User manual BUFFALO HS-D1.0TGL

[. . . ] User Manual TeraStation HS-DTGL/R5 www. buffalotech. com v2. 1 Introduction CongratulationsonyournewTeraStation!Thisusermanualisintendedtoassistyouinconfiguring it. If you run into difficulties or need additional help, feel free to contact our 24/7 Technical Supportat(866) 75-610(USA&Canadaonly). TechnicalSupportinEuropeisavailablebetween thehoursof9am-6pm(GMT)MondaythroughThursdayand9am-4:30pm(GMT)Fridayforthis product. Customers in Europe can obtain Technical Support using the following information: Email:helpdesk@buffalo-technology. ie|Web:www. buffalo-technology. com ThisusermanualusesimagesrepresentativeofTeraStationuserinterfacesandsoftware. Because we'reconstantlyupdatingourproduct, theimagesandtextinthismanualmayvaryslightlyfrom theimagesandtextdisplayedbyyourTeraStation. Thesechangesareminorandshouldnotaffect theeaseofsetupadversely. Astimepasses, futureuserinterfaces, updatedsoftware, andlater versionsofthismanualmaybeavailablefordownloadatourwebsite:http://www. buffalotech. com. Table of Contents TeraStationQuickSetup. [. . . ] RAID 5(parity)-AlldrivesinaRAID5arrayreservepartoftheirdataspaceforparityinformation, allowingalldatatoberecoveredifasingledrivefails. Theparityinformationtakesupaboutone harddrive'sworthofspace, soifyousetupallfourdrivesintheTeraStationasaRAID5array, your usable capacity will be about 3/4 of the total capacity of the TeraStation. RAID 5 is an excellentcompromisebetweenefficiencyandsecurity. Ifasingledrivefails, nodataislost. After thedamagedordefectivedriveisreplaced, yourTeraStationwillautomaticallyrestorealldatato thenewdriveandresumenormalRAID5operation. ThisishowyourTeraStationissetupout ofthebox. BuffaloTechnologyrecommendsRAID 5foritsexcellentbalanceofefficiencyandsecurity. Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Configuration) This page shows your current RAID arrays. You. may. delete. old. arrays. or. create. new. ones. by clicking on the underlined RAID Array #. YoumayalsodisableRAID Array Error Detection Responsefromthispage. Normally, thisisset to. recommended, youmaydisablethatbehavior byclickingDisable. and. then. Apply. under. RAID Array Error Detection Response. . . NotethatyourTeraStationhasfourinternalharddrives. BeforecreatinganewRAIDarray, you mayhavetodeleteoneormorepre-existingRAIDArraystoclearuptheharddrivesforyournew one. Thiswilldestroyalldatacurrentlyonthedisks, sobackupanyimportantdatabeforedeleting RAIDarrays. Whetheryouwanttoclearoutanoldarrayorcreateanewone, beginbyclickingon the. array's. underlined. RAID Array #, underName. 0 Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Configuration) AconfiguredRAIDarraymaybedeletedbypushing the. Delete RAID Arraybutton. Thiswillfreeupall hard. drives. listed. under. Disk. Structure. . . Toconfigureanunconfiguredarray, putchecks nexttotheharddisksyouwantincludedin the. array. (under. Disk Structure). and. choose. your. RAID mode. . . Click. Setup RAID Array. when. ready. Itmaytakeseveralminutestocomplete settinguptheRAIDarray. Whenit'sfinished, a Disk Check. will. run. 1 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Check) . When. RAID Configurationisdone, you'llsee thisscreen. Toconfigureanewarray, click on. RAID Array #andgobacktothebottomof page31. Tosetupsharesturntopage38. Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Configuration) . You'll. see. this. screen. when. your. new. RAID. Arrayiscompletelyconfigured. Clickon Shared Foldersandturntopage38tobegin settingupsharesonyourTeraStation. Advanced Settings Disk Management (USB Settings) Ifyou'vepluggedanexternalUSBhard driveintooneoftheUSBportsonyour TeraStation, youmaysetitupfromthis page. ClickonitsnameunderUSB Disk Setuptobegin. Advanced Settings Disk Management (USB hard drive setup) FromhereyoucanseeyourUSBhard drive'ssetupinformation. Iftheharddrive's informationisn'tdisplayedproperly, try restartingyourUSBharddriveandthen restartingyourTeraStation. SomeUSB harddrivesmustbereformattedfromwithin TeraStationbeforetheycanbeassigned shares. . . Press Format USB Disk, orchoose Disk Formatfromtheleft-sidemenu, tobegin reformattingyourUSBharddisk. Turnto page37formoreinformationonreformatting disks. Turntopage38tosetupshareson yourUSBharddrives. 5 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Check) Toinitiateacomprehensivediskcheckonaharddriveorarrayofdrives, selecttheharddriveor array. that. you. want. to. check. from. the. Target DiskdropboxandclicktheSelect Targetbutton. 6 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Format) Toformataharddriveorarray, selectitfrom the. Target Diskdropbox. Choosethefile system. desired. from. the. File Systemdropbox (internaldrivescanonlybeformattedwith XFS). NotethatFAT32hasa4gigabytefile sizelimit. IfyouchooseFAT32foryourfile system, youwillnotbeabletostorefiles largerthan4gigabytesonthedrive. Buffalo Technology. recommends. the. XFSfilesystem. Dependingonthesizeofthetargetharddisk orarray, aDiskFormatmaytakeseveral hourstocomplete. 7 Advanced Settings Shared Folders TobeginsettingupsharesonyourTeraStation, selectShared Foldersfromtheleftsidemenu, and. then. click. the. AddbuttonunderShared Folders Setup. 8 Advanced Settings Add a new Shared Folder Toaddanewsharedfolder, enteranamefor it. in. the. Shared Folder Nameboxandchoose which. Disk Space. it. will. reside. in. . . You. may. alsochoosewhichoperatingsystemstheshare willsupportbyputtingtheappropriatechecks nexttoShared Folder OS Support, andwhether thesharesupportstheRecycleBinbyputting adotnexttoEnable. or. Disable. Entera Shared Folder Description. and. a. Remote Backup Password. if. you. desire. . . Click. the. Applybutton tobuildthenewsharedfolder. Advanced Settings Shared Folders (Access restrictions) To. use. Access Restrictionsforashare, puta dotnexttoEnable. . . HighlightgroupsorusersintheAll Groups/ Userscolumnandusetheleft-pointingarrow buttons(locatedjusttotheleftofeachbox)to moveindividualgroupsorusersfromtheAll Groups/Users. column. to. the. Read Onlybox(if you. want. to. give. them. read. access. only). or. all. the. way. to. the. Writablebox, ifyouwanttogive themfullaccesstotheshare. Right-pointing arrowswillmovehighlightedusersorgroups backtotheright. Click. Applywhenyouhaveyourgroupsand usersintheappropriateboxes. Tosetupnewgroupsandusers, seepages42 and43. 0 Advanced Settings Shared Folders (Anonymous FTP Setup) ToallowAnonymousFTP, chooseEnable. for. Anonymous FTP Server. . . Select. a. folder. to. share. from. the. Anonymous User Public Shared Folder (onlyonefoldermaybesharedbyanonymousFTP)and choosewhetheryouwantthesharetobeWritable, orRead Only. . . Click. the. Applybuttontosetup anonymousFTP. [. . . ] onyourPC, itallowsyoutoaccesseachofthe TeraStations. Refresh List to get tabs for each of your TeraStations. EachtabshowstheHostName, Workgroup, IP Address, and Subnet Mask of the associated TeraStation, aswellastheversionoffirmware it's. running. WithaTeraStation'stabselected, youcanclick on. the. View Sharesbuttontogodirectlytoits root. share. . . . Clicking. the. Setuppulldownmenu and. [. . . ]