Acer Altos EasyStore User manual

ALTOS EASYSTORE

User’s

Manual

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Chapter

1 Introducing

Your

Storage

System

Chapter

2 Getting

Started

Initializing

your

storage

system

Installing

the

Console

arting

the

Console

Initializing

the

disks

Configuring

your

storage

system

Accessing

the

Manager

Accessing

the

Manager

using

the

Console

Accessing

the

Manager

using

Web

browser

Logging

the

Manager

Navigating

the

Manager

Viewing

information

abou

your

storage

system

Adding

users

Creating

shared

folders

Managing

shared

folders

Deleting

shared

folder

Assigning

users

shared

folders

Chapter

Managing

Your

Storage

System

Managing

users

Adding

users

Modifying

users

Removing

users

Working

with

groups

Changing

the

authentication

mode

Managing

shared

folders

Creating

shared

folders

Assigning

users

shared

folders

Deleting

shared

folder

Managing

backups

Changing

the

recovery

password

Configuring

remote

boot

Deleting

backup

Deleting

client

Setting

e-mail

alerts

Upgrading

the

firmware

Disconnecting

USB

devices

Changing

the

system

settings

Changing

the

network

settings

Reconfiguring

your

storage

system

disks

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Chapter

Expanding

the

shared

storage

Reconfiguring

the

disks

Viewing

system

status

information

Logging

out

the

Manager

Shutting

down

the

storage

system

Chapter

Work

ing

with

Shared

Folders

Windows

users

Linux

users

Mac

users

Accessing

shared

folders

using

FTP

Disconnecting

from

shared

olders

Windows

users

Linux

users

Mac

users

Chapter

Protecting

Local

Disks

Getting

started

System

requirements

Additional

prerequisites

Installing

the

Microsof

iSCSI

Initiator

Installing

DiskSafe

Express

100

arting

DiskSafe

Express

104

Activating

your

license

106

Protecting

your

disks

108

Manually

backing

your

disk

116

opping

backup

recovery

progress

117

Changing

the

backup

schedule

118

Receiving

event

notifications

120

Changing

the

recovery

password

121

Enabling

disabling

remote

boot

123

Enabling

remote

boo

124

Disabling

remote

boot

126

Recovering

127

Recovering

files

folders

129

Recovering

data

disk

131

Recovering

system

disk

using

the

recovery

133

Recovering

system

disk

while

booting

remotely

139

Removing

protection

143

Adding

hard

disks

147

linear

normal

RAID

configuration

148

degraded

RAID

configuration

150

Removing

hard

disks

responding

disk

failure

151

Responding

RAID

degradation

152

Responding

RAID

failure

153

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Chapter

Swapping

hard

disks

155

Transferring

hard

disks

new

storage

system

156

Appendix A: Software Specifications

Appendix B: Configurations

Appendix C: Hardware Specifications

Technical Assistance

Glossary

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Preface

This

guide

provides

you

with

the

following

information:

overview

the

Altos easyStore

and

instructions

for

setting

provide shared

storage

space

users

your

network

Information

about

advanced

features

for

configuring

your

storage

system

Instructions

for

installing

and

using

DiskSafe

Express

back

your

networked compu

disks

the

storage

system

and

recover

that

needed

Reference

material

about

product

spec

ica

ions

and

troubleshooting

Documentation

conventions

Bold

used

indicate

items,

buttons

labels,

and

file

and

folder

names.

Instructions

click

series

items

are

indicated

with

arrow

(-->).

For

example

the

instructions

click

the

Start

menu,

click

Programs

and

then

click

Storage

System

Console

are

presented

Start

-->

Programs

-->

Storage

System

Console

When

you

see

two

keys

joined

plus

sign

(+),

press

and

hold

down

first

key

and

then

press

the

second

key

For

example,

Alt+F2

indicates

that

you

should

press

and

hold

down

the

Alt

key

and

then

press

Significant

information

exceptions

are

indicated

with

the

note

icon

shown

the

lef

The

potential

data

loss

corrup

ion

indicated

with

caution

icon

shown

the

ft.

The

term

Windows

refers

any

supported

Microsof

Windows

operating

system.

documentation

addition

this

guide,

you

can

find

information

about

DiskSafe

Express

the

online

help

access

the

online

help,

click

Help

-->

Topics

the

DiskSafe

Express

application

window

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Introducing Your

Storage System

ALTOS EASYSTORE

intelligent

network

storage

solution

for

small

and

medium-

sized

offices

and

home

network

environmen

. It

provides

hard

disk

space

for

both

shared

files

and

backups

your

computer

hard

disks,

offering

ideal

way

distribute

and

protect

important

make

easy

back

your

computer

hard

disks,

this

solution

includes

DiskSafe

Express,

sof

ware

application

that

provides

reliable

a pro

ection

and

rapid

data

recovery

the

event

system

crash

disk

failure.

With

DiskSafe

Express,

you

can

recover

your

local

disks

partitions

without

having

reinstall

reconfigure

the

operating

system

applications,

dramatically

shortening

recovery

time.

What

your

package

includes

Before

you

begin

using

your

storage

system

please

make

sure

that

your

package

includes

the

following

items:

The

Altos easyStore

One

power

cord

One

RJ-45

Etherne

cable

Installation

(for

the

orage

System

Console

and

DiskSafe

Express)

DiskSafe

Express

recovery

any

these

items

are

missing,

please

contact

the

reseller

ailer

rom

which

you

purchased

this

product.

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Chapter

Introducing

Your

Storage

System

Additional

accessories

The

storage

system

supports

two

USB

disks,

which

can

purchased

separately

Notes:

Only

USB

disks

are

supported

USB

hubs

and

other

USB

devices

are

supported.

Any

USB

disk

must

formatted

before

you

can

use

with

the

storage

system,

and

only

the

first

partition

FAT

FAT32

file

system

will

recognized

not

use

USB

cable

ach

the

storage

system

directly

USB

port

computer

Key

features

and

benefits

Flexible

storage

capacity

—The

storage

system

supports

four

3.5"

SATA-I

hard

disks,

with

capacity

250–500

each.

Built-in

data

protection

—In

addition

linear

disk

con

igura

ion

which

all

the

disks

are

treated

independent

entities

the

storage

system

supports

several

dif

eren

types

RAIDs

(redundant

arrays

independent

disks).

This

means

that

you

can

ake

advantage

the

build-in

protection

and

duplication

offered

advanced

RAID

levels.

your

storage

system

has

multiple

hard

disks

and

one

fails,

you

won’t

lose

important

For

informa

ion,

refer

Appendix

"Disk

Con

igurations

Simple

administration

—You

can

run

the

browser-based

managemen

interface

from

any

computer

your

network,

and

informative

wizards

and

configuration

pages

will

help

you

accomplish

your

asks

quickly

and

easily

Status

ance

—The

Home

page

the

managemen

interface

lets

you

quickly

determine

how

much

space

being

used

and

who’s

curren

connected.

Support

for

multiple

atforms

—Whether

the

computers

your

network

run

Windows,

Mac

other

Mac

operating

systems,

Linux,

you

can

set

file

sharing

for

each

them.

Security

—Only

authorized

users

can

access

shared

folders

your

storage

system.

You

can

also

con

rol

whe

her

the

user

can

only

view

the

information

the

shared

folders

also

add,

modify

dele

files

there.

Fast

performance

—With

gigabit

hernet

support,

the

storage

system

provides

fast

access

the

you

need,

when

you

need

it.

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Chapter

Getting

Started

Getting Started

Getting

started

with

your

storage

system

involves

the

following

general

steps:

Set

your

storage

system.

This

involves

attaching

any

optional

USB

devices,

attaching

the

storage

system

to your

network,

and

powering

the

system.

Install

the

orage

System

Console

computer

the

same

subnet

your

storage

system

and

initialize

the

hard

disks

your

storage

system.

Initializing

the

hard

disks

involves

installing

the

operating

system

and

other sof

ware

from

file

your

installation

each

the

hard

disks

your storage

system.

(Altos

easyStore comes already configured)

For

information

about

this

step,

refer

“Initializing

your

storage

system.”

. A

ccess

the

Web-based

management

interface (the

Manager)

and

log

in.

For

information

about

this

step,

refer

“Accessing

the

Manager” and

“Logging

Manager.”

Add

users.

This

necessary

only

you’re

using

local

authentication

mode

and

want

to control

access

the

shared

folders,

some

users

your

network

use

Linux

Macs

other

than

those

running

For

information

about

this

step,

refer

“Adding

users.”

Create

shared

folders.

default,

the

storage

system

includes

shared

folder

named

public

However

you

might

want

create

other

shared

olders

well.

For

example,

in an

office

environmen

you

might

wan

create

shared

folder

for

company policies

that

everyone

can

view

and

separate

folders

for

confidential

business documents

tha

only

selected

individuals

can

view

change.

home environmen

you

might

want

separate

folders

for

dif

erent

types

files,

photos,

videos,

music.

For

information

about

this

step,

refer

“Creating

shared

folders.”

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