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Asustor AS-204T manual

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    User Guide For Network Attached Storage Ver.1.0.0.0909 (For ADM 2.0)[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 2 of 52 Table of Conte nts 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 5 2. Pre-Install ed Apps ................................................................................................ . 6 2.1. Settings .................................[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 3 of 52 2.3. Storage Manager ........................................................................................... 17 2.3.1. Volume ..................................................................................................... 17 2.3.2. Disk ...................................................................[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 4 of 52 2.8.3. Log .......................................................................................................... 31 2.8.4. Online Users ............................................................................................. 31 2.8.5. Dr. ASUSTOR .........................................................[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 5 of 52 1 1 . . I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n Thank you for cho osing ASUSTOR net work attac hed storage (NAS) . From cross-pl atform file sharin g to multi media server appli cations to App Central , AS USTOR NAS provides you wi th a rich assortm ent of features, al lowing you to e xplore the unli mite[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 6 of 52 2 2 . . P P r r e e - - I I n n s s t t a a l l l l e e d d A A p p p p s s Pre-install ed Apps include the confi guration of fun ction and service setti ngs for hard di sks and hardware. You can c onfigure everyth ing from system related settin gs to user access ri ghts. 2.1 Settings 2.1.1. General Here you can [...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 7 of 52 2.1.3. VPN Here you can let your A SUSTOR NAS be come a VPN cl ient, and vi a PPTP or Open VPN, connect to a VPN s erver to access a vi rtual pri vate network. ASUSTOR NAS sup ports the use of different conn ection setti ngs files, allowi ng you to conn ect to the VPN serve r of your choice. The ASUSTOR V PN cli [...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 8 of 52 Reset Button If for some reason y ou cannot connect t o your NAS, thi s button can be used t o return a porti on of the setti ngs to their defaul t values.  Th e system admi nistrator account (admin) password wi ll be reset back to “ admin ” .  Th e system HTT P and HTTPS p orts will be reset back to 80[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 9 of 52  Supports iOS 5.0 an d onwards  Su pports Android 2.2 a nd onwards Downloading A iMaster In order to downl oad A iMaster please open the App Store (for Appl e devices) or Google Play (for Android devices) on your m obil e dev i ce an d search for the keyw ords “asustor” and “Ai Master”. Warning: Pus[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 10 of 52 2.1.8. ADM Update Here you can obtai n the lat est version of ADM to ensure syst em stabili ty and to upg rade software features.  Live Update: Aft er enabli ng Live Update, the sys tem will notify you of any avail able updates when you l og in to ADM.  Manual Update: You can go to ASU STOR ’ s of ficial[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 11 of 52 2.1.11. Ease of Access Here you can config ure all th e necessary settings for remote a ccess.  Cloud Connect: Here you can obtai n a Cloud ID for your NAS. By enterin g the Cloud ID into ASUSTOR cl ient appli cations, you can access your NAS with out having to enter the host/ IP information.  EZ -Router: [...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 12 of 52 2.2 Services Here you can config ure netwo rk related servi ces such as FTP serv er, Web server and MySQ L server. 2.2.1 . Windows After enabling Windows Fil e Service, you can access your NAS vi a any Windows op erating system (i.e., Wi ndows 7) . Windows Fi le Service is al so known as CIFS or SAMBA. If you ar[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 13 of 52  Bonjour Service Name: Your NAS wil l be identi fied by this name in the F inder.  Time Machin e Support: H ere you can enabl e Time Machi ne support an d select the shared folder th at you wi sh to back up to . If multiple Mac users wi sh to access this feature simul taneously, pl ease see NAS 159 – Tim[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 14 of 52  Unicode support: Please enable thi s option if you r FTP cli ent program supports Unicode.  Enable anonymous: Enabli ng this option wil l allow FTP client prog rams to access you r NAS anonymousl y, without the need fo r a username or passwo rd. For security reasons, this i s not recommended.  Enable S[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 15 of 52 2.2.6. Web Server ADM comes bui lt-in with an independent web se rver (apache) that you can use to host your own websi te. After enabli ng this feature, th e system will create a shared fol der called “Web” that will serve as the w eb server’s root d irectory.  PHP register_gl obals: Thi s feature is no[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 16 of 52 Note: For secur ity reasons, SSH only allo ws the “ a dmin ” accou nt or the “ root ” account to log in. The passwords for both these accounts are id entical. 2.2.9. Rsync Server After enabling Rsync server, your NAS wi ll become a ba ckup server and will allow remot e backup from an other ASUSTOR NAS or[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 17 of 52 2.3 Storage Manager 2.3.1. Volume Note: This f unction may dif fer depending o n the NAS mo del in use. Storage space on your NAS consi sts of logical vol umes which are made up of a singl e disk or multipl e disks combined together. Here you can s et up new storag e space for your NAS and, according to your dat[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 18 of 52 at all times. RA ID 1 protects your data from loss should one of your disks fail. RAID 1 ’ s ad vantage i s that it offers protection f or your data by pro viding data redundancy . The downsi de of this config uration is that wh en combining two disks of differi ng sizes, the total storage space will be equal [...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 19 of 52 NAS 352 – Onli ne RAID Level Mi gration and Capacity Expansi on 2.3.2. Disk Here you can check on the status of al l your disks. You can also inspect their S.M.A.R.T. informati on and conduct tests on you r disks.  S.M.A.R.T. Info: S. M.A.R.T. is an ac ronym for Self-Moni toring An alysis and Report Technol[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 20 of 52 2.4 Access Con trol 2.4.1. Local Users Here you can manag e (add, edit or r emove) the local users in the syst em and assign thei r access right s to shared folders. Reminder: If you onl y have a few users on the system, you can set up the access rights for each of them on e by one. Within ADM, a si ngle user ?[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 21 of 52 About Local Gro ups After initi alization, the system will automatically create two user group s, “ admini strators ” and “ use rs ” . “ admin istrators ” is the d efault admi nistrator group. If a user is added to th is group, they wi ll possess a majorit y of the admi nistr ator access rights. Th e[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 22 of 52 2.4.5. Shared Folders Here you can manag e your shar ed folders and set up their acce ss rights i n relati on to users and user gr oups . Shared folders al low your NAS t o become a fil e server. They are fundamental in sharing files wi th the outside worl d. Consequentl y, correctly settin g up their access rig[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 23 of 52 in, he/she will not be abl e to see the Surveill ance Center app icon on thei r ADM home screen. The user wi ll have no way o f opening or acc essing th e app.  Web appli cations may be publi c in nature (i.e., Word Press) or have thei r own account management syst ems (i.e., Joomla) . Therefore, there i s no[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 24 of 52 2.5 Backup & Restore 2.5.1. Remote Sync Remote Sync (Rsync) can all ow your NAS to be used as a ba ckup desti nation or backup source. When usi ng your NAS as a backup sour ce, you can choo se to back up the dat a from your NAS ont o another remote ASUST OR NAS or Rsyn c compatible se rver. Wh en your NAS ac[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 25 of 52 This al so gives IT admini strators a signi ficant amount of flexibili ty when configuri ng backup jobs. S S e e e e M M o o r r e e NAS 259 – U sing Remote Sync (R sync) to Protect You r Data NAS 351 – Remot e Sync (Rsync): Best Practi ce 2.5.2. FTP Backup FTP backup can al low for your NAS to be used as a [...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 26 of 52 Mission Mode: S ometimes backup job s may be stopped because o f various conne ction problems with a bu sy server on the other end. ASUSTOR’s Mi ssion Mode opti on all ows you to configure the nu mber of conn ection attempts an d time interval for connecti on attempts, ensuring for the succ essful completion o[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 27 of 52 to have regularl y schedul ed backups of your NAS ’ s data so you al ways keep a USB drive plug ged into your NAS for thi s purpose.  Save in new fol der: After sel ecting thi s method, you will then have to specify a naming format fo r the new fold er. Every time y ou run a backup job th e system will crea[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 28 of 52 2.6 App Central Note: This f unction may dif fer depending o n the NAS model in use. You can use App Cent ral to download apps that are suitabl e for use with you r NAS. App Central provi des you with a ri ch variety of appli cations, allowing you to install software that is u niquely suited to your n eeds. Whet[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 29 of 52 2.7 External D evices 2.7.1. Disk Here you can vi ew and format all USB or eSATA external hard disks that are connected to your NAS. Support ed file systems ar e as follows:  FAT32: for u se with Win dows and Mac OS X  NTFS: for us e with Wi ndows  HFS+: for us e with Mac OS X  EXT4: for use wi th Li[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 30 of 52 2.7.4. UPS A UPS can provi de backup power to your NAS i n the event of a pow er outage. Usi ng a UPS can protect your data a nd NAS from sudd en shutdown or s ervice interrup tions .  Network UPS: Here you can s etup your NAS to b e the network UPS server (Master mode) and set i ts IP address, when th e UPS?[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 31 of 52 2.8 System Inf ormation 2.8.1. About This NAS He re you can vi ew general information about y our NAS such as the hardware mod el number, software ve rsion, and present stat e of the system. 2.8.2. Network Here you can revi ew information about your networ k settings (i .e., IP address and MAC address). 2.8.3. L[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 32 of 52  F ile Transfer Protocol (F TP)  Secur e Shell (SSH)  i SCSI  WebDAV 2.8.5. Dr. ASUSTOR Dr. ASUSTOR pe rforms chec kups based the cur rent state of your syst em, setti ngs and connectivity. Afte r performin g these checkups, Dr. ASUS TOR will diagnose any problems and provide you wi th approp riate r[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 33 of 52 2.9 Activity M onitor Note: This f unction may dif fer depending o n the NAS model in use. Activity Moni tor dynamicall y monitors your NAS . Here you can view current usag e informati on such as:  CPU Usage  Memory (RAM) Usage  Network Traffi c  Storage Space U sage  Resources Being Used by Syste[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 34 of 52 2.10 File Explo rer File Explorer comes p re-i nstalled with ADM and can be used to browse and manage the files on your NAS. Fi le Expl orer displays accessibl e directories to users based on the access rights that are assigned to them . Additionall y, ADM supports three simultan eously open Fil e Explorer windo[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 35 of 52 2.1 1 FTP Expl orer FTP Explorer is ADM ’s built -in FTP client . It can be used to conn ect to different F TP servers and execute di rect file transfers . This i ncreases transfer effici ency as the fil e transfer process does not requ ire the use of any computers. FTP Explorer supports the followi ng functio[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 36 of 52 3 3 . . F F r r o o m m A A p p p p C C e e n n t t r r a a l l In addition t o the built -in apps that come with ADM, eve ry ASUSTOR NAS comes wi th several pre-install ed apps. You can choose whet her yo u want to keep or rem ove these apps. At y our convenience, you can al so br owse through and downl oad any[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 37 of 52 3.2 Surveillan ce Center Surveillan ce Center allows you to manag e an array of IP came ras and features Live View and Playback functi ons. All video recorded from IP cam eras can be di rectly and safely stored on the NAS. U sing Surveill ance Center ’ s exclusi ve playback i nterface you can review previousl [...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 38 of 52 3.3 UPnP AV Media Server The UPnP AV M edia Server app c an turn your N AS in to your home ’ s mu ltimedi a streaming server. As long as you have devi ces that suppor t UPnP or DLNA (f or exampl e, SONY BRAVIA TV or Pl ayStation 3 ® ), you can directl y browse and st ream the pi ctures, music and videos store[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 39 of 52 3.4 iTunes Ser ver The iTunes Server app can turn your NAS i nto your h ome ’ s audio and vid eo streaming center. It all ows you to share musi c and movi es from your NAS with comp uters in the same network envi ronment.  After enabling the iTunes server app and adding mu sic files to the “ Mu sic ” sh[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 40 of 52 4 4 . . A A p p p p e e n n d d i i x x 4.1 Permission Mapping Tabl e X: User access rig hts for shared folders Y: Group access ri ghts for sha red folders Priority of acces s rights: Deny Acc ess > Read & Write > Re ad Only > No Sett ings D eny Read & Write Read Only No Settings D eny Deny Deny[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 41 of 52 3. E E U U L L A A END-USER LICE NSE AG RE EMENT F OR ASUSTO R DATA MASTER ( “ ADM ” ) IMPORTANT PLEAS E READ THE TERMS AND CONDIT IONS OF THIS LICENS E AGREEMEN T CAREFULLY B EFORE CONTINUING W ITH THIS PROGRAM INSTALL TION : ASUSTOR End-User Li cense Agreement ("EULA") is a l egal agreement betwe[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 42 of 52 4. COPYRIGHT All titl e, including but not li mited to copyrigh ts, in and to the SOFT WARE PRODUC T and any copies thereof are own ed by ASUSTOR or i ts suppli ers. All title and i ntellectual property righ ts in and to the content wh ich may be ac cessed throu gh use of the SOFTWA RE PRODUC T is the property o[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 43 of 52 5 5 . . G G N N U U G G e e n n e e r r a a l l P P u u b b l l i i c c L L i i c c e e n n s s e e GNU GENERAL PU BLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundat ion, Inc. <http:/ /fsf.org/> Everyone is permit ted to copy and distri bute verbati m copies of this license docum[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 44 of 52 Finall y, every program is threatened constantl y by software patents. States shoul d not allow patents to restri ct development and use of soft ware on gene ral-pu rpose computers, but i n those that do, we wish to avoid the sp ecial dan ger that patents appli ed to a fr ee program coul d make it effectively pr[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 45 of 52 The "System Lib raries" of an executabl e work in clude anythi ng, other than th e work as a whole, that (a) i s included in the normal form of packa ging a Major Comp onent, but wh ich is not part of that Major Comp onent, and (b ) serves only to enabl e use of the wo rk with that Major Component, or [...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 46 of 52 or modifi cation of the work as a means of enf orcing, against th e work's users, y our or third parties' legal rights to forbid circumventi on of t echnologi cal measures. 4. Conveying Verbatim Copies. You may convey verbatim copi es of th e Progra m's sourc e code as y ou receive it, in any medi[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 47 of 52 a) Convey the obj ect code in, or emb odied in, a ph ysical product (i ncluding a physi cal distributi on medium), accompanied by th e C orrespondi ng Source fixed on a durabl e physical medium cu stomarily used for software i nterchange. b) Convey the obj ect code in, or emb odied in, a ph ysical product (i ncl[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 48 of 52 (regardless of how the transacti on is characterized), th e Correspondi ng Source convey ed under this section mu st be accompani ed by the Instal lation Informati on. But this requi rement does not apply i f neither you nor any th ird party retai ns the ability to i nstall modified object code on the User Produ[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 49 of 52 for any li ability that these contractual assumptions di rectly impose on t hose licensors and authors. All other non-pe rmissive addi tional terms are considered "furth er r estrictions" wit hin the meaning of secti on 10. If the Program as you received i t, or any part of it , contains a notice stati[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 50 of 52 An "entity transacti on" is a transacti on transferri ng control of an organiz ation, or substanti ally all assets of one, or subdividing an organiz ation, or merging organi zations. If propagati on of a covered work r esults from an enti ty transaction, each pa rty to that tran saction who receive s a[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 51 of 52 specific copy of the co vered work, th en the patent li cense you grant i s automatically extend ed to all recipi ents of the covered w ork and work s based on it . A patent license i s "discrimin atory" if it does not include wi thin the scope of its coverag e, prohibits the exerci se of, or is c ondi[...]

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    ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Page 52 of 52 Later li cense versions may gi ve you additi onal or different p ermissions. However, no addi tional obligations are i mposed on any au thor or copyri ght hold er as a result of you r choosin g to follow a later version. 15. Disclaimer of W arranty. THERE IS NO WARRA NTY F OR THE PR OGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERM ITT[...]