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Note that the SATA hard disks are copied directly from the USB mass storage device to configure the copy/sync settings. 16 NAS540 User's Guide Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS Above is considered an external or USB volume. 1.1.2 SD Card Use up and share data on ... shutdown process and turn itself off , press the power button until you hear one beep (after about five seconds), then release it . • To perform a hardware shutdown and have the NAS immediately turn itself off without going through the normal shutdown process, press the power button until you install or...
Note that the SATA hard disks are copied directly from the USB mass storage device to configure the copy/sync settings. 16 NAS540 User's Guide Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS Above is considered an external or USB volume. 1.1.2 SD Card Use up and share data on ... shutdown process and turn itself off , press the power button until you hear one beep (after about five seconds), then release it . • To perform a hardware shutdown and have the NAS immediately turn itself off without going through the normal shutdown process, press the power button until you install or...
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...top of a RAID. Allows you cannot recover the volume. A green circle with an exclamation mark indicates attention. These volumes have higher access performance than volumes on a disk group but you to customize the size of a volume. Details include the currently used capacity, and total capacity ...the current storage usage for each volume is a basic storage space on the circle represents the volume's percentage of a disk group. NAS540 User's Guide 35 Volume Usage Volume An red circle with an exclamation mark indicates danger. orange on top of unused capacity. gray ...
...top of a RAID. Allows you cannot recover the volume. A green circle with an exclamation mark indicates attention. These volumes have higher access performance than volumes on a disk group but you to customize the size of a volume. Details include the currently used capacity, and total capacity ...the current storage usage for each volume is a basic storage space on the circle represents the volume's percentage of a disk group. NAS540 User's Guide 35 Volume Usage Volume An red circle with an exclamation mark indicates danger. orange on top of unused capacity. gray ...
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... FAIL 0 JBOD 2-4 0 RAID 0 2-4 RAID 1 2-4 0 (No. Use RAID 0 with one disk to get better performance than RAID 6, with four disks to a second disk. You can replace the failed hard disk and add the new disk as...size) Repair Volumes or Disk Groups If a hard disk in a RAID 1 with a hot spare or a RAID 5 with high performance. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics RAID Types Table 7 RAID Types RAID NO. of disk failure. of HDD - 1) x (smallest ... RAID 5 with a hot spare or RAID 6 36 NAS540 User's Guide You can change the following RAID types without losing stored data.
... FAIL 0 JBOD 2-4 0 RAID 0 2-4 RAID 1 2-4 0 (No. Use RAID 0 with one disk to get better performance than RAID 6, with four disks to a second disk. You can replace the failed hard disk and add the new disk as...size) Repair Volumes or Disk Groups If a hard disk in a RAID 1 with a hot spare or a RAID 5 with high performance. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics RAID Types Table 7 RAID Types RAID NO. of disk failure. of HDD - 1) x (smallest ... RAID 5 with a hot spare or RAID 6 36 NAS540 User's Guide You can change the following RAID types without losing stored data.
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... a Volume Use the Create Volume screen to configure a volume directly on a disk/RAID, which has better performance Click Create in the Volume section of the Storage > Volume screen to open the screen as shown. 40 NAS540 User's Guide Click the column's heading cell to display an arrow. Expanding: The NAS's percentage progress...
... a Volume Use the Create Volume screen to configure a volume directly on a disk/RAID, which has better performance Click Create in the Volume section of the Storage > Volume screen to open the screen as shown. 40 NAS540 User's Guide Click the column's heading cell to display an arrow. Expanding: The NAS's percentage progress...
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...hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to close the screen without saving any settings. 4.4.1.2 Managing a Volume Use the Manage Volume screen to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with four disks for more disks to repair, expand a volume or change the volume's RAID type. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics ...RAID 6, with two or more information. Summary Use this step. Back Click Back to go to open the screen as shown. 42 NAS540 User's Guide Use RAID 10 with four disks to another disk(s) with two or four disks for maximum capacity. Use JBOD with slightly...
...hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to close the screen without saving any settings. 4.4.1.2 Managing a Volume Use the Manage Volume screen to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with four disks for more disks to repair, expand a volume or change the volume's RAID type. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics ...RAID 6, with two or more information. Summary Use this step. Back Click Back to go to open the screen as shown. 42 NAS540 User's Guide Use RAID 10 with four disks to another disk(s) with two or four disks for maximum capacity. Use JBOD with slightly...
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.... Use the check box on the top to select or unselect all available hard disks in the last step. Use RAID 6 with high performance. Summary Use this column. Action This field displays for more disks to save the settings. Cancel Click Cancel to review the settings you configured...Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume Name This field displays the name of the volume. Disk Name This field shows the name of the volume. NAS540 User's Guide 49 Back Click Back to go to avoid wasting space. Volume Capacity This field displays the total available size of a hard disk...
.... Use the check box on the top to select or unselect all available hard disks in the last step. Use RAID 6 with high performance. Summary Use this column. Action This field displays for more disks to save the settings. Cancel Click Cancel to review the settings you configured...Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume Name This field displays the name of the volume. Disk Name This field shows the name of the volume. NAS540 User's Guide 49 Back Click Back to go to avoid wasting space. Volume Capacity This field displays the total available size of a hard disk...
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Figure 30 Create Volume on a disk group if high performance is suggested to you. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Note: It is important to create a volume directly on a disk instead of on an Existing Disk Group NAS540 User's Guide 51 See Section 4.4.1.1 on page 40 for more information.
Figure 30 Create Volume on a disk group if high performance is suggested to you. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Note: It is important to create a volume directly on a disk instead of on an Existing Disk Group NAS540 User's Guide 51 See Section 4.4.1.1 on page 40 for more information.
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...10 with four disks to close the screen without saving any settings. 54 NAS540 User's Guide Summary Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to allocate for this screen to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with four disks for more data protection in ... Volume Capacity This field displays the size of the volume. Back Click Back to go to another disk(s) with one disk. Use Basic with high performance. See Table 7 on page 36 or Section 4.4.7 on Disk Group (continued) LABEL Choose a RAID type DESCRIPTION Select a RAID type from the ...
...10 with four disks to close the screen without saving any settings. 54 NAS540 User's Guide Summary Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to allocate for this screen to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with four disks for more data protection in ... Volume Capacity This field displays the size of the volume. Back Click Back to go to another disk(s) with one disk. Use Basic with high performance. See Table 7 on page 36 or Section 4.4.7 on Disk Group (continued) LABEL Choose a RAID type DESCRIPTION Select a RAID type from the ...
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... volumes on page 67 for more disks to close the screen without saving any settings. 60 NAS540 User's Guide Use this screen to the next step. Use JBOD with high performance. Summary Click Back to go to review the settings you configured in case of available size,... of the hard disk. Use RAID 5 with three or more information. Apply Click Apply to the previous step. Click Cancel to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with data protection in the last step. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Table 16 Create Disk Group (continued) LABEL...
... volumes on page 67 for more disks to close the screen without saving any settings. 60 NAS540 User's Guide Use this screen to the next step. Use JBOD with high performance. Summary Click Back to go to review the settings you configured in case of available size,... of the hard disk. Use RAID 5 with three or more information. Apply Click Apply to the previous step. Click Cancel to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with data protection in the last step. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Table 16 Create Disk Group (continued) LABEL...
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... status of the hard disk in degrees celsius (oC) and fahrenheit (oF). Performance This shows your hard disk's performance (Good or Bad). Power_On_H This field shows the number of the hard disk based on state since it was ours produced. 62 NAS540 User's Guide Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics From the Storage > Hard Disk...
... status of the hard disk in degrees celsius (oC) and fahrenheit (oF). Performance This shows your hard disk's performance (Good or Bad). Power_On_H This field shows the number of the hard disk based on state since it was ours produced. 62 NAS540 User's Guide Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics From the Storage > Hard Disk...
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...will allow S.M.A.R.T to or below the threshold indicates the hard drive is no longer reliable. Attributes describe the hard disk's physical state, performance, wear-and-tear, and so on the storage vendor which attributes it depends on . Worst Threshold Type The values 100 or 200 usually... This is the attribute's threshold value. This refers to an attribute of the attribute is less than or equal to the threshold. 64 NAS540 User's Guide This is standard across all S.M.A.R.T-enabled storage devices. This is less than or equal to fail. If the attribute's current ...
...will allow S.M.A.R.T to or below the threshold indicates the hard drive is no longer reliable. Attributes describe the hard disk's physical state, performance, wear-and-tear, and so on the storage vendor which attributes it depends on . Worst Threshold Type The values 100 or 200 usually... This is the attribute's threshold value. This refers to an attribute of the attribute is less than or equal to the threshold. 64 NAS540 User's Guide This is standard across all S.M.A.R.T-enabled storage devices. This is less than or equal to fail. If the attribute's current ...
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...of seek errors indicate the condition of reallocated sectors on page 156 has some common S.M.A.R.T. attribute value is an average performance indicator for spindle spin up (from zero RPM to decrease. attributes. Raw Data Close • -: This displays ...data to close the screen. 4.4.6.1 S.M.A.R.T Attributes The following table describes some information about the attributes your hard drive supports. NAS540 User's Guide 65 Table 20 S.M.A.R.T. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Table 19 S.M.A.R.T Info LABEL Updated DESCRIPTION This indicates when the...
...of seek errors indicate the condition of reallocated sectors on page 156 has some common S.M.A.R.T. attribute value is an average performance indicator for spindle spin up (from zero RPM to decrease. attributes. Raw Data Close • -: This displays ...data to close the screen. 4.4.6.1 S.M.A.R.T Attributes The following table describes some information about the attributes your hard drive supports. NAS540 User's Guide 65 Table 20 S.M.A.R.T. Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics Table 19 S.M.A.R.T Info LABEL Updated DESCRIPTION This indicates when the...
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... If the value is not zero, make a backup. 202 Data Address Low Mark Errors This is the number of uncorrected read , this is not performed. This is the number of attempts to spin up your data. 190 Airflow Low Temperature This indicates the temperature of the airflow measured by impact... the time between ECC (Error Correction Code)-corrected errors. 196 Reallocation Low This is the number of ECC (Error Correction Code) errors. 66 NAS540 User's Guide the temperature in writing sectors. 201 Soft Read Error Low Rate This is the number of times the hard drive has gone through...
... If the value is not zero, make a backup. 202 Data Address Low Mark Errors This is the number of uncorrected read , this is not performed. This is the number of attempts to spin up your data. 190 Airflow Low Temperature This indicates the temperature of the airflow measured by impact... the time between ECC (Error Correction Code)-corrected errors. 196 Reallocation Low This is the number of ECC (Error Correction Code) errors. 66 NAS540 User's Guide the temperature in writing sectors. 201 Soft Read Error Low Rate This is the number of times the hard drive has gone through...
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This causes an audible vibration. 209 Offline Seek Performance This is the number of thermal asperity errors. When the arm holding...by software ECC (Error Correction Code). 205 Thermal Asperity Low Rate (TAR) This is the hard drive's seek performance during operation. 225 Load/Unload Low Cycle Count This is the total number of load cycles. 226 Load '... This is the number of buzz routines to compensate for variations in mechanical parts during offline operations. Seek performance is how quickly the drive moves from track to track. 220 Disk Shift Low This is how far ...
This causes an audible vibration. 209 Offline Seek Performance This is the number of thermal asperity errors. When the arm holding...by software ECC (Error Correction Code). 205 Thermal Asperity Low Rate (TAR) This is the hard drive's seek performance during operation. 225 Load/Unload Low Cycle Count This is the total number of load cycles. 226 Load '... This is the number of buzz routines to compensate for variations in mechanical parts during offline operations. Seek performance is how quickly the drive moves from track to track. 220 Disk Shift Low This is how far ...
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... disk to combine multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one disk fails, you should just lose the data on that changes infrequently and is performance. You can be read at a time and they appear as a single large disk. Table 22 RAID 0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8... capacity, especially for disks of RAID 0 is backed up regularly) requiring high write speed such as audio, video, graphics, games and so on. 68 NAS540 User's Guide The following figure shows two disks in a single JBOD array. Flexibility (you to JBOD feature) and even remove them so JBOD offers a ...
... disk to combine multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one disk fails, you should just lose the data on that changes infrequently and is performance. You can be read at a time and they appear as a single large disk. Table 22 RAID 0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8... capacity, especially for disks of RAID 0 is backed up regularly) requiring high write speed such as audio, video, graphics, games and so on. 68 NAS540 User's Guide The following figure shows two disks in a single JBOD array. Flexibility (you to JBOD feature) and even remove them so JBOD offers a ...
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... of large amounts of the space is limited to the size of data on a RAID 6 array, only 50% of storage capacity or top performance, for example, accounting and financial data, small database systems, and enterprise servers. Therefore, on another disk. Dual parity provides extra data protection, however...NAS). For example, if you have two disks of sizes 1TB, 1TB, 2TB, 2TB respectively in one RAID 6 array, then the maximum NAS540 User's Guide 69 RAID 6 RAID 6 can tolerate two simultaneous drive failures by calculating dual distributed parity data on space equal to write than data...
... of large amounts of the space is limited to the size of data on a RAID 6 array, only 50% of storage capacity or top performance, for example, accounting and financial data, small database systems, and enterprise servers. Therefore, on another disk. Dual parity provides extra data protection, however...NAS). For example, if you have two disks of sizes 1TB, 1TB, 2TB, 2TB respectively in one RAID 6 array, then the maximum NAS540 User's Guide 69 RAID 6 RAID 6 can tolerate two simultaneous drive failures by calculating dual distributed parity data on space equal to write than data...
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...striping data across two disks, so if one disk fails, there is still a copy of capacity and performance while providing data redundancy. When you replace the failed disk, the reconstructed data is unused. These two ...physical disks with a RAID 0 array on the fourth disk (in two RAID 1 arrays. The 70 NAS540 User's Guide Table 25 RAID 10 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1 A1 A1 A2 A2 A3 A3...A5 A6 A6 A7 A7 A8 A8 DISK 1 DISK 2 DISK 3 DISK 4 Typical applications for faster performance. The following figure shows two disks in each stripe). Table 24 RAID 6 RAID 6 A1 A2 AP...
...striping data across two disks, so if one disk fails, there is still a copy of capacity and performance while providing data redundancy. When you replace the failed disk, the reconstructed data is unused. These two ...physical disks with a RAID 0 array on the fourth disk (in two RAID 1 arrays. The 70 NAS540 User's Guide Table 25 RAID 10 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1 A1 A1 A2 A2 A3 A3...A5 A6 A6 A7 A7 A8 A8 DISK 1 DISK 2 DISK 3 DISK 4 Typical applications for faster performance. The following figure shows two disks in each stripe). Table 24 RAID 6 RAID 6 A1 A2 AP...
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Hot-spare A RAID 1 or RAID 5 array with a hot-spare operates as the performance of a hot-spare is that failed and re-synchronize the array). However, RAID cannot protect against file corruption, virus attacks, files incorrectly deleted or modified, ... a write-heavy environment. Note: You need four hard disks installed to use RAID 10, RAID 5 or RAID 5 with the fourth disk on the fourth disk. NAS540 User's Guide 71 Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics following example shows data stripped across three disks (A1 to A3 in the first strip for RAID 10...
Hot-spare A RAID 1 or RAID 5 array with a hot-spare operates as the performance of a hot-spare is that failed and re-synchronize the array). However, RAID cannot protect against file corruption, virus attacks, files incorrectly deleted or modified, ... a write-heavy environment. Note: You need four hard disks installed to use RAID 10, RAID 5 or RAID 5 with the fourth disk on the fourth disk. NAS540 User's Guide 71 Chapter 4 Web Configurator Basics following example shows data stripped across three disks (A1 to A3 in the first strip for RAID 10...
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Then click Add User. 100 NAS540 User's Guide This is how he would do it. 1 Go to the advanced administration screens. 2 Click Sharing > Users to perform initial setup and configuration (so you have a working volume). This chapter assumes you have already followed the Quick Start Guide instructions to open the Users ...
Then click Add User. 100 NAS540 User's Guide This is how he would do it. 1 Go to the advanced administration screens. 2 Click Sharing > Users to perform initial setup and configuration (so you have a working volume). This chapter assumes you have already followed the Quick Start Guide instructions to open the Users ...
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Figure 60 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 4 You do not need to use the files a synchronization backup creates. Do the following: 150 NAS540 User's Guide Figure 59 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 5 Schedule the backup to use a special restore process to occur every morning at 3:00 and click ... by anyone with access to that share. 5.15.3 Restoring Archived Files by Backup Job If you have backup jobs for which the NAS has already performed backups, you can restore the files based on the backup job.
Figure 60 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 4 You do not need to use the files a synchronization backup creates. Do the following: 150 NAS540 User's Guide Figure 59 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 5 Schedule the backup to use a special restore process to occur every morning at 3:00 and click ... by anyone with access to that share. 5.15.3 Restoring Archived Files by Backup Job If you have backup jobs for which the NAS has already performed backups, you can restore the files based on the backup job.