User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Getting Started
- Start Using Your ReadyNAS System
- Additional Documentation
- Supported ReadyNAS Systems
- Supported Operating Systems
- Supported Browsers
- Diskless Systems
- Basic Installation
- Upgrade Pre-6.2 ReadyNAS Firmware for Use With ReadyCLOUD
- Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS Using ReadyCLOUD
- Local Setup Wizard
- Admin Page
- Access the Local Admin Page
- Register Your System
- Five Levels of Protection
- The ReadyNAS Community
- Safe Mode
- 2. Volume Configuration
- Basic Volume and RAID Concepts
- ReadyTIER, Tiers, Data, and Metadata
- Manage Volumes
- Change RAID Mode
- View the Status of a Volume
- Configure the Checksum Function
- Format Disks
- Create and Encrypt a Volume
- Delete a Volume
- Name a USB Drive
- Expand Storage Capacity
- Add Protection to a Volume
- Add Protection to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Add a Group to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Delete a RAID Group
- Use the Volume Management Wizard to Create a Volume
- Add a Tier to a Volume
- Enable or Disable Quotas on Volumes
- Maintain Volumes
- 3. Shares
- 4. LUNs
- 5. Snapshots
- 6. Users and Groups
- 7. Use Cloud Services
- 8. System Settings
- 9. System Power
- 10. Install and Manage Apps
- 11. System Monitoring
- 12. System Maintenance
- 13. Backup and Recovery
Table 11. Supported System Services
RecommendationDescriptionProtocol
If Windows users access your storage
system, enable this protocol.
Used mainly by Microsoft Windows computers and
sometimes by mac)S computers, this protocol is
enabled by default. It is sometimes referred to as
the CIFS (Common Internet File Service) file-sharing
protocol. SMB uses TCP/IP.
SMB (Server
Message Block)
If only macOS users access your storage
system, enable this protocol. However,
in a mixed Windows and Mac
environment, We recommend using SMB
only.
macOS computers use AFP. Your ReadyNAS system
supports AFP 3.3.
AFP (Apple File
Protocol)
If Linux or Unix users access your storage
system, enable this protocol.
Linux and Unix computers use NFS. macOS users
can access NFS shares through console shell
access. Your ReadyNAS system supports NFS v3
over UDP and TCP and NFS v4 over TCP.
NFS (Network File
Service)
If users access your storage system using
FTP, enable this protocol.
Many public file upload and download sites use
FTP. The ReadyNAS supports anonymous or user
access for FTP clients. You can elect to set up port
forwarding to nonstandard ports for passive FTP,
allowing clients to initiate a connection to the
ReadyNAS.
FTP (File Transfer
Protocol) and
FTPS (FTP with
SSL encryption)
If you want iTunes clients to use your
ReadyNAS server as a media server,
enable this protocol.
With the iTunes system service enabled, iTunes
clients can stream media files from your ReadyNAS
system.
iTunes
If you want RLNA players to use your
ReadyNAS server as a media server,
enable this protocol.
The ReadyDLNA service lets you stream media on
your ReadyNAS system to DLNA players such as
the Sony
ReadyDLNA
If users access your storage system from
a device that supports Rsync, enable this
protocol.
Fast file transfer protocol that uses a delta-transfer
algorithm that sends only the differences between
the source file and the existing file.
Rsync
If you want clients using UPnP to discover
your ReadyNAS system, enable this
protocol.
UPnP (Universal Plug-n-Play) allows UPnP-enabled
clients to discover your ReadyNAS system on your
LAN.
UPnP
If users access your storage system from
a device with a web browser, including
a smartphone or tablet computer, enable
this protocol.
Used on the World Wide Web.HTTP (Hypertext
Transfer Protocol)
and HTTPS (HTTP
with SSL
encryption)
If you want to use SNMP-based
management systems to monitor your
ReadyNAS system, or want to use UPS
services, enable this service.
You can use SNMP management systems for
remote monitoring of your ReadyNAS system. UPS
monitoring also uses SNMP services. SNMP-based
remote management is not possible.
SNMP
Software Manual207System Settings
ReadyNAS OS 6.10