6 archiving data to cd/dvd discs – PLANET NAS-7410 User Manual

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To change the CD function, please click the hyperlink in the Function column of the Device List
table. Next, select a disc image by clicking the Select a Disc hyperlink. After the selection is made,
the disc image information will be shown underneath, including image size, disc format and disc
volume label. Check the Erase disc before writing option if it is a rewriteable disc which contains
data. Click Apply to start the disc recording.

7.6 Archiving data to CD/DVD discs

Data archiving is to move or copy regularly NAS data to CD/DVD discs. Administrators can set file
filters, mostly based on file date/time, to specify what to burn. One of the applications is to move
obsolete data out of the NAS server so that disk space can be freed for future uses.

If used with the Disc Server function, the Data Archiving function becomes more versatile. You can
choose to turn some less-frequently-used files to read-only disc images first, which can be
mounted by the Disc Server function to share to network users in read-only forms. When the
archived data are not in use for a long time, you can then choose to burn them to discs, freeing the
hard disk space.

The archive folder

During data archiving, the NAS server will first create disc images in the archive folder, which is a
disc image folder specifically for storing archived data in the form of disc images. Firstly specify the
location of the archive folder on the Disc ServerData ArchivingSummary page before you
use the data archiving function.

Summary logs

On the Disc ServerData ArchivingSummary page also shows the summary logs, which
keep track of the execution summary of the data archiving tasks.

In addition, they keep records like which disc images are created, which are burned and which are
not. Click the View hyperlink under the Discs column of the Summary Logs table to view the list
of disc images. For those disc images not burnt yet, you can choose to burn them.

Setting up data archiving tasks

On the Disc ServerData ArchivingTasks page, you can create tasks to archive data
manually or scheduled.

Item

Description

Task Name

Specifies the name of the data archiving task for management purposes.

Source Folders

Specify the data to be archived. The folders, not preserving the full
paths, will be archived to CD/DVD discs.

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