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
Smart Snapshot Management
ReadyNAS OS 6.1 and later uses Smart Snapshot Management to reduce the number
of automatic (continuous) snapshots per share or LUN. Every hour, this feature
automatically prunes older hourly, daily, and weekly snapshots, according to the following
rules:
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Hourly snapshots are kept for 48 hours.
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Daily snapshots are kept for four weeks.
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Weekly snapshots are kept for eight weeks.
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Monthly snapshots are kept for as long as there is sufficient capacity. (The last weekly
snapshot in a month becomes the monthly snapshot for that month.)
Note: The Smart Snapshot Management feature does not prune manual snapshots.
Rolling Back
You can replace a share or LUN with an earlier version by rolling back to a snapshot.
When you roll back to a snapshot, the entire share or LUN is replaced with the version
captured by the snapshot. All snapshots that were taken after the snapshot that was
used for rolling back are deleted. For information about how to roll back to a snapshot,
see Roll Back to a Snapshot Using Recovery Mode on page 130.
Clones
You can copy a snapshot to become a new independent share or LUN. Changes made
to the clone do not affect the parent share or LUN and changes made to the parent do
not affect the clone. For information about how to clone snapshots, see Clone Snapshots
on page 131.
View and Change Share Snapshot Properties
You can control the type of snapshot management, the schedule, and access for
individual shares.
To view and change the snapshot properties of a share:
1. Log in to the ReadyNAS.
2. Select Shares > Shares.
A list of shares and LUNs on each volume displays.
3.
Select the share or LUN that you want to configure.
4. Click the gear icon.
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