setup DS411j

[AppleDApp]

I just purchased a synology DS411j and I am looking to set it up.

I want a 2tb partition for my time machine backups and I want the balance to serve for media. How do I setup the partitions?

Once that's done I want to perform a backup for my macbook pro.

I then want to move my media which is currently on another portable HDD to the NAS. How would I do this?

Once that is complete, I want to setup all the protocols to have access to everything on my NAS from my iPad and my macbook pro from within my network and on other network.

I want to change my username and password.

I want to configure download station, audio streaming, and all the account user preferences.

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

 

[blueroom]

What size and how many drives have you installed?

 

[AppleDApp]

What size and how many drives have you installed?

i've installed three 2tb drives. two drives are western digital caviar green and one is a seagate green. Maybe someone could post a step by step guide to configuring the NAS. It didn't come with much paperwork.

 

[blueroom]

I use a DS212j and have a 1TB drive just for TM and a 2TB drive volume 1 for everything else. I run weekly backups sans TM to an external 2TB USB drive. Critical files are also backed up into the cloud.

You could RAID the three drives and add a fourth drive just for TM.

 

[AppleDApp]

At this time, I'm not sure how to do anything I really need some sort of manuel.