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
IMPORTANT: To reduce the risk of data loss, we recommend that you back up your
data before vertically expanding a volume.
To vertically expand an X-RAID volume:
1. Replace one disk in the volume with a larger-capacity disk. For more information
about how to add a disk to your system, see the hardware manual for your system,
which is available at http://www.netgear.com/support/product/ReadyNAS_OS_6.
Note: You must use supported disks in your ReadyNAS system. For a list of
supported disks, visit http://www.netgear.com/readynas-hcl.
2. Wait for the volume to resync your data. You can continue to use your ReadyNAS
system while the volume is resyncing. Resyncing can take several hours. The start
and completion of the resyncing process 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 Configure
System Alerts on page 186.
3. Repeat Step 1 on page 41 – Step 2 on page 41 until you replace the required number
of disks with larger-capacity disks.
For more information about X-RAID vertical expansion requirements, see Table 2.
To vertically expand a Flex-RAID volume:
1. Replace one disk in the volume with a larger-capacity disk. For more information
about how to add a disk to your system, see the hardware manual for your system,
which is available at http://www.netgear.com/support/product/ReadyNAS_OS_6.
Note: We recommend using supported disks in your ReadyNAS system. For a list
of supported disks, visit http://www.netgear.com/readynas-hcl.
2. Wait for the volume to resync your data. You can continue to use your ReadyNAS
system while the volume is resyncing. Resyncing can take several hours. The start
and completion of the resyncing process 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.
3. Repeat Step 1 on page 41 and Step 2 on page 41 until you replace each disk in the
volume with a larger-capacity disk.
Software Manual41Volume Configuration
ReadyNAS OS 6.10