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
Maintain Volumes
This section covers volume maintenance. Volumes can be scrubbed to check for errors,
defragmented to improve disk performance, and balanced to use space more efficently
and speed allocation of new chunks.
Scrub a Volume
Scrubbing cleans and validates all data on a volume and checks the volume for errors.
No data is deleted. Folders, LUNs, and snapshots on the volume remain intact. Scrubbing
depends on the application, ranging from six weeks up to six months.
Note: Scrubbing is not an erase function.
To scrub a volume:
1. Log in to your ReadyNAS.
2. Select System > Volumes.
3. Select a volume.
4. Click the gear icon.
5. Click the Scrub button in the pop-up menu.
A confirmation window opens.
6. Choose the Yes button to confirm.
The scrubbing process starts.
The start and completion of the volume scrub are recorded in the system log (see
System Logs, Auditing, and Active Connections on page 245).
If you set up email notifications for your system, you receive an email message when
the process finishes. For more information about alert notifications, see System Logs,
Auditing, and Active Connections on page 245.
Software Manual52Volume Configuration
ReadyNAS OS 6.10