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Upgrade to Ultra 4 Plus, Max storage capacity
I currently have the Ultra 2 Plus with two 2TB Hitachi HDD's and am happy to report that with the help of the excellent support I received from this forum I have it running without issue. I am conside...
mdgm, thanks for the tip on disabling the private share.
StephenB, As a side note and in question to you saying you only use the built in admin account, I remember that when I first got the Ultra 2 Plus I posted a question about the "C" share being created and if I was supposed to save files to that or to the shares that I created and also how to not see it in Finder when I connect to the NAS. mdgm informed me that the "C" share was where the NAS actually stores the files and that it is visible in Finder when I log in under "admin", that I should save my files to the shares I created, and that I should create myself as a non-admin user (which I did as Steve_C) so I wouldn't see the "C" share anymore. Anyway, my point is that I thought I read somewhere that if you log in as admin and make changes to files, etc. that it could create permission issues for those not logging in as admin and who have access to the same files. I know I'm being vague but it was just a fleeting memory of something that I read. Is there any validation to this?
Also, one other question. I use an Airport Extreme router and have given my new Ultra 4 Plus an IP address DHCP Reservation based on the Ultra 4's MAC address. I also set the static IP address in Frontview>Network>Interfaces> Use values below. Should I leave the IPv4 assignment set to "Use values from a DHCP server" and just let the Airport Extreme hand out the same DHCP Reserved IP address? It's working the way I have it setup now but I just wanted to make sure if this is the best way.
Thank you!
StephenB, As a side note and in question to you saying you only use the built in admin account, I remember that when I first got the Ultra 2 Plus I posted a question about the "C" share being created and if I was supposed to save files to that or to the shares that I created and also how to not see it in Finder when I connect to the NAS. mdgm informed me that the "C" share was where the NAS actually stores the files and that it is visible in Finder when I log in under "admin", that I should save my files to the shares I created, and that I should create myself as a non-admin user (which I did as Steve_C) so I wouldn't see the "C" share anymore. Anyway, my point is that I thought I read somewhere that if you log in as admin and make changes to files, etc. that it could create permission issues for those not logging in as admin and who have access to the same files. I know I'm being vague but it was just a fleeting memory of something that I read. Is there any validation to this?
Also, one other question. I use an Airport Extreme router and have given my new Ultra 4 Plus an IP address DHCP Reservation based on the Ultra 4's MAC address. I also set the static IP address in Frontview>Network>Interfaces> Use values below. Should I leave the IPv4 assignment set to "Use values from a DHCP server" and just let the Airport Extreme hand out the same DHCP Reserved IP address? It's working the way I have it setup now but I just wanted to make sure if this is the best way.
Thank you!
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