Technical Notes

Performing hard disk repair

In case the StorPoint NAS has not been properly shut down, for example caused by an unexpected power failure, the hard disk file structure may get damaged. At such an event there will be a message about this in the Event Log in the Web administration interface and optionally through an e-mail to the administrator. To find out if there are any errors on the hard disk, perform an Error-checking. This will check the hard disk for errors and if any are found, also repair the hard disk.

In the normal case the repair tool will repair the file system on the hard disk, however damaged data may be lost during the process. It is always recommended that a backup of the hard disk is done (or valuable files for example are copied to another hard disk) before repair is performed. 

To check for errors on the hard disk, follow these steps: 

1. Start the Web browser. 
2. Enter the name or IP address of the StorPoint NAS in the location/address field. 
3. Click admin. You will be prompted for User Name and Password. By default this is set to root and pass respectively. 
4. Click the icon that corresponds to the hard disk you want to check. 
5. Click Error-checking. 
6. Select the Automatically fix file system errors checkbox to fix the errors automatically. 
7. Click Start to start checking for errors. 

Access Control 

To give the administrator full control over access rights he or she can set those individually for each protocol. 

Example: 
If both NetWare and Windows NT (CIFS) are used as access protocols and a folder is to be protected for use by only a certain NetWare group of users, the following should be done: 

Grant the NetWare Group access to the folder through the use of Nwadmin or equivalent tool. Deny Windows users access through a Windows NT Explorer and Security settings (user level access control) or the Web administration
interface (share level access control). If access rights have been set on a folder, those will automatically be inherited by any sub-folder created, regardless of the protocol used when creating the sub-folder.

Storage Capacity 

Up to 15 SCSI hard disks can be attached to the StorPoint NAS 100. This means that a StorPoint NAS 100 solution could theoretically have a total storage capacity of 540 GB with 36 GB hard disks.  However, as a NAS solution intended for use by workgroups, small and remote offices, it has been designed for a maximum recommended limit of a total storage capacity of 120 GB. When it comes to number of users, theoretically up to 1000 Windows users and 1000 NetWare users can be connected to a single StorPoint NAS 100 solution. 

Being a workgroup, small and remote office solution though, the recommended maximum number of simultaneous users at peak levels is around 15. Of course the larger the number of simultaneous users, the lower the data access time will appear to each user. 

Power Off 

Shutting Down the StorPoint NAS

If you need to shut down the storage server (the StorPoint NAS and Attached hard disks) after it has been installed, it is important that the storage server is shut down safely, otherwise you risk loosing hard disk data. You should NOT turn off the power before the storage server has been properly shut down. 

To shut down the storage server, follow these steps: 

1. Via the Web Interface 
2. Start the Web browser and enter the IP address of your 
3. StorPoint NAS in the location/address field. (The StorPoint NAS Home Page is displayed.) 
4. Click admin to access the Administration Pages. (The This StorPoint page appears.) 
5. Click the Shutdown Server button. 
6. Click OK in the confirmation dialog. 

Your StorPoint NAS will shut down and you can now turn the power off. 

Via the config.ini File

The config.ini file is located in the ServerProperties folder which is found under root -> System. 

1. Open the config.ini file. (You will find the Shut Down parameter under the [Server] section.) 
2. Change the Shut Down parameter to yes. 
3. Save the config.ini file. 

Your StorPoint NAS will shut down you can now turn the power off.