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Five Levels of Protection, The ReadyNAS Community

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ReadyNAS OS 6.7 Five Levels of Protection File and data protection strategies such as various RAID levels or snapshots can go only so far in protecting data from loss, but ReadyNAS OS provides five separate strategies that work together to provide substantially better protection than any one strategy. The different levels of disk redundancy provided by RAID types provide degrees of file protection from the loss of one or more disks, but cannot do anything about accidental deletion or corruption; can mask, but not prevent, gradual corruption caused by the slow degradation of the disks; and cannot provide protection from a site disaster. Snapshot technologies provide protection against accidental deletion or corruption but by themselves cannot protect against disk loss or site loss. ReadyNAS OS allows you to use five different types of protection simultaneously: • RAID. Protects against disk failure. • Snapshot technology. Protects against accidental data deletion or corruption by providing point-in-time recovery. • Real-time antivirus. Protects against loss or corruption from viruses. • Bit rot protection. Protects against the degradation of data from disk aging. • Offsite backup. Protects against site loss. The ReadyNAS Community The ReadyNAS community is part of the NETGEAR community.The NETGEAR community is a place where users and experts can come together to share tips and ideas, solve problems, and talk about everything NETGEAR products can do. The local admin page includes a link to the ReadyNAS part of the community. Getting Started 20

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Five Levels of Protection
File and data protection strategies such as various RAID levels or snapshots can go only so far in protecting
data from loss, but ReadyNAS OS provides five separate strategies that work together to provide substantially
better protection than any one strategy.
The different levels of disk redundancy provided by RAID types provide degrees of file protection from the
loss of one or more disks, but cannot do anything about accidental deletion or corruption; can mask, but not
prevent, gradual corruption caused by the slow degradation of the disks; and cannot provide protection from
a site disaster. Snapshot technologies provide protection against accidental deletion or corruption but by
themselves cannot protect against disk loss or site loss.
ReadyNAS OS allows you to use five different types of protection simultaneously:
RAID
. Protects against disk failure.
Snapshot technology
. Protects against accidental data deletion or corruption by providing point-in-time
recovery.
Real-time antivirus
. Protects against loss or corruption from viruses.
Bit rot protection
. Protects against the degradation of data from disk aging.
Offsite backup
. Protects against site loss.
The ReadyNAS Community
The ReadyNAS community is part of the NETGEAR community.The NETGEAR community is a place where
users and experts can come together to share tips and ideas, solve problems, and talk about everything
NETGEAR products can do. The local admin page includes a link to the ReadyNAS part of the community.
Getting Started
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ReadyNAS OS 6.7