCP server option to automatically set the IP address and network mask.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide the setting you want. 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. Figure 2-4 Performance Settings .
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Global Network Settings Figure 2-6 Hostname The Hostname you specify is used to advertise the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition on your network. You can use the hostname to address the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition in place of the IP address when accessing the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition from Windows, or over OS X using SMB. This is also the name that appears in the RAIDar scan list.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Static option, you can manually specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers and the domain name here. WINS The WINS option allows you to specify the IP address of the WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service) server. A WINS server is typically a Windows server on the network that allows the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition or other devices on the network to be browsed from other subnets.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Select the Enable DHCP service check box if you want the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition device to act as a DHCP server. This is convenient in networks where DHCP service is not already available. Note: These options are available only if this device is not already using a DHCP address. Enabling DHCP service on a network already utilizing another DHCP server will result in conflicts.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide this password is kept in a safe place. Anyone who obtains this password can change or erase the data on the ReadyNAS. Figure 2-10 As a safeguard, you are requested to enter a password recovery question, the expected answer, and an e-mail address. If, in the future, you forget the password, you can go to https:///password_recovery.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Selecting Services for Share Access Figure 2-11 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 Pioneer Edition. Three types of services are available: Standard File Protocols, Streaming Services, and Discovery Services. These different services are explained in the following sections.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide • AFP (Apple File Protocol). Mac OS 9 and OS X works best using this protocol as it handles an extensive character set. However, in mixed PC and Mac environments, it is advisable to use CIFS/SMB, unless enhanced character set support is necessary on the Mac.The ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition supports AFP 3.1. • FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Widely used in public file upload and download sites.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Streaming Services The built-in streaming services on the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition allow you to stream multimedia content directly from the ReadyNAS, without the need to have your PC or Mac powered on. Figure 2-12 • SqueezeCenter provides music streaming to the popular Squeezebox music players from Slim Devices. You can click the http setup link for more detailed configuration options.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Discovery Services Figure 2-13 • Bonjour service provides a simple way of discovering various services on the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition. Bonjour currently provides an easy 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 website. • UPnP provides a means for UPnP-enabled clients to discover the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition on your LAN.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide smallest disk in the RAID set multiplied by one less than the number of disks in the RAID set. For example, a four-disk RAID 5 set provides the capacity of three disks, assuming all four disks are identical in size. RAID 6 RAID 6 (striped disks with dual distributed parity) provides fault tolerance from two drive failures. This makes larger RAID groups more practical, especially for high availability systems.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide • X-RAID2: – One-volume technology, but supports volume expansion, either with the addition of more disks or the replacement of an existing disk with larger capacity disks. – You can start out with one disk, and add more disks as you need them or can afford them. – Volume management is automatic. Add a second disk, and it becomes a mirror to the first.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. 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. .
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Notice that the disk on Channel 4 that we did not configure is listed in the Available Disks section. We can add this disk as a hot spare by clicking Make hot spare. Figure 2-18 We can also remove a disk from the volume by clicking 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Not so with X-RAID2. Simply add the third disk using the ReadyNAS hot-swap trays. If you are adding multiple disks at the same time, or if your ReadyNAS is not hot-swap capable, power down the ReadyNAS, add the disk(s), and power back on. The X-RAID2 device initializes and scans the newly added disk(s) for bad sectors in the background. You can continue working normally without any lag in performance.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Disk Scrubbing with Auto Parity Fix This option can detect and correct potential data corruption. Schedule this feature to run in offpeak usage periods. Figure 2-19 You can switch between X-RAID2 and Flex-X-RAID modes. The process involves setting the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition to the factory default and using RAIDar to configure the volume during a 10-minute delay window during boot. See “Configuring RAID” on page 6-7 for more information.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide To the right of the access icons are command options. The following commands are available: 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 out to the disks and that the file system is properly closed.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide USB Volume Name and Access Rights Persistence Across Mount/Dismounts The ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Share access restrictions are not saved across disconnects, however.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide 2. Double-click the printer icon to assign a Windows driver.. Figure 2-23 IPP Printing The ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition also supports the IETF standard Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) over HTTP. Any client supporting IPP printing (IPP is available natively on the latest Windows XP OS and OS X) can now use this protocol to utilize printers connected to the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Adjusting System Settings Figure 2-25 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 > Clock from the main menu.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Alerts, Alert Contacts, Alert Settings, and SMTP Figure 2-26 In the event of a device or an enclosure failure, a quota violation, low-disk space warning, and other system events requiring your attention, e-mail alerts are sent. The Alerts screen is accessed by selecting System > Alerts from the main menu. Contacts. The Contacts tab allows you to specify up to three e-mail addresses where system alerts will be sent.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide detected. Selecting the Power-off NAS when disk temperature exceeds safe level gracefully powers off the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition when the disk temperature exceeds the nominal range. SMTP. The ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide For example, selecting Japanese allows you to share files with Japanese names in Windows Explorer. Figure 2-30 It is best to select the appropriate language based on the region where the device will be operated. Note: This option does not set the web browser language display—browser settings must be done using the browser language option.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Updating from the NETGEAR Web Site The preferred and quicker method if the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Figure 2-31 If you wish to continue, click Perform System Update. After the update image has been downloaded, you will be asked to reboot the system.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition by selecting the Local update tab. The update file can be a RAIDiator firmware image or an add-on package. Figure 2-33 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. Warning: Do not click the browser Refresh button during the update process.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Restoring the Factory Default Settings The Factory Default tab allows you to reset the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Figure 2-35 If you select this option, you are asked to confirm the command by typing: FACTORY.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Use the Restore tab to brows for a configuration backup you would like to restore.
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Chapter 3 Managing User Access Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached Storage System Pioneer Edition in your network is described in this chapter.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide You specify a workgroup name, and create user and group accounts. You have control over how much disk space is allocated for each user or group. Each user is given a home share on the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Figure 3-2 After adding your groups, you can view or change your groups by clicking the alphabetical index tab, or click All to list all groups. Figure 3-3 If you wish to add a large number of groups, select Import group list from the pull-down menu. Figure 3-4 You can upload a CSV (Comma Separated Value) formatted file containing the group account information.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide • • • • • The name field is required. Quota is set to default if not specified. GID is automatically generated if not specified. Empty fields are replaced with account defaults. Group members are optional.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide • • Password Disk quota. 3. Click Apply to save your settings. Only the user name and password fields are required; however, you should specify a user e-mail address if you intend to set up disk quotas. Without an e-mail address, the user will not be warned when disk usage approaches the specified disk quota limit. If you do not wish to assign a disk quota, enter 0. If you wish to add a large number of users, select Import user list from the pull-down menu.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide barney,23stone,,barney@bedrock.com In this example, user barney has a password set to 23stone, belongs to the default group, receives e-mail 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, belongs to the group ourgroup, receives email notification sent to wilma@bedrock.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide should be able to access, compared with sensitive data like financial information only the finance group should be able to access. The Shares menu provides all the options pertaining to share services for the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition device. This entails share management (including data and print shares), volume management, and share service management. Figure 3-8 Adding Shares To add a share: 1. From the main menu, select Volumes > Volume Settings.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Managing Shares Once you have added shares, you can manually fine-tune share access by selecting Share List. Figure 3-10 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. The access icons in those columns summarize the status of the service and the access rights to the share for each of the services.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide read/write permission, or (3) access is disabled except for one or more users or groups that are granted read-only privilege. • 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide • Hosts allowed access: 192.168.2.101, 192.168.2.102 • Write-enabled users: fred • Write-enabled groups: engr 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Figure 3-14 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. The default permission of newly created files is read/write for the owner and owner’s group and read-only for others (that is, everyone).
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Figure 3-16 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Log in with a valid user name and password. Figure 3-18 If the Share access is read-only, only the file manager displays. Figure 3-19 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 through the web. Files not created from this file manager can be modified within the file manager but cannot be deleted here.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Figure 3-20 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. FTP/FTPS To access the share, use the appropriate user login and password used to access the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Rsync If you specified a user or password in the rsync share access tab, you will need to specify this when accessing the rsync share. Unlike other protocols, rsync uses arbitrary user name and password that is specific only for rsync access. The user account you specify does not need to exist on the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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.1 Multiple players can be connected to the ReadyNAS and can play the media files concurrently.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Remote FTP Access 1. Go to Services > Standard File Protocols and enable FTP. Figure 3-24 • • • • • Port: The TCP/IP port that the FTP service will be using. The default is 21, this port will need to be forwarded through the router. Refer to the port forwarding instructions provided with your router. Authentication mode: Anonymous: No login information required for FTP users. User: Users will need an account configured on the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide 2. Configure the FTP share access options. Figure 3-25 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. Figure 3-26 Note: HTTPS cannot be disabled - Frontview requires it. 3-18 Managing User Access v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide • HTTP – Redirect default web access to this share: Advanced configuration option allowing hosting of user created HTTP web page on the ReadyNAS. – • Login authentication on this share: Configures the above mentioned share for whether or not authentication is required if users are browsing to the user created web content HTTPS – Port 1: This field cannot be modified; it is reserved for the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. See ReadyNAS.com for a how-to explanation of how to set up WebDAV: http://www.readynas.com/?p=126 3-20 Managing User Access v1.
Chapter 4 Securing Your Data This chapter explains how to back up the data from your ReadyNAS. • “Configuring Backup Jobs • “Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive Configuring Backup Jobs The Backup Manager integrated with the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition allows the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition to act as a powerful backup appliance. Backup tasks can be controlled directly from the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition without the need for a client-based backup application.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Step 1 – Select Backup Source The backup source can be located remotely, or it can be a public or a private home share, or all home shares on the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition. A USB device appears as a share, so if you want to back up a USB device, select a share name. If you want to back up data from a remote source, select from one of the following: • Windows/NAS (Timestamp). Select this if you wish to back up a share from a Windows PC.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Following are some examples: • Examples of an FTP path: ftp://myserver/mypath/mydir ftp://myserver/mypath/mydir/myfile • Examples of a website path: http://www.mywebsite.com http://192.168.0.101/mypath/mydir • Examples of a Windows or remote NAS path: //myserver/myshare //myserver/myshare/myfolder //192.168.0.101/myshare/myfolder • Examples of an NFS path: myserver:/mypath 192.168.0.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition). If you selected a ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition share for the source, you can either enter another local ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition share for the destination, or you can specify a remote backup destination. Figure 4-2 The remote backup destination can be a Windows PC/ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition system, an NFS server, or a rsync server.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Figure 4-3 Step 4 – Choose Backup Options In this last step, you can set up how you want backups to be performed. To set up a backup schedule: 1. Schedule a full backup. Select when you want full backups to be performed. You can elect to do this just the first time, every week, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, every 4 weeks, or every time this backup job is invoked.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. 4. Remove deleted files on backup target for rsync. By default, files deleted in the backup source will not get deleted in the backup destination.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide 1. Click the Job number icon to modify the selected backup job. 2. Enable or disable job scheduling by selecting/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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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.
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Chapter 5 Optimizing Performance This chapter discuses how to optimize ReadyNAS performance • “Performance • “Power Management Performance If you wish to tweak the system performance, select Performance from the main menu. Note that some of the settings suggest that you utilize an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) before enabling that option: • NETGEAR recommends that you select the Disable journaling only if the NAS has UPS protection.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide 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. • Select Disable journaling if you understand the consequences of this action, and you do not mind a long file system check (only after unexpected power failures). File system journaling allows disk checks of only a few seconds verses possibly an hour or longer without journaling.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Power Management The ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Disk Spin-Down Option You can elect to spin down your ReadyNAS disks after a specified time of inactivity. The disks will spin up as needed. To enable spin-down mode, select the Enable disk spin-down after...
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Power Timer The ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition can be scheduled to power off and power back on (on certain models) automatically (see Figure 5-3). Select the Enable power timer check box and enter the action and time. (The Power ON option is available on the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition NV through an add-on package.)1 The Power ON option does not appear if the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition hardware does not support this feature.
Chapter 6 Managing Levels of Service This chapter presents system status, alerts, replacing failed disks, and scheduling topics. • “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. Health The Health screen displays the status of each disk, and the fan, temperature, and UPS status in detail.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Figure 6-3 The Download All Logs link is available in case you need to analyze low-level log information. If you click this link, a zip of all the logs is provided. 6-2 Managing Levels of Service v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Replacing a Failed Disk Note: Be sure to check the Hardware Compatibility 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 > Health.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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 6-4 Managing Levels of Service v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide 4. If you want to prevent easy removal of the disk from the tray, set the tray lock: up is locked; down is unlocked. Locking mechanism Figure 6-7 Note: If you set the tray lock, you will need to use a push-pin or paper clip to open the tray. 5. Replace the failed disk, reassemble, and slide the disk tray back in. Make sure that the hard disk connectors face the interior of the disk bay when you reassemble the disk.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Warning: This process reinstalls the firmware and resets all disk configurations, wiping out any data you might have on the NAS. 3.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide 4. Press the recessed reset button at the back to confirm the menu selection and proceed to that option. The system will boot reset to the factory default settings. Configuring RAID You can switch between the X-RAID2 Expandable Volume mode and the RAID 0/1/5/6 Flexible Volume mode only if you want to change the default configuration. It is not necessary to perform this procedure every time you boot up the system.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Shutdown The Shutdown Options screen offers the option to either power off or reboot the ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition device. You also have the option of performing 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.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Figure A-1 From here, there are two ways to access your AFP share, depending on how you have chosen to advertise your AFP share. Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Figure A-3 Enter the user name and password you wish to use to connect to the ReadyNAS. A-2 Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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. Figure A-5 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname. Select the one that has the hostname only. You are prompted with a connection box. Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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 If you have not set up a user name, enter the share name in place of the user name. You should see the same file listing as you would in Windows Explorer. A-4 Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer 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 Enter a valid user account and password, and click Connect. Figure A-9 If no share password is set in Share mode, you can select the Guest radio button and leave the password field blank. If your login is successful, are given a listing of one or more shares.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Figure A-10 You should see the same files in the share that you do in Windows Explorer. Figure A-11 A-6 Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide Accessing Shares from Linux/Unix To access this share from a Linux or Unix client where backup is the share name, you will need to mount the share over NFS by entering: mount :/ Running the ls command in the mounted path displays the share content. Figure A-12 Note: The ReadyNAS does not support NIS as it is unable to correlate NIS information with CIFS logins.
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ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide 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 Link Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing: http://documentation.netgear.com/reference/enu/tcpip/index.htm Wireless Communications: http://documentation.netgear.com/reference/enu/wireless/index.htm Preparing a Computer for Network Access: http://documentation.netgear.
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Index Numerics 1100 backup USB 4-8 A accessing shares Linux/Unix A-7 MAC OS X A-1 over MAC OS 9 A-5 Web browser 3-12 editing 4-8 options 4-5 scheduling 4-4, 4-6 Backup Log 4-8 Backup Manager 4-1 Bonjour 2-11 AFP A-2 C account preferernces settings 3-6 changing between X-RAID and Flex-RAID 6-6 Adding a Volume Flex-RAID 2-15 CIFS 2-8 admin user password, setting of 2-6 Advanced Options 3-11 AFP 2-9 over AppleTalk A-3 over Bonjour A-2 share A-1 alerts general settings 2-23 setting contacts 2-23 Apple
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide accounts/preference, creating 3-2 user 3-2 discovery services Bonjour 2-11 Disk Spin-Down 5-3 DLNA 2-10 DNS Settings 2-4 DVD Players networked 3-16 Hostname 2-4 default 2-4 setting 2-4 hot spare 2-16 Hypertext Transfer Protocol. See HTTP.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide SlimServer 2-10 streaming services 2-10 RAID Level 1 2-12 RAID Level 5 2-12 RAID Settings 2-15 N Network File Service. See NFS.
ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition User Guide U W UBB 1100 backup 4-8 Web browser accessing shares 3-12 Unicode 2-25 HTTP 2-25 WebDAV 2-25 WINS 2-5 updating remote method 2-26 updating ReadyNAS 2-25 UPnP 2-11 UPnP AV 2-10 UPnP AV Media Adapters networked 3-16 UPS configuration of 5-4 performance, adding 5-2 workgroup name 3-2 X X-RAID 2-14 adding a second disk 2-16 adding more disks 2-16 RAID Level X 2-13 redundancy overhead 1-3 using hot-swap trays 2-17 volume management 2-16 USB 2-19 backing up to 4-8
