Netgear RN31664E – ReadyNAS 316 6-Bay, 6x4TB Enterprise Drive Software Guide

The volumes on your ReadyNAS can be divided into shared folders and logical unit numbers (LUNs), both
of which are logical entities on one or more disks. Shared folders and LUNs enable you to organize data in
a volume by type, group, user, department, and so on. A single volume can contain multiple shared folders
and LUNs.

Shared folders are NAS data sets that allow data transfer and storage over a network. You can create a
maximum of 1,024 shared folders on the ReadyNAS. The local admin page displays shared folders in the
following way:

Figure 5. Shared folder with file-sharing protocols enabled

Figure 6. Shared folder with file-sharing protocols disabled

Shared folders are configured independently of one another, even though multiple shared folders can reside
on the same volume. You can configure properties of a shared folder, including compression, protection,
file-sharing protocols, and access rights.You can also specify whether and how often a snapshot is created.
These properties are explained in this chapter.

Shared folders are the way that you group your data.You might want to group your data by type, for example:

Documents

Music

Pictures

Videos

Organizations might choose to group data by department:

Accounting

Sales

Personnel

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

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