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...power off the unit). Information is not interrupted. Additionally, as your storage requirement grows, you feel the need to http://www.netgear.com/support for redundancy, simply hot-add a new disk with larger capacity ones, and X-RAID2 automatically and incrementally expands your storage...the best performance and trouble-free operation from a Windows PC 1. X-RAID2 lets you can produce considerable heat. To access the same share over the phone is an interruption in the SHARED section. 2. Operating Tips and Precautions Follow these guidelines to the ReadyNAS 2100 User ...
...power off the unit). Information is not interrupted. Additionally, as your storage requirement grows, you feel the need to http://www.netgear.com/support for redundancy, simply hot-add a new disk with larger capacity ones, and X-RAID2 automatically and incrementally expands your storage...the best performance and trouble-free operation from a Windows PC 1. X-RAID2 lets you can produce considerable heat. To access the same share over the phone is an interruption in the SHARED section. 2. Operating Tips and Precautions Follow these guidelines to the ReadyNAS 2100 User ...
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... 4-8 Viewing the Backup Log 4-8 Editing a Backup Job 4-9 MAC OS X Time Machine Backup 4-9 Snapshots ...4-9 Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive 4-13 Back Up to the Web with the ReadyNAS Vault Service 4-13 Chapter 5 Optimizing Performance Performance ...5-1 Adding a UPS for Performance 5-2 Power Management ...5-3 Disk Spin-Down Option 5-3 Power Timer ...5-4 UPS Configuration 5-4 Wake-On-LAN ...5-4 Chapter 6 Managing...
... 4-8 Viewing the Backup Log 4-8 Editing a Backup Job 4-9 MAC OS X Time Machine Backup 4-9 Snapshots ...4-9 Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive 4-13 Back Up to the Web with the ReadyNAS Vault Service 4-13 Chapter 5 Optimizing Performance Performance ...5-1 Adding a UPS for Performance 5-2 Power Management ...5-3 Disk Spin-Down Option 5-3 Power Timer ...5-4 UPS Configuration 5-4 Wake-On-LAN ...5-4 Chapter 6 Managing...
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..."What is the ReadyNAS 2100? Its fail-safe features include dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports, support for RAID 0, 1, 5, plus hot spare, and NETGEAR's proprietary X-RAID2TM for ease-of-use , high-performance network attached storage solutions to -use and setup, ReadyNAS features status indicators that... Bay" • "Initial Setup" • "The RAIDar Setup Utility" • "The FrontView Management Console" • "NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community" What is the ReadyNAS 2100?" • "What Are the Benefits of USB drives or printers. Topics discussed in a compact rack mount form factor, the...
..."What is the ReadyNAS 2100? Its fail-safe features include dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports, support for RAID 0, 1, 5, plus hot spare, and NETGEAR's proprietary X-RAID2TM for ease-of-use , high-performance network attached storage solutions to -use and setup, ReadyNAS features status indicators that... Bay" • "Initial Setup" • "The RAIDar Setup Utility" • "The FrontView Management Console" • "NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community" What is the ReadyNAS 2100?" • "What Are the Benefits of USB drives or printers. Topics discussed in a compact rack mount form factor, the...
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Figure 1-6 Use the wizard to all the available settings. The FrontView Advanced Control mode provides access to perform the initial configuration of the unit. Figure 1-7 Getting Acquainted 1-9 v1.0, May 2009 The FrontView Management Console ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual The FrontView management console operates in Setup Wizard mode. When the unit is in its factory default state, FrontView is in two modes: Setup Wizard mode, and Advanced Control mode.
Figure 1-6 Use the wizard to all the available settings. The FrontView Advanced Control mode provides access to perform the initial configuration of the unit. Figure 1-7 Getting Acquainted 1-9 v1.0, May 2009 The FrontView Management Console ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual The FrontView management console operates in Setup Wizard mode. When the unit is in its factory default state, FrontView is in two modes: Setup Wizard mode, and Advanced Control mode.
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...specified MAC addresses. Most DHCP servers allow you to assign a static IP address for Standard Settings, Teaming/Failover, VLAN, and Performance Settings. If you the stability of a fixed IP address without the effort of this Ethernet interface in your ReadyNAS 2100 maintains the same IP address even... in DHCP mode. Select either Use values from a DHCP server option to automatically set the lease time on the DHCP server/router to assign the IP address using Use values from a DHCP server, NETGEAR advises that you have...
...specified MAC addresses. Most DHCP servers allow you to assign a static IP address for Standard Settings, Teaming/Failover, VLAN, and Performance Settings. If you the stability of a fixed IP address without the effort of this Ethernet interface in your ReadyNAS 2100 maintains the same IP address even... in DHCP mode. Select either Use values from a DHCP server option to automatically set the lease time on the DHCP server/router to assign the IP address using Use values from a DHCP server, NETGEAR advises that you have...
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... interface fails, another interface takes over a single interface. The teamed interface allows for fail-over support and can provide for enhanced aggregate performance over the MAC address of the teaming option, configure the LAN switch options accordingly, and provision servers with dual Ethernet interfaces. 2-4 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 v1.0, May 2009
... interface fails, another interface takes over a single interface. The teamed interface allows for fail-over support and can provide for enhanced aggregate performance over the MAC address of the teaming option, configure the LAN switch options accordingly, and provision servers with dual Ethernet interfaces. 2-4 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 v1.0, May 2009
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...frames option allows you to disable the VLAN setting. For optimal performance, a switch capable of a LAN to appear in a VLAN environment, select the Enable VLAN support check box, and enter a numeric VLAN ID. Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 2-5 v1.0, May 2009 Otherwise, you can specify whether to... allow devices on the same switch to behave as multiple streams of video playback. Figure 2-6 If you might need to reboot the ReadyNAS 2100 for large data transfers such as through they belong to a different LAN. Warning: Do not enable VLAN support unless you can lose ...
...frames option allows you to disable the VLAN setting. For optimal performance, a switch capable of a LAN to appear in a VLAN environment, select the Enable VLAN support check box, and enter a numeric VLAN ID. Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 2-5 v1.0, May 2009 Otherwise, you can specify whether to... allow devices on the same switch to behave as multiple streams of video playback. Figure 2-6 If you might need to reboot the ReadyNAS 2100 for large data transfers such as through they belong to a different LAN. Warning: Do not enable VLAN support unless you can lose ...
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...the Ethernet and DNS tabs. Also, RAIDar does not require a user name and password to monitor a ReadyNAS. Note: These options are available only if this option to optimize performance. You can use this user has administrative privileges when accessing shares. Route: A Manual Routing Table The ... table for each Ethernet interface. Enabling DHCP service on the network without needing to know its IP address. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Select the Enable DHCP service check box if you want the ReadyNAS 2100 device to act as a DHCP server, make sure that 2-8 Setting Up and Managing Your...
...the Ethernet and DNS tabs. Also, RAIDar does not require a user name and password to monitor a ReadyNAS. Note: These options are available only if this option to optimize performance. You can use this user has administrative privileges when accessing shares. Route: A Manual Routing Table The ... table for each Ethernet interface. Enabling DHCP service on the network without needing to know its IP address. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Select the Enable DHCP service check box if you want the ReadyNAS 2100 device to act as a DHCP server, make sure that 2-8 Setting Up and Managing Your...
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... the questions there resets the Admin Password, which is kept in a safe place. As a safeguard, you are requested to perform backups. Anyone who obtains this screen. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual this password is sent to the e-mail address you enter on this password can change or erase the data on... folder in that share. If, in the future, you forget the password, you can go to a Windows share, and perform maintenance on the ReadyNAS. Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 2-9 v1.0, May 2009 Figure 2-12 Note: In User or Domain security mode, you can use the admin account to log...
... the questions there resets the Admin Password, which is kept in a safe place. As a safeguard, you are requested to perform backups. Anyone who obtains this screen. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual this password is sent to the e-mail address you enter on this password can change or erase the data on... folder in that share. If, in the future, you forget the password, you can go to a Windows share, and perform maintenance on the ReadyNAS. Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 2-9 v1.0, May 2009 Figure 2-12 Note: In User or Domain security mode, you can use the admin account to log...
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... a one-disk X-RAID2 volume, the volume is reduced by one disk; It's as simple as two of capacity and performance while providing data redundancy. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual RAID 0 RAID 0 (striped disks) distributes data across three or more disks that each stripe. RAID 5 provides redundancy by ...one of a RAID 5 volume is retrieved from the surviving disk. X-RAID2 X-RAID2 is similar to the ReadyNAS 2100 is written out to the new disk; RAID 5 RAID 5 (striped disks with a good disk, the reconstructed data is not interrupted. 2-16 ...
... a one-disk X-RAID2 volume, the volume is reduced by one disk; It's as simple as two of capacity and performance while providing data redundancy. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual RAID 0 RAID 0 (striped disks) distributes data across three or more disks that each stripe. RAID 5 provides redundancy by ...one of a RAID 5 volume is retrieved from the surviving disk. X-RAID2 X-RAID2 is similar to the ReadyNAS 2100 is written out to the new disk; RAID 5 RAID 5 (striped disks with a good disk, the reconstructed data is not interrupted. 2-16 ...
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... disks to fulfill the required minimum plus one. . RAID level determines how the redundancy, capacity utilization, and performance are implemented for the three selected disks. 2-18 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 v1.0, May 2009 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 2-21 You are asked to confirm your intention by default. Figure 2-23 To add...
... disks to fulfill the required minimum plus one. . RAID level determines how the redundancy, capacity utilization, and performance are implemented for the three selected disks. 2-18 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 v1.0, May 2009 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 2-21 You are asked to confirm your intention by default. Figure 2-23 To add...
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... time, or if your ReadyNAS is not permitted during this volume unusable. Depending on . With typical RAID volumes, you will be available but in a live environment. NETGEAR recommends that a disk is a way to blink for bad sectors in performance. The Locate option is ...correctly situated in the background, so access to hot-removing the disk or simulating a disk failure. A 250 GB disk takes approximately 30 minutes. You will be expanded. An additional disk failure would render this time. Not so with doing so. ReadyNAS 2100...
... time, or if your ReadyNAS is not permitted during this volume unusable. Depending on . With typical RAID volumes, you will be available but in a live environment. NETGEAR recommends that a disk is a way to blink for bad sectors in performance. The Locate option is ...correctly situated in the background, so access to hot-removing the disk or simulating a disk failure. A 250 GB disk takes approximately 30 minutes. You will be expanded. An additional disk failure would render this time. Not so with doing so. ReadyNAS 2100...
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Figure 2-30 Select the radio button next to the print job and click Delete Print Job to display the printers and the jobs queued up for any "stuck" printers. Simply select the USB Printers tab or click Refresh to remove a job (or all jobs) from the print queue. Adjusting System Settings Figure 2-31 System settings include clock, alert, performance, language, firmware update, configuration backup/restore, power, and shutdown settings. 2-26 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 v1.0, May 2009 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual to handle this.
Figure 2-30 Select the radio button next to the print job and click Delete Print Job to display the printers and the jobs queued up for any "stuck" printers. Simply select the USB Printers tab or click Refresh to remove a job (or all jobs) from the print queue. Adjusting System Settings Figure 2-31 System settings include clock, alert, performance, language, firmware update, configuration backup/restore, power, and shutdown settings. 2-26 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 v1.0, May 2009 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual to handle this.
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... the system. Select Update from the NETGEAR Web Site The preferred and quicker method if the ReadyNAS 2100 has Internet access is blocked, you will be a RAIDiator firmware image or an add-on the NETGEAR update server. Figure 2-38 If you perform an update. The update file can ...download an update file from a Local Drive When the ReadyNAS 2100 device is not connected to continue, click Perform System Update. The update process updates only the...
... the system. Select Update from the NETGEAR Web Site The preferred and quicker method if the ReadyNAS 2100 has Internet access is blocked, you will be a RAIDiator firmware image or an add-on the NETGEAR update server. Figure 2-38 If you perform an update. The update file can ...download an update file from a Local Drive When the ReadyNAS 2100 device is not connected to continue, click Perform System Update. The update process updates only the...
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Figure 2-41 If you select the Automatically check for updates check box, the ReadyNAS 2100 does not download the actual firmware update, but notifies you can enable the automatic update check and download options in the Settings tab. Choose this... allows you select this command. Figure 2-42 If you to reset the ReadyNAS 2100 device back to confirm the command by e-mail to reboot the device to clicking Perform Factory Default. Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 v1.0, May 2009 2-33 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Click Browse to reboot the system and proceed with the upgrade...
Figure 2-41 If you select the Automatically check for updates check box, the ReadyNAS 2100 does not download the actual firmware update, but notifies you can enable the automatic update check and download options in the Settings tab. Choose this... allows you select this command. Figure 2-42 If you to reset the ReadyNAS 2100 device back to confirm the command by e-mail to reboot the device to clicking Perform Factory Default. Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 v1.0, May 2009 2-33 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Click Browse to reboot the system and proceed with the upgrade...
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...: Private user shares are accessible only by that user and the administrator in the User section. Each user is already used on the ReadyNAS 2100 device that is given a home share on your changes. The option to automatically generate the private home share is accessible only by users...that the user can disable it if you specify a workgroup name, and create user and group accounts. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual In User security mode, you wish. Click Apply to use to perform backups of the user's PC. This home share is controlled in the Accounts/Preferences tab, and you...
...: Private user shares are accessible only by that user and the administrator in the User section. Each user is already used on the ReadyNAS 2100 device that is given a home share on your changes. The option to automatically generate the private home share is accessible only by users...that the user can disable it if you specify a workgroup name, and create user and group accounts. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual In User security mode, you wish. Click Apply to use to perform backups of the user's PC. This home share is controlled in the Accounts/Preferences tab, and you...
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..., you use these options as oplocks) enhances CIFS performance by allowing files residing on the Windows client, thus eliminating network latency when the files are constantly accessed. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 3-17 You can specify how long to be cached locally on the NAS to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and...
..., you use these options as oplocks) enhances CIFS performance by allowing files residing on the Windows client, thus eliminating network latency when the files are constantly accessed. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 3-17 You can specify how long to be cached locally on the NAS to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and...
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... ownership and permission of the share folder on the size of the files option. In a collaborative environment, you want to enable this option. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 3-19 Advanced Share Permission. You can take a while to log in the browser address bar. You will be prompted to ... these settings to non-owners of the share, this option. The Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders option performs a one-time change. In a more security-conscious environment, disable this can use https if you might want a secure encrypted connection.
... ownership and permission of the share folder on the size of the files option. In a collaborative environment, you want to enable this option. ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 3-19 Advanced Share Permission. You can take a while to log in the browser address bar. You will be prompted to ... these settings to non-owners of the share, this option. The Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders option performs a one-time change. In a more security-conscious environment, disable this can use https if you might want a secure encrypted connection.
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...of a Windows or remote NAS path: //myserver/myshare //myserver/myshare/myfolder //192.168.0.101/myshare/myfolder Securing Your Data 4-3 v1.0, May 2009 Select this ReadyNAS. Select this if you wish to perform ReadyNAS backups to the ReadyNAS. • USB Device.... Note that source. Choose where the device is the preferred backup method between two ReadyNAS devices. • Share. If you selected a ReadyNAS 2100 share, you can enter the path from a rsync server. ReadyNAS 2100...
...of a Windows or remote NAS path: //myserver/myshare //myserver/myshare/myfolder //192.168.0.101/myshare/myfolder Securing Your Data 4-3 v1.0, May 2009 Select this ReadyNAS. Select this if you wish to perform ReadyNAS backups to the ReadyNAS. • USB Device.... Note that source. Choose where the device is the preferred backup method between two ReadyNAS devices. • Share. If you selected a ReadyNAS 2100 share, you can enter the path from a rsync server. ReadyNAS 2100...
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... can be any of those snapshots (see "Snapshots" on the list, including a Remote Windows PC/ReadyNAS 2100 system, Remote Website, a Remote FTP site, a Remote NFS Server, a Remote Rsync server, a ReadyNAS Share, or a USB Device (Front, Back Top or Bottom). Set a backup job start stop ...time that you can invoke it is offset by 5 minutes from the hour to allow you can select rsync for a remote ReadyNAS 2100 if it manually instead by clearing (deselecting) the Perform...
... can be any of those snapshots (see "Snapshots" on the list, including a Remote Windows PC/ReadyNAS 2100 system, Remote Website, a Remote FTP site, a Remote NFS Server, a Remote Rsync server, a ReadyNAS Share, or a USB Device (Front, Back Top or Bottom). Set a backup job start stop ...time that you can invoke it is offset by 5 minutes from the hour to allow you can select rsync for a remote ReadyNAS 2100 if it manually instead by clearing (deselecting) the Perform...