Network Storage User Guide

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v1.0, December 2008
Updating the Admin Password .......................................................................................2-6
Selecting Services for Share Access ..............................................................................2-8
Standard File Protocols ............................................................................................2-8
Streaming Services ................................................................................................2-10
Discovery Services .................................................................................................2-11
Understanding Volume Management ........................................................................... 2-11
Overview of RAID Levels and X-RAID2 .................................................................2-12
Volume Management for Flex-RAID ......................................................................2-14
Volume Management for X-RAID2 .........................................................................2-16
Volume Maintenance ..............................................................................................2-17
Working with USB Volumes ...................................................................................2-18
Setting Up Printers .......................................................................................................2-20
Print Shares over CIFS/SMB .................................................................................2-20
IPP Printing ............................................................................................................2-21
Managing Print Queues .........................................................................................2-21
Adjusting System Settings ............................................................................................2-22
Clock, System Time, and NTP Options ..................................................................2-22
Alerts, Alert Contacts, Alert Settings, and SMTP ...................................................2-23
Language Settings .................................................................................................2-24
Updating ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition ..............................................................2-25
Configuration Backup ...................................................................................................2-28
Chapter 3
Managing User Access
Understanding Disk Share Security Access ...................................................................3-1
Setting Up User and Group Accounts ............................................................................3-2
Managing Groups .....................................................................................................3-2
Managing Users .......................................................................................................3-4
Setting Accounts Preferences ..................................................................................3-6
Changing User Passwords .............................................................................................3-6
Managing Your Shares ...................................................................................................3-6
Adding Shares ..........................................................................................................3-7
Managing Shares .....................................................................................................3-8
Web Browser ................................................................................................................3-12
FTP/FTPS .....................................................................................................................3-14
Rsync ............................................................................................................................3-15