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
with the same protection. A user's home folder is created the first time that user logs
into the ReadyNAS system.
If a user account is deleted, the home folder for that account, and all of the content
within it, is deleted.
You can view your folder by clicking Shares > Shares > Home Folders or Shares >
Browse > home.
Manage Shares
From the Admin Page, you can create, modify, delete, and browse shares on your
ReadyNAS.
Create a Share
After you create a volume (see Create and Encrypt a Volume on page 35), you can create
shares on that volume.
To create a share:
1. Log in to the Admin Page.
2. Select Shares > Shares.
A list of shares and LUNs on each volume displays.
3. Click the New Shares button to the right of the volume to which you want to add a
share.
A window opens displaying the new share options.
4. Configure the settings as explained in the following table:
DescriptionItem
A unique name to identify the share. The name is limited to alphanumeric, underscore, and
hypen characters No spaces are allowed. There is a maximum of 80 characters.
Name
An optional description to help identify the share.Description
Select the Bit Rot Protection (Copy-on-write) check box to enable bit rot protection. For
information, see Bit Rot Protection on page 62.
Bit Rot
Protection
Select the Compression check box to enable data compression. Compression saves storage
space and increases the speed of data transfers, but the compression and decompression
processes require additional resources. By default, the Compression check box is cleared.
Note that compression is available only when bit rot protection is enabled.
Compression
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