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
Start Using Your ReadyNAS System
This manual provides conceptual information about storage systems, detailed instructions
about using your system, and NETGEAR’s recommendations about configuring,
managing, and backing up your system. We recommend that you read this manual to
make the best use of your storage system.
To quickly start using your system, review the following sections in this order:
1. Basic Installation on page 13. Use ReadyCLOUD to discover your storage system on
your network.
2. Create a Share on page 63. Shares are the way you organize the data you store on
your ReadyNAS system.
3. Create a LUN on page 96. LUNs are SAN data sets that allow data transfer and storage
over iSCSI.
4. Basic Snapshot Concepts on page 125. Protect the data that is stored in folders and
LUNs by creating snapshots.
5. Create User Accounts on page 142. Create a user account for each person that you
want to allow to access your ReadyNAS system.
6. Configure Global Settings for File-Sharing Protocols on page 206. File-sharing
protocols enable you to transfer files across a network.
7. Backup Concepts on page 262. You can back up the data that you store on your
ReadyNAS system and you can use your ReadyNAS system to back up data that you
store on other devices.
Additional Documentation
NETGEAR maintains a community website that supports ReadyNAS products. Click the
ReadyNAS Coummunity button on the upper right side of the Admin Page, or visit
https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-Network-Storage/ct-p/readynas for
reviews, tutorials, comparison charts, software updates, documentation, an active user
forum, and much more.
For information about your system’s hardware, see the hardware manual for your system,
which is available at http://www.netgear.com/support/product/ReadyNAS_OS_6.
Software Manual10Getting Started
ReadyNAS OS 6.10