Buffalo 1000 User Manual

TeraStation 1000

User Manual

www.buffaloamericas.com

35020519-03

2014.12

Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started .............................................6

Diagrams ...........................................................................................6

Turning the TeraStation On and Off................................................8

Changing the Administrator Password ..........................................8

Chapter 2 Configuration ............................................. 10

Opening Settings .......................................................................... 10

Opening Easy Admin .................................................................... 11

Chapter 3 Sharing Files ............................................... 13

Adding Shared Folders ................................................................. 13

Adding Users ................................................................................. 15

Creating Sequential Users ....................................................................... 17

Adding Groups .............................................................................. 18

Access Restrictions ........................................................................ 19

Local Users/Groups .................................................................................. 20

Active Directory .......................................................................................22

NT Domain ................................................................................................ 24

Chapter 4 Managing Storage...................................... 26

RAID Arrays .................................................................................... 26

Working with RAID Arrays ............................................................ 27

Using JBOD ............................................................................................... 27

Changing RAID Mode ..............................................................................28

RMM (RAID Mode Manager) ....................................................................29

RAID Scanning..........................................................................................31

Adding an External Hard Drive .................................................... 31

Dismounting Drives ...................................................................... 32

Checking Drives ............................................................................ 33

Formatting Drives ......................................................................... 34

Encrypting Drives .......................................................................... 35

Erase Data on the TeraStation Completely .................................. 35

Disk Quotas ................................................................................... 36

Quotas for Users .......................................................................................36

Quotas for Groups ...................................................................................37

Hard Drive Replacement .............................................................. 38

Hard Drive Replacement Examples ........................................................38

Chapter 5 Remote Access ............................................ 43

WebAccess ..................................................................................... 43

FTP .................................................................................................. 45

Chapter 6 Backup ........................................................ 47

Back Up from the TeraStation ...................................................... 47

Preparing a Backup Destination ............................................................. 47

Configuring a Backup Job .......................................................................48

Replication ..................................................................................... 51

Backing Up Your Mac with Time Machine ................................... 53

Copying from a USB Device .......................................................... 55

Chapter 7 Multimedia ................................................. 57

DLNA .............................................................................................. 57

Configuration ...........................................................................................57

Playing Files .............................................................................................58

Connected DLNA-compatible Devices ...................................................58

Streaming to DLNA-compatible Devices ...............................................59

Disabling Playback from Specific Devices .............................................59

iTunes Server ................................................................................. 60

BitTorrent ....................................................................................... 61

Chapter 8 Advanced Features .................................... 64

Email Notification ......................................................................... 64

Sleep Mode .................................................................................... 65

UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) ........................................... 67

Connecting a Printer ..................................................................... 68

Offline Files .................................................................................... 69

Accessing from an NFS Client ....................................................... 69

Encrypting Data Transmission ..................................................... 72

Encrypting Settings Data ........................................................................72

Encrypting FTP Transfer Data .................................................................72

SSL Keys ....................................................................................................72

Web Server ..................................................................................... 73

MySQL Server ................................................................................ 74

Saving and Applying Settings ...................................................... 75

Saving Settings ........................................................................................75

Applying Settings ....................................................................................76

Restoring Factory Defaults ........................................................... 77

Initializing with Function Button ...........................................................78

Initializing from Settings ........................................................................78

Logs ................................................................................................ 78

Updating the Firmware ................................................................. 79

Name, Date, Time, and Language ................................................ 80

Jumbo Frames ............................................................................... 81

Changing the IP Address .............................................................. 83

Chapter 9 Utilities ........................................................ 84

NAS Navigator2 for Windows ....................................................... 84

Mount as Network Drive..........................................................................86

Changing the IP Address .........................................................................87

NAS Navigator2 for Mac ............................................................... 87

Mount as Network Drive..........................................................................89

Changing the IP Address .........................................................................89

NovaBACKUP ................................................................................. 90

Installation ...............................................................................................90

Chapter 10 Appendix .................................................. 92

When the Power LED Blinks .......................................................... 92

Default Settings ............................................................................ 94

Specifications ................................................................................ 95

Models ............................................................................................ 96

Chapter 11 Regulatory Compliance Information ...... 97

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Diagrams

TS1200D

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DISK 1

ERROR DISK 1

DISK 2

ERROR DISK 1

DISK 2

TS1400D

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4 1

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1 Power LED

The power LED will light up white while the TeraStation is on. The power LED blinks white during boot or shutdown. If an error occurs, the power LED will blink red. If there is a status message, the power LED will blink amber. If there is a new firmware available, the power LED will glow amber.

2 Function LED

This LED glows while the TeraStation is being initialized and while dismounting USB devices.

3 Function Button

Use this button for Direct Copy, dismounting USB devices, rebuilding RAID arrays, and initializing settings.

4 Drive Status LED

If an error occurs on a drive, its corresponding LED will light or blink. For TS1400D models, this LED will blink green to indicate that drive status is normal.

5 Power Switch/Power Button

For TS1200D models, move the switch up and down to power on and off. For TS1400D models, press the button to power on and hold it down until the TeraStation beeps to power off.

6 Init Button

Use this button when applying saved settings from a USB drive.

7 USB 3.0 Port

Compatible Buffalo USB 3.0 hard drives, USB flash drives, digital cameras, and USB printers can be connected. USB hubs are not supported.

8 USB 2.0 Port

Compatible Buffalo USB hard drives, USB flash drives, digital cameras, USB UPS connection, and USB printers can be connected. USB hubs are not supported.

9 LAN Port

Connect to a router, hub, or switch on your Ethernet network with the included Ethernet cable.

10 Link and Activity LED

This LED shows network activity. It blinks green when the TeraStation is accessed over the network.

11 Power Connector

Use the included power cable to connect to a surge protector or outlet.

Note: Disconnecting the AC cable from the TeraStation, even if it is not powered on, may cause the TeraStation's time to become incorrect.

12 Power Status LED

The LED glows green when the power cable is connected.

13 Fan

Do not block the fan.

14 Anti-Theft Security Slot

Use this slot to secure your TeraStation with a cable lock (not included).

15 Not in use.

Turning the TeraStation On and Off

For TS1200D models: Move the power switch on the back of the TeraStation to the "on" position to turn it on. To

turn it off, move the switch to the "off" position and wait for the unit to fully shut down before unplugging it.

For TS1400D models: Press the power button on the TeraStation to turn it on. To turn off the TeraStation, hold down the power button until the TeraStation beeps twice. The power LED will flash as the unit shuts down. You can also shut down or restart the TeraStation remotely from Settings.

Never unplug the AC adapter without properly shutting down the TeraStation first. When all the LEDs on the front of the TeraStation turn off, the shutdown process is complete.

Changing the Administrator Password

After initial setup, follow this procedure to change your password.

1 Double-click the icon to start NAS Navigator2.

2 Right-click on your TeraStation's icon and select Settings. On the Mac, select the TeraStation's icon while

holding down the control key, then select Settings.

3 Click Easy Admin.

4 Click Change Password.

5 If this screen is displayed, enter the current password and click OK. The default password is "password".

6 Enter the new password (twice) and click Next.

7 Click OK. You have changed the admin password.

Chapter 2 Configuration

Configure and manage your TeraStation using the Settings interface, accessible from a browser window. Open the interface using the procedure below or type the TeraStation's IP address in the URL field of your browser. Within Settings, the Easy Admin page gives you quick access to commonly used settings.

Note: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 18, Google Chrome 24, Safari 5, and later are supported. If you have difficulty viewing Settings, check the following:

• If there are a large number of registered users, groups, or shared folders, use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.

• If you have a proxy server enabled in the browser settings, disable the proxy server.

• With Internet Explorer, set security to Local intranet. On Windows Server 2008 or later version Windows OS,

higher-level security is configured by default. Set the security to a lower level temporarily.

Opening Settings

1 Double-click the icon to start NAS Navigator2.

2 Right-click on your TeraStation's icon in NAS Navigator and select Settings. For Mac OS, click your TeraStation's

icon while holding down the control key, then select Settings.

3 Enter the username and password and click OK.

Notes:

• If the time-out period is set to "10 minutes", you will be logged out of Settings after 10 minutes of inactivity.

• Click Secure Connection to log in with an encrypted connection.

4 Settings will open.

Notes:

• Username/Password Combinations:

Username Password Settings Available admin password All guest blank System information (read-only)

If a user is assigned as an administrator, all settings are available. If assigned as a general user, the user

Your username Your password

• The TS1400D supports the "I'm here" function for easy location. Click the icon in Settings and the TeraStation will start to beep.

• You can also use Bonjour to log in to Settings from OS X 10.4 or later. In Safari, click View - Show Bookmarks Bar. From Bookmarks, click Bonjour - TeraStation name.

can only access read-only system information and change their own password, If assigned as a power user, the user can create and edit shared folders, users, and general users groups.

Opening Easy Admin

The Easy Admin page makes it easy to change common settings. Follow the steps below to open Easy Admin.

1 Double-click the icon to start NAS Navigator2.

2 Right-click on your TeraStation's icon and choose Settings. For Mac OS, click the TeraStation icon while holding

down the control key, then select Settings.

3 Click Easy Admin.

4 The Easy Admin screen will open.

Notes:

• If you click any buttons , you will need to enter a username and password.

• In Advanced Settings, click the icon at the top left to open Easy Admin.

Chapter 3 Sharing Files

Adding Shared Folders

1 In Settings, click File Sharing.

2 Click to the right of "Folder Setup".

3 Click Create Folder.

4 You can create up to 20 shared folders at a time. Enter a folder name and description (optional), then click

Create Folder.

If you want to configure any shared folders, click Edit and configure desired settings. Click OK when finished.

5 Click OK when the following message is displayed.

Notes:

• Names may contain up to 27 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). Do not use a symbol as the first character in a name.

• The description may contain up to 75 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and spaces. Do not use a symbol or space as the first character.

• You may create up to 400 shared folders.

• The names of shared folders should not use characters from more than one language. For example, mixing

Japanese and Korean characters in names is not supported.

• If multi-byte characters are used in shared folder names, configure the client language to match the characters in Management - Name/Time/Language.

Recycle Bin

To protect your data from accidental deletion, you may configure your TeraStation to use a recycle bin instead of deleting files immediately. The recycle bin will only work with SMB connections. To empty the recycle bin, click File Sharing - Folder Setup - Empty Recycle Bin in Settings.

Note: You can prevent guests and other users from emptying the trash by navigating to File Sharing - SMB - Recycle Bin Permissions and selecting "Administrator only".

Read-only Shares

By default, new shares are set with read & write access, but you may change the attribute to Read Only in Attribute. Read-only shares and HFS+ formatted USB hard drives will have "Read-only" added to the shared folder description.

Hidden Shares

To hide a shared SMB folder, select "Hidden Share (SMB Only)" and click OK. To open a hidden folder, click Start Search programs and files and enter "\\TeraStation name\Shared folder name$\" for the name. For example, if the

TeraStation name is "TSXXX001" and the shared folder name is "share", enter "\\TSXXX001\share$\" to open it.

Note: USB drives and AFP, FTP, SFTP, WebAccess, DLNA, and NFS folders cannot be hidden.

Adding Users

Note: The TeraStation can register a maximum 300 of users, which includes the default users "admin" and "guest".

1 In Settings, click File Sharing.

2 Click to the right of "Users".

3 Click Create User.

4 You can create up to 20 users at a time. Enter a username and password (twice), then click Create User.

If you want to configure any users, click Edit and configure desired settings. Click OK when finished.

5 Click OK when the following message is displayed.

Notes:

• Usernames may contain up to 128 characters, including hyphens (-), underscores (_), periods (.), !, #, &, @, $, *, ^, and %. Do not use a symbol as the first character.

• The user ID should be a number from 1000 to 1999. Each user ID should be unique. If this field is left blank, a user ID is assigned automatically.

• Do not duplicate user IDs, group IDs, usernames, or group names. Each should be distinct and unique.

• The description may contain up to 75 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and spaces. Do

not use a symbol or space as the first character.

• Passwords may contain up to 20 alphanumeric characters and the following characters: - _ @ ! # $ % & ' ( ) * + , . / ; < > = ? " [ ] ^ { } | ~. Do not use a symbol other than an underscore (_) as the first character.

• Use the same username and password for both Windows and the TeraStation or you may not be able to access shared folders.

Importing User Information

You can import users in File Sharing - Users by clicking Import CSV File. Existing users will be overwritten. Format for user data: Username (required), password (required), and user description (optional). Examples:

username1,password1,comment1 username2,password2,comment2 username3,password3,comment3

Guidelines:

• Use commas (,) as separators. Do not put spaces before or after commas.

• If a line has an incorrect format, the user on that line will not be registered.

• If a username exists, the new user information will overwrite the old information.

• Do not use commas (,) in the username, password, or user description.

Note: Imported users are added to the "hdusers" group automatically.

Creating Sequential Users

The TeraStation can create multiple sequential users. Sequential users will have a desired username and a number assigned based on the maximum number of users in the sequence (e.g. user01, user02, etc.).

1 In Settings, click File Sharing.

2 Click to the right of "Users".

3 Click Create User.

4 Click Create Sequential Users.

5 Enter a username, password (twice), number of users to create, and select the digit to add after each username

from the drop down menu.

6 Click OK. Number of users you specified are created.

Notes:

• The username for sequential users may contain up to 24 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). Do not use hyphens (-) and underscores (_) as the first character. A two or three-digit number will be added after the username.

• If "Create shared folders for each user" is checked, a shared folder will be created for each sequential user. This folder will have the same name as the sequential user, and only be accessed by the sequential user with the same name.

Adding Groups

1 In Settings, click File Sharing.

2 Click to the right of "Groups".

3 Click Add Group.

4 Configure the desired group settings and click OK when finished.

Notes:

• Group names may contain up to 20 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.). Do not use a symbol other than an underscore (_) as the first character.

• Group descriptions may contain up to 75 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and spaces. Do not use a symbol or space as the first character.

• If the group ID field is left blank, a group ID is automatically assigned. Use numbers between 1000 and 1999 to set a group ID manually. Don't use duplicate group IDs.

• You may register up to 300 groups with the TeraStation.

• If you are logged in as a member of the general users group, you can only change your own password. If

you're logged in as an administrator, you can change any settings, including other users' passwords. If you are logged in as a member of the power users group, you can create and edit shared folders, users, and groups.

Access Restrictions

You may restrict access to specific shared folders, including external USB drives.

Notes:

• Access restrictions can be set separately for each shared folder, but not for folders within the shared folders.

• Configure access restrictions through Settings. Configuring access restrictions through Windows is not

supported and may cause unexpected behavior.

• Shared folders with limited access can still be used as backup destinations.

• If you change access restrictions for a user or group while they are accessing files, unexpected behavior may

result.

Local Users/Groups

1 In Settings, click File Sharing.

2 Click to the right of "Folder Setup".

3 Click the shared folder that you want to set access restrictions for.

4 Click the Access Restrictions tab.

5 Enable "Access Restrictions".

6 Select the level of access for the user or group you added.

: Read and write access allowed : Read access allowed : Access prohibited

7 Click OK.

Notes:

• The example above shows access restriction by user. To restrict access by group, click the Local Groups tab and select group permissions.

• If both read-only and read & write permissions are given to a user, the user will have read-only access. The most restrictive access always applies.

• The following characters are handled differently by Mac OS and Windows. Avoid using these characters when sharing data between Mac OS and Windows:

• Windows does not support some characters that Mac OS and the TeraStation allow. If you create a filename on a Mac with any of the following characters, it will not display correctly on a Windows computer. With OS X 10.2 or later, you may have to connect to the TeraStation via AFP in order to display or copy any of the following characters. ? [ ] / \ = + < > ; : " , | *

• Do not use any of the following words as a username or group name: root, bin, daemon, sys, adm, tty, disk, lp, sync, shutdown, halt, operator, nobody, mail, news, uucp, ftp, kmem, utmp, shadow, users, nogroup, all, none, hdusers, admin, guest, man, www, sshd, administrator, ftpuser, apache, mysql, splx

• Do not use any of the following words as the name of a shared folder. These words are reserved for internal use by the TeraStation: info, spool, lost+found, global, printers, homes, lp, authtest, ram, msdfs_root, mt-daapd, usbdisk# (where # is a number, for example: usbdisk1)

• Don't use the following unsupported characters in shared folder names, workgroup names, or filenames:

• File and folder names may contain up to 255 single-byte characters.

• Configure hidden and read-only file attributes in Settings. Configuring them from within Windows is not

supported and may cause unexpected behavior.

• Folder and workgroup names whose names contain non-Roman characters may not be displayed correctly.

• If shared folders are accessed from a Macintosh, information files for the Macintosh may be generated

automatically. Do not delete these files. If they are deleted using Windows, this may prevent further access from a Macintosh.

• The TeraStation belongs to the default zone in AppleShare Server; the zone cannot be specified.

• When files are copied to the TeraStation or to a USB drive connected to the TeraStation, file information such as

date created, date modified, and other date information may be updated or changed.

• Hard drive capacity is shown in Settings in actual gigabytes. The Properties window in Windows may show GiB instead, which will be a smaller number.

• If any settings are changed during a file transfer, the transfer process may abort.

• File copying to the TeraStation is protected by a journaling file system. If the Ethernet cable is disconnected or a

power outage occurs while copying data, the following may occur:

- Preset data such as the TeraStation name, users, and groups may be erased.

- An incomplete file may be copied and the file can no longer be deleted. If this happens, restart the TeraStation, delete the file, and perform the copy operation again.

• After a drive is formatted, the "% Used" and "Amount Used" in Settings will not be 0. This is because some drive space is used for the system area.

Active Directory

If an Active Directory environment, the TeraStation uses account information from the Active Directory domain controller to set access restrictions for TeraStation's shared folders. There is no need to perform individual account management for the TeraStation. If multiple TeraStations are installed on the network, the account information is centrally managed in Active Directory, greatly reducing the operations required for installation and management.

Note: The TeraStation supports a domain environment with a maximum of 1000 users and 1000 groups. 10,000 users and 10,000 groups can be downloaded from the domain controller but are not supported.

1 In Settings, click Network.

2 Click to the right of "Workgroup/Domain".

3 Click Edit.

4 Select "Active Directory", then click Next.

5 Click Yes.

6 Enter the desired settings, then click OK.

7 In Settings, navigate to File Sharing - Folder Setup.

8 Click a shared folder that you want to set access restrictions for.

9 Click the Access Restrictions tab.

10 Enable "Access Restrictions".

11 Select the level of access for the user or group:

: Read and write access allowed : Read access allowed : Access prohibited

12 Click OK.

Notes:

• If you change the TeraStation's name, you will no longer be able to use domain users and groups or access restrictions. To repair this, rejoin the domain.

• To have the TeraStation join an Active Directory domain, configure it to use a DNS server that can resolve names for the Active Directory domain.

• After building an Active Directory domain, the administrator password for joining the domain must be changed at least once, or joining the Active Directory domain will fail.

• The DNS name and NetBIOS name of Active Directory domains should be identical.

• If both read-only and read & write permissions are given, the user will have read-only access. The most

restrictive access setting will apply.

• If there are more than 5 minutes difference between the TeraStation's clock and the domain controller's clock, joining the domain or authenticating domain users and groups may fail. For best results, use an NTP server to set the time for all network devices.

• To use the TeraStation as a member server in an Active Directory domain, the TeraStation should be logged in to the domain and accessed from a computer that is not a member of the domain with a valid domain account.

• If the TeraStation is a member server of an Active Directory domain, you cannot connect as a guest user via AFP.

• If your TeraStation is a member server in an Active Directory domain and you change the authentication method to "Workgroup", the account on the domain controller will not be deleted automatically.

• If the TeraStation joins a domain network, you cannot connect to it via FTP.

• Don't disable the SMB protocol while Active Directory is used for access restrictions. If you do, you will need

to enable SMB again and reconfigure AD from scratch.

NT Domain

In an NT domain environment, the TeraStation uses account information from the NT domain server to set access restrictions for files and folders on the TeraStation. There's no need to perform individual account management for the TeraStation. If multiple TeraStations are installed on the network, the account information is centrally managed in the NT domain, greatly reducing the operations required for installation and management.

Note: The TeraStation supports a domain environment with a maximum of 1000 users and 1000 groups. 10,000 users and 10,000 groups can be downloaded from the domain controller but are not supported.

1 Create an account on the domain controller for the TeraStation.

2 In Settings, click Network.

3 Click to the right of "Workgroup/Domain".

4 Click Edit.

5 Select "NT Domain", then click Next.

6 Click Yes.

7 Enter settings and click OK.

8 In Settings, navigate to File Sharing - Folder Setup.

9 Click a shared folder for which you want to set access restrictions.

10 Click the Access Restrictions tab.

11 Enable "Access Restrictions".

12 Select the level of access for "Domain Users" or "Domain Groups" you added.

: Read and write access allowed : Read access allowed : Access prohibited

13 Click OK.

Notes:

• If you change the TeraStation's name, you will no longer be able to use domain users and groups or access restrictions. To repair this, rejoin the domain.

• If both read-only and read & write permissions are given to a user, the user will have read-only access.

• If a domain username is more than 20 bytes long, the TeraStation truncates it to 20 bytes.

• To use the TeraStation as a member server in an NT domain, the TeraStation should be logged in to the

domain and accessed from a computer that is not a member of the domain with a valid domain account.

• If the TeraStation is a member server of an NT domain, you cannot connect as a guest user via AFP.

• When you change the user or group settings on the domain controller, these changes may not take effect

immediately on the TeraStation until it is rebooted.

• If your TeraStation is a member server in an NT domain and you change the authentication method to "Workgroup", the account on the domain controller will not be deleted automatically.

• If the TeraStation joins a domain network, you cannot connect to it via FTP.

• Don't disable the SMB protocol while an NT domain server is used for access restrictions. If you do, you will

need to enable SMB again and reconfigure the NT domain settings from scratch.

Chapter 4 Managing Storage

RAID Arrays

TeraStations support many types of RAID. The RAID array type to use depends on how many drives are installed in your TeraStation.

TeraStation Default RAID Mode TS1400D RAID 5 TS1200D RAID 1

Notes:

• If you change the RAID mode, all data on the array is deleted. This is true for every procedure in this chapter. Always back up any important data before performing actions that affect your RAID array.

• After the RAID mode is changed (except when creating a RAID 0 array or JBOD), the TeraStation performs a RAID check that will take about 10 hours per TB. File transfers are slower during this period. While the I17 message is displayed in NAS Navigator2, do not turn off the TeraStation. If you do, the RAID check will start over.

• If the TeraStation is restarted or shut down while changing the RAID mode, the message displayed in NAS Navigator2 changes from I46 or I47 to I18.

RAID 6

RAID 6 arrays are available for TeraStations with 4 or more hard drives. RAID 6 combines 4 or more drives into a single array. The usable space is equal to the sum of the capacity of all drives minus the capacity of two drives. For example, if 4 drives are combined into a RAID 6 array, the usable space is the sum of the capacity of 2 drives. If 2 drives in the array are damaged, you can recover data by replacing them. If 3 or more drives are damaged, your data is lost.

RAID 5

RAID 5 arrays are available for TeraStations with 3 or more hard drives. RAID 5 combines 3 or more drives into a single array. The usable space is equal to the sum of the capacity of the hard drives minus the capacity of one drive. For example, if 4 drives are combined into a RAID 5 array, the usable space is the sum of 3 drives. If one drive in the array is damaged, you can recover data by replacing the damaged drive. If two or more drives are damaged at the same time, your data is lost.

RAID 10

RAID 10 arrays are available for TeraStations with 4 or more hard drives. In this mode, mirrored pairs of drives in RAID 1 arrays are combined into a RAID 0 array. The usable space is equal to the capacity of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drives divided by 2.

RAID 1

Combines 2 drives into a mirrored array. The available space in the array is the capacity of a single drive. Identical data is written to each drive. If a drive is damaged, data can be recovered by replacing the damaged drive. As long as one drive in the array remains undamaged, all data in the array can be recovered.

RAID 0

Combines 2 or more hard drives into a single array. The usable disk space is the total space of all drives used. This simple RAID mode offers faster performance than RAID modes that include parity. If a single drive in the array fails, then all data in the array is lost.

JBOD

This mode uses the hard drives inside the TeraStation as individual drives. The disk space you can use is the total capacity of both drives in the TeraStation. If either drive is damaged, then the data on that drive is lost. *Available for TS1400D.

Working with RAID Arrays

To change RAID settings, navigate to Drives - RAID in Settings.

Using JBOD

With JBOD, each hard drive in the TeraStation is addressed separately. To put drives from an array into JBOD, follow the steps below.

1 In Settings, click Drives.

2 Click to the right of "RAID".

3 Click the array to delete.

4 Click Delete RAID Array.

5 The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.

Once JBOD is configured, create shared folders on each drive to use them.

Changing RAID Mode

To change the RAID mode, first put the drives in JBOD.

1 In Settings, click Drives.

2 Click to the right of "RAID".

3 Click the array to delete.

Note: If the "RAID Mode" field is blank, the array is already in JBOD. Proceed to step 7.

4 Click Delete RAID Array.

5 The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.

6 Click OK.

7 Choose a RAID array.

8 Select a RAID mode and the drives to be used, then click Create RAID Array.

9 Step through the wizard to create the array.

Notes:

• You can also configure RAID settings from Easy Admin.

• After changing the RAID mode, create a shared folder.

RMM (RAID Mode Manager)

With RMM, you can create or expand a RAID array without erasing the data on the drives. Before using RMM, make sure all inserted internal drives are the same size into the slots.

Changing from JBOD to RAID 1

Hard drives that aren't in a RAID array show "Normal". You must have at least two drives available in JBOD (not in a RAID array) to build the RAID 1 array with RMM.

1 In Settings, click Drives.

2 Click to the right of "RAID".

3 Choose a RAID array.

4 Set the RAID mode to "RAID 1".

5 Check "Add a disk to RAID array with RMM. Your data will be preserved.".

6 Select the drive whose data will be saved from the drop-down menu.

7 Select the drive to add to the RAID array.

8 Click Create RAID Array.

9 The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.

Adding a Drive to an Existing RAID Array (TS1400D Only)

You can add a drive to a RAID 1 or RAID 5 array. Drives that can be added to the RAID array show "Normal".

Note: RMM can be used to expand an array by one drive per operation. To expand by two or more drives, RMM must be performed multiple times.

1 In Settings, click Drives.

2 Click to the right of "RAID".

3 Choose a RAID array.

4 Select the drive to add to the RAID array.

5 Click Create RAID Array.

6 The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.

Changing the RAID Mode While Adding a Drive (TS1400D Only)

Follow the procedure above. At step 4 above, select the drive you want to add to the RAID array and choose the mode for the array. The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.

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