Netgear RD5D (ReadyDATA Disk Packs) – ReadyDATA Disk Packs (SATA/NL-SAS/SAS/SSD) Software Guide

The changes that you make on the Properties pane take effect 
immediately (that is, no Apply button exists to confirm the changes).

Migrating a share to another volume allows you to reorganize a volume or remove the shares 
from a volume before deleting the volume. 

Continuous 
Protection

Select the Continuous Protection check box to enable data protection through 
snapshots and configure the frequency at which snapshots are made. By default, the 
Continuous Protection check box is selected. For more information about 
snapshots, see 

Smart 
Snapshot 
Management

Select the Smart Snapshot Management check box to enable 
automatic snapshot pruning. When enabled, the ReadyDATA deletes 
older snapshots so that hourly snapshots are kept for 48 hours, daily 
snapshots are kept for four weeks, weekly snapshots are kept for eight 
weeks, and monthly snapshots are kept indefinitely. 

For shares or LUNs that were created before the release of this 

feature, Smart Snapshot Management is disabled by default.

Interval

The interval specifies how often a snapshot is made. Make a selection 
from the drop-down list:

Hourly. A snapshot is taken every hour on the hour.

Daily. A snapshot is taken every day at midnight, the default 
setting.

Weekly. A snapshot is taken every week on Friday at midnight.

Allow snapshot 

access

Select the Allow snapshot access check box to allow snapshot access to anyone 
who has permission to access the share. The default snapshot access folder displays 
in the Snapshot folder field.

When you allow snapshot access, a subfolder with the name snapshot is created on 
the share to allow users access to data from past snapshots. Users can then access 
older versions of their files or recover files that were deleted.

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