Basic Share Concepts. Netgear RNR4410 - ReadyNAS 1100 NAS Server

ReadyNAS Duo, NV+, and 1100

Basic Share Concepts

The volume or volumes on your ReadyNAS storage system are divided into shares, which are similar to folders or directories.

Data Organization

Shares are the way that you group your data. You might want to group your data by type, for example:

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Photos

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Music

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Videos

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Documents

Another option is to group your data by user:

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Tom

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Rick

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Mary

Organizations might choose to group data by department:

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Accounting

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Sales

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Personnel

You can combine these schemes or come up with your own scheme.

Your ReadyNAS storage system comes with two shares already created:

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backup

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media

If you want, you can delete or rename these shares. You can create other shares to organize your data.

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ReadyNAS Duo, NV+, and 1100

File-Sharing Protocols

Shares can be accessed over a network. Network access to data stored on your ReadyNAS system is managed by file-sharing protocols, which handle the transfer of data. You can access a share on your ReadyNAS from other network-attached devices (for example, a laptop or a tablet) if the share is enabled for a file-sharing protocol that the network-attached device supports. You can enable a share to support more than one fire-sharing protocol.

The following table lists the file-sharing protocols that your ReadyNAS storage system supports.

Table 2. Supported file-sharing protocols

Protocol

CIFS

(Common Internet

File Service)

Description

Used mainly by Microsoft Windows computers and sometimes by Mac OS X computers, this protocol is enabled by default. It is sometimes referred to as the

SMB (Server Message Block) file-sharing protocol.

Used by Linux and Unix computers. Your

ReadyNAS system supports NFS v3 over

UDP and TCP.

Recommendation

If Windows users will access your storage system, enable this protocol.

NFS

(Network File

Service)

If Linux or Unix users will access your storage system, enable this protocol.

AFP

(Apple File Protocol)

Used by Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X computers. Your ReadyNAS system supports

AFP 3.2.

If only Mac OS 9 and OS X users will access your storage system, enable this protocol. However, in a mixed Windows and Mac environment, NETGEAR recommends using CIFS only.

FTP

(File Transfer

Protocol) and

FTPS

(FTP with SSL encryption)

Used by many public file upload and download sites. FTPS is more secure than

FTP.

If users will access your storage system using FTP, enable this protocol.

HTTP

(Hypertext Transfer

Protocol) and

HTTPS

(HTTP with SSL encryption)

Used on the Internet. HTTPS is more secure than HTTP.

If users will access your storage system from a device with a web browser, including a smart phone or tablet computer, enable this protocol.

HTTPS is enabled by default and cannot be disabled because FrontView uses

HTTPS to manage your ReadyNAS system.

Rsync Fast file-transfer protocol that uses a delta-transfer algorithm that sends only the differences between the source file and the existing file.

If users will access your storage system from a device that supports Rsync, enable this protocol.

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ReadyNAS Duo, NV+, and 1100

When users access a share, it displays in their computer like a hard disk, and users can interact with it like they interact with a hard disk, depending on the access rights that are granted to the share and protocol combination.

Access Rights

For each share you create, you can determine the access rights for each file-sharing protocol that you enable for that share. The following table lists access rights and shows the icon that

FrontView uses for each access right.

Table 3. Access rights options

Access right

Disabled

FrontView icon Description

No one can access this share using this protocol.

Read-only

Read/write

Read-only with exceptions

Read/write with exceptions

Users can read files on this share using this protocol, but cannot edit or create files on this share using this protocol.

Users can read, edit, and create files on this share using this protocol.

Unless otherwise specified, users can only read files on this share using this protocol. At least one of the following exceptions exists:

• Access to this share using this protocol is read-only and allowed only for specified hosts.

• Access to this share using this protocol is read-only except for one or more users or groups that are granted read/write permission.

• Access to this share using this protocol is disabled except for one or more users or groups that are granted read-only privilege.

Unless otherwise specified, users can read, edit, and create files on this share using this protocol. At least one of the following exceptions exists:

• Access to this share using this protocol is read-only and allowed only for specified hosts.

• Access to this share using this protocol is read-only except for one or more users or groups that are granted read/write permission.

• Access to this share using this protocol is disabled except for one or more users or groups that are granted read-only privilege.

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