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
6. Follow the directions in the Format window and click the Format button.
The Format window closes and after a few moments the Volumes page updates to
show the disk as formatted, but not part of a volume.
Create and Encrypt a Volume
During volume creation, you can also enable volume encryption. Encryption is optional.
When encryption is enabled, data is encrypted in real time as it is written to the volume.
You cannot encrypt existing volumes. Encryption is possible only when you are creating
new volumes. When created, the volume will be a Flex-RAID volume, but after you create
it, you can change it to an X-RAID volume.
You need a USB drive to store the encryption key that is generated during volume
creation. You can also specify that the encryption key be emailed to you for safe keeping.
If you lose the USB drive with the encryption key, you can load the emailed encryption
key onto another USB drive.
You must insert the USB drive with the encryption key into a USB port on the ReadyNAS
for the volume to be unlocked and accessible. You must insert the USB drive to unlock
an encrypted volume during reboot. If you do not insert the USB key on reboot, there
is a 10-minute time-out during which you can insert the key. Otherwise, you wll not be
able to access the encrypted volume until the ReadyNAS is again rebooted. You can
remove the USB drive after unlocking the volume. We recommend storing the USB drive
with the encryption key in a safe and secure location when not in use.
WARNING: If you lose the encryption key, the encrypted drive is irrecoverable.
To create a volume, select the RAID level, and enable encryption:
1. Log in to your ReadyNAS.
2. Select System > Volumes.
3. From the enclosure graphic, select one or more disks to include in the new volume.
Available disks are colored black.
Software Manual35Volume Configuration
ReadyNAS OS 6.10