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
Use ReadyCLOUD
ReadyCLOUD is an online service that you use to discover and set up ReadyNAS storage
systems on your network. After you discover your ReadyNAS system using ReadyCLOUD,
you can use ReadyCLOUD to securely access and manage your system from anywhere
with an Internet connection.
Note: You must configure either HTTP or HTTPS before using ReadyCLOUD. Your
network environment might restrict whether HTTP or HTTPS is actually used.
For more information about discovering your device using ReadyCLOUD or creating a
ReadyCLOUD account, see Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS on page 16.
Using ReadyCLOUD involves these high-level steps:
1. Add your ReadyNAS system to your MyNETGEAR account.
See Join ReadyCLOUD on page 153.
Note: Starting with ReadyNAS OS 6.5, changes in the integration of ReadyNAS OS
and ReadyCLOUD require MyNETGEAR single-sign-on accounts. If you own an earlier
ReadyCLOUD account, when you first log back in to ReadyCLOUD, you will be
assisted in upgrading your account.
2. (Optional) Grant access to ReadyCLOUD users.
See Use ReadyCLOUD to Share Folders Through Email on page 154.
3. Access your data and manage your ReadyNAS system using ReadyCLOUD.
See Access Your System Using ReadyCLOUD on page 162.
Note: ReadyCLOUD is not supported when the ReadyNAS is in Active Directory
(Domain) mode.
Join ReadyCLOUD
Before you can access your system using ReadyCLOUD, you must add your system to
your ReadyCLOUD account. The ReadyCLOUD service is preinstalled on your ReadyNAS
storage system.
Note: Starting with ReadyNAS OS 6.5, changes in the integration of ReadyNAS OS and
ReadyCLOUD require ReadyCLOUD single-sign-on accounts. If you have an earlier
ReadyCLOUD account, when you first log back in to ReadyCLOUD, you will be assisted
in upgrading your account.
Software Manual153Use Cloud Services
ReadyNAS OS 6.10