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Protecting Your Data
This chapter compares the different ways of protecting data on the NSA and explains how to
use backup management software included on the CD.
12.1 Protection Methods
There are a variety of ways to protect your data on the NSA. Below is a summary table of what
can be done in each situation.
The following sections describe these methods in more detail. See Section 6.9 on page 81 for
more information on RAID.
12.1.1 Configuration File Backup and Restoration
Use the Maintenance > Configuration menus to create a file of your NSA configurations
such as passwords, shares and volumes created, network settings and so on. If you’re going to
do some major configuration changes, then it is advisable to create a configuration backup file.
If things go wrong after you make the configuration changes, you can always go back to the
previous configuration by restoring an earlier configuration file.
If you forgot the NSA password, then use the RESET button (see Section 15.3.1 on page 146 )
to return the NSA to the factory default configuration.
Table 49 Overview of Protection Methods
SITUATION ACTION
Unexpected NSA behavior after configuration
changes Back up the NSA configuration file before you make
major configuration changes.
Need to transfer data from your computer to the
NSA after volume(s) have been created Use the Memeo Autobackup program.
Data infected by virus Use anti-virus software on your computer to scan
files before saving them onto the NSA. Although this
may be slow so you may want to schedule it to
occur while no one is using the NSA.
Use a firewall with anti-virus capability on your
network.
Hard drive malfunction. Use RAID.
NSA malfunction
Network down
Natural disaster such as a fire or earthquake
occurs where your NSA is located Back up data to another NSA or external USB hard
drive.