Below are the features included in the ReadyNAS Vault. While not free, the pricing is somewhat competitive. The Vault is cloud-based storage provided by NETGEAR that allows an offsite replica of your data. From here you can also change the functionality of the backup button found on the front of the v2, enable Apple Time Machine and finally, setup the ReadyNAS Vault. The ReadyNAS can be backed-up to other RSYNC capable hardware as well as other ReadyNAS devices. From here, a backup schedule can be setup. The ability to backup the v2 can be done in the Backup tab. You can also setup groups if you are administering more than a couple of users and need to restrict access or lower permissions for certain users. On the Security tab, users are setup and given roles within the overall permissions hierarchy. You can setup permissions for each of your shares in this case I have setup a share called backup and then drilling even further, other features can be enabled or disabled such as the Recycle Bin and the discoverability of the share on the network. These include SMB, AFP, NFS, RSYNC and HTTP. On the Shares tab, the ability to enable the various sharing protocols can be found. Think Dropbox, but within your NETGEAR ecosystem. This is fairly new feature that allows the syncing of files between the v2 (or any ReadyNAS device) and an enabled remote device. Another setting is the activation of ReadyDROP. Still in the System tab, the Settings sub-tab allows the setup of security, remote access, power scheduling, updates, backups and monitoring of alerts. You can see what services are running, hardware information, firmware version, network settings and volumes. When you first log in (defaults are admin | password), you are given the overall status of the device. With tabs running along the top of the GUI, finding your way around is simple and fairly intuitive. Setup of the v2 once logged into the Web GUI has been cleaned up greatly, making navigation much easier. Seriously – I’ve worked with a lot of enterprise hardware that lacks this basic feature. This is a trivial for most but when you have multiple devices that look alike, this is an absolute life saver and I salute NETGEAR for including this incredibly simple ability. When you select the locate button, it will flash one of the LEDs on the NAS itself. One nice thing about the RAIDar program is that it will allow you to locate your ReadyNAS. Once setup, the RAIDar application will rescan your network and upon finding your freshly setup v2, will display your firmware version and display health indications for fan speed, temperature and drive health. This allows you to set the RAID level at 0, 1, or JBOD. It is very similar to the Synology SHR setup we touched upon in our DS212 review and allows you to create a volume with mismatching drive capacities.įor those that don’t intend to expand their storage and feel more comfortable with standard RAID levels, you can select the Flexible Volume option. By default, the NETGEAR X-RAID2 is selected. Essentially a volume is how the NAS operating system views your disks. When the “Setup” button is clicked, we are asked to setup the volume. When found, the first thing that must be done is setup the v2. When found, it displays the device or devices on your network. By installing a small application on your workstation, the NETGEAR RAIDar program is, according to NETGEAR’s own site, “used to discover ReadyNAS devices on the network and start the ReadyNAS web-based configuration utility.” With the appropriate OS version of the software downloaded and installed, it searches your network for any and all ReadyNAS devices.
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