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Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator

BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 28

Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator

BlackArmor administrators have full access to all features and settings on the BlackArmor

server, and to all files stored on it.

Your role as a BlackArmor administrator is to:

• Manage the storage space available on your

BlackArmor server by creating and modifying

volumes and shares

(see page 30).

• Control access to the server by creating and managing

BlackArmor user accounts

(see

page 36).

• Keep your

BlackArmor server running smoothly by monitoring the health of the server and

its disk drives

(see page 39).

• Keep your

BlackArmor server running smoothly by updating its firmware

when new

versions become available (see page 44).

As a

BlackArmor administrator, you can also take advantage of these features to get the most

out of your BlackArmor server:

• Create group accounts to make it faster and easier to manage access to shares. User

groups allow you to modify share access for individuals or entire groups from a single

window (see page 36).

• Protect the files stored on your BlackArmor server by setting up recurring archive

backups of the complete contents of the server (see page 37).

• Set up link aggregation, where you connect both LAN ports to your network at the same

time in case one link fails (see page 38).

• Set up the

BlackArmor

server as a media server, so that BlackArmor users can stream

music directly to a network computer or media player with iTunes installed (see page 38).

• Conserve energy—and lower your power bill—by setting the disk drives in your

BlackArmor server to spin down (stop spinning) and enter a standby mode when they’re

not in use (see page 42).

• Connect your BlackArmor server to a UPS, which will provide enough power for you to

save whatever files you’re working on and properly power off the server in the event of a

power failure (see page 43).

• (Advanced) Ensure that incoming network traffic reaches its destination by using

BlackArmor Manager to set up Dynamic DNS (see page 42).

The remainder of this chapter describes your BlackArmor server’s default settings, then

describes how to change them and use other server features to build the data storage

solution that fits your needs.

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