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
4. Click the New Volume button at the right of the page.
5. Configure the following settings:
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Name. Enter a name for the volume. The volume must not use the same name
as a folder in the root folder system. The volume names home , apps , and job_
are reserved and cannot be used.
•
Protection Level. Use the drop down menu to select the protection level (RAID
level).
•
Encryption. (optional) Select this check box to enable encryption on the volume.
When the volume is created, a key is generated. If you lose your key, the data on
the volume will be irrecoverable.
•
USB to store key. If you enabled encryption, select a USB storage device from
the menu to store the generated key.
•
Send key by Email. If you enabled encryption, select this check box to specify
that the generated key be sent to a email address associated with the admin
account. Make sure that you set the email account before creating the volume.
6. Click the Create button.
The new volume is created and appears in the list of volumes at the left of the page.
Delete a Volume
Before you delete a volume, make sure that you back up any data (folders and LUNs)
that you want to save to another volume or another storage device.
Note: The Destroy option is not available when the ReadyNAS uses a single volume
X-RAID configuration. The Destroy option is available if you use at least two volumes,
or the volume is a Flex-RAID volume.
Software Manual36Volume Configuration
ReadyNAS OS 6.10