Netgear EDA 500 User Manual

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You can combine these schemes or come up with your own scheme.

If you used ReadyCLOUD or the local setup wizard to configure your ReadyNAS storage system, the
following shared folders are created for you:

Backup

Documents

Music

Pictures

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Videos

If you want, you can delete or rename these shared folders. You can create other shared folders to
organize your data.

A shared folder can contain subfolders to help you organize your data files. If all characters in the file or
folder name are alphanumeric, the maximum length of the name is 255 characters. If you use other kinds
of characters, the maximum length might be reduced. For example, if a file or folder name uses Kanji or
Hanzi characters, the maximum length of the name might be 83 characters.

You can access shared folders over a LAN or WAN network. Network access to data stored on your
ReadyNAS system is managed by file-sharing protocols, which handle the transfer of data.You can access
a shared folder on your ReadyNAS from other network-attached devices (for example, a laptop or a tablet)
if you enable the file-sharing protocol that the network-attached device uses to access the ReadyNAS.
You can enable multiple protocols for an individual shared folder, allowing users to access the shared
folder through various methods.

For information about how to configure and enable file-sharing protocols for shared folders, see 

 on page 48.

The following table lists the file-sharing protocols that your ReadyNAS storage system supports.