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Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server, Tips for BlackArmor® Users - storage server

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Contents Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server 29 Introduction 29 Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator 30 Your BlackArmor Server's Default Settings 31 Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage 32 Understanding Volumes and Shares 32 Working with Volumes 33 Working with Shares 34 Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users 36 Setting Grace Time for Exceeded Quotas 36 Controlling Web File Downloads to the BlackArmor Server 36 Managing BlackArmor Users 37 Working with User Accounts 37 Creating and Modifying User Groups 37 Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups 38 Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server 39 Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server 39 Monitoring Status with the Server's LEDs 40 Using Email Alerts to Monitor Server Status 41 Checking Disk Drive Status Using SMART 41 Changing the BlackArmor Server's Advanced Settings 41 Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) Settings 42 File Protocol Settings 42 Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings 42 Power Saving Settings 42 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Settings 43 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Settings 43 Web Access Protocol Settings 43 Workgroup and Domain Settings 43 Maintaining Your BlackArmor Server 44 Basic Hardware Safety and Maintenance 44 Keeping the Server's Firmware Current 45 Resetting Your BlackArmor Server 45 Tips for BlackArmor® Users 47 Introduction 47 Understanding Your BlackArmor User Account 47 Access Limitations 47 Storage Space Limitations 48 BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2) 4

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BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2)
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Contents
Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Your BlackArmor Server’s Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Understanding Volumes and Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Working with Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Working with Shares
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting Grace Time for Exceeded Quotas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Controlling Web File Downloads to the BlackArmor Server
. . . . . . . . . 36
Managing BlackArmor Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Working with User Accounts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Creating and Modifying User Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Monitoring Status with the Server’s LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using Email Alerts to Monitor Server Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Checking Disk Drive Status Using SMART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing the BlackArmor Server’s Advanced Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
File Protocol Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Saving Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Web Access Protocol Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Workgroup and Domain Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Maintaining Your BlackArmor Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Basic Hardware Safety and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Keeping the Server’s Firmware Current
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Resetting Your BlackArmor Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tips for BlackArmor® Users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Understanding Your BlackArmor User Account
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Access Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Storage Space Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48