Origin Storage Thecus N4520 manual

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    Get ting Start e d Inst all, connect & use Intellig ent NAS 12 th A p r i l , 2 0 1 3 v 1 . 0[...]

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    2/ 14 Cont en ts Self - RAID Crea tion and Drive Capacity .................................................. 3 Quick Inst allation Guide ....................................................................... 4 Inst all Intellig ent NAS ........................................................................... 5 A fter Self -RAID Creation, the UI [...]

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    3/ 14 Self-RAID Creation and Drive Capacity Regarding a NAS, it is necessary to build RAID vo lume, so you can use other functions on the NAS. For starters, however, many may not understand the significance of RAID, nor acknowledge what kind of RAID mode is appropriate for each task. Intelligent NAS automatically builds RAID function; now your data[...]

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    4/ 14 Quick Installation Gu ide[...]

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    5/ 14 Inst all Intelligent NA S When installing Intelligent NAS * , you will be presented with screens below: NOTE: After running the Intel ligent NAS, you may need to wait for a few seconds. The waiting time depends on system status. Once complete d, the window below will be presented. 1. Click the "Continue" button. 2. Click the " [...]

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    6/ 14 3. Installing Intelligent NAS, please wait. 4. Select language version, then click the "OK" button. 5. If you insert brand new drives, it will sho w " Assist (Click in) * . " Then an " Assistant " window will popup for you to select "Self-RAID Crea tion" or "Manual RAID Creation." Here, we sel[...]

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    7/ 14 If there is any data in your drives, it will still show " Assist (Click in) ," click it. An "Assistant" window will popup and tell you the event. If you want to continue, select the " Continue " option and click " Confirm " button. During the process, it will show some messages, " RAID Initial &quo[...]

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    8/ 14 Af ter Self-RAID C reation, the UI will initialize 3 st ep s Step 1. Initialize Y our NAS Name the NAS, setup ID and password to login the NAS. T ip: The name of the NAS will show on the " Discover NAS p age " and first tab . T ip: When will you be require d to use the account for a dministra tor login: 1. When y ou want t o use W e[...]

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    9/ 14 Step 2. Create Thecus ID Register your own Thecus ID and create a free, unique DDNS for the NAS. Click "Create Thecus ID" button and enter email, pas sword and your name. When you create a Thecus ID, you'll be required for check the email you registered and activate it.[...]

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    10 / 14 Modify the DDNS link and click "Login" button.[...]

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    11 / 14 Step 3. Complete Show result, click "S tart, and have fun!" button to ready to use.[...]

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    12 / 14 How Should I St art to U se Intelligent NAS? Copy/Move Files From PC to NAS At first, you will find a new drive name d NAS_public on Windows File Explorer, and als o with an IP address. It is the volume in the NAS, like a physical drive. You can start to copy/move your file to NAS_public . If you are a Mac user, you will find it i n " [...]

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    13 / 14 One-press Backup Y our External Drive Connect your USB drive to the USB 3.0 i nput on the front side or y ou might want to connect other USB dri ves to USB 2.0 on backside. Press the " Copy " button , then the " Copy " light will flash . This indicates that the NAS is writing files. At the same time, the " Ongoing C[...]

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    14 / 14 Other Shared Folders I n T he NA S  _P2P_Download_ : when you use I ntelligent NAS " BT Download " , the .torrent and file will be stored here.  _NAS_Piczza _ : Piczza TM is a photo server provided by Thecus . The folder is Piczza's root folder.  USB_Copy : In the above projects have been describe d. U ser's man[...]