Obtain a status overview of your RackStation and all other connected devices.
Under the General tab, you can see the basic information about your RackStation, including serial number, model name, the amount of physical memory, DSM version, time information, thermal status, or external devices.
The RackStation's thermal status is represented by green or orange lights:
Under the Network tab, you can view your RackStation's network information and the status for each network interface.
Under the Storage tab, you can view your RackStation's volume usage and disk status.
The following are the possible status types of an internal hard disk:
For the system to function normally, there should be at least one disk in Normal or Initialized status.
Under the Service tab, you can see the list of DSM services, which can be enabled or disabled by clicking Enable or Disable under the Action column. The checkmarks under the Status column indicate whether the services are enabled.
Under the Report tab, you can collect data and generate reports that provide information about disk usage trends. You can select report types, set a schedule to receive periodic storage reports or generate reports on demand.
A report task specifies which report types to generate, how often to generate, and which shared folders to report on.
Select a report task, and click Delete.
Select a report task, click Report and choose Generate reports now to generate reports on demand.
Click the Settings button to configure the default settings for report tasks.
Select a new destination folder to change the location where reports are saved.
By default, the data of volume usage is gathered every time a Volume Usage report is generated and at system startup. In addition to the above cases, you can opt for a new schedule to gather the data of volume usage history. To do so, tick the Collect volume usage history according to a schedule checkbox and schedule a time.
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* Available on specific models only.