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Guide

Oct 28, 2015

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Where to find maintenance utilities after update to 6.4.0?

Hello all, I updated my ReadyNAS104 to 6.4.0 today. Before I had 6.2.4 installed. Since the update to 6.4.0 I'm missing the maintenance utilities like - rebalance - disk test - data scrub ... ...

cpu8088
Oct 28, 2015
you may find defrag scrub balancing under the volume tab. just click on the "gear ring" and the selection will be shown

cpu8088

Virtuoso

Oct 28, 2015

you may find defrag scrub balancing under the volume tab. just click on the "gear ring" and the selection will be shown

HolgerGT86

Guide

Oct 29, 2015

Good morning cpu8088,

thanks for helping me on this one.

I did not even see the "gear ring" immediately when searching for it after reading your update.

I found it now but it's really hard to see.

You resolved my issue. Many thanks!

Regards...Holger

mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Oct 29, 2015
You will see that both manual runs of volume maintenance and schedules are under that settings wheel in 6.4.0. The schedules were moved there as it is a more logical place to put it.
- everytime
  Guide
  Nov 09, 2015
  I recently posted a question about my unit going offline (for all intents and purposes) for most of a workday while it was doing maintenance after upgrading to 6.4.0. I had thought that the OS did maintenance functions in the background and there was no need for any user initiated maintenance.
  
  Then I discovered that there are maintenance programs and where to find them (Defrag, Scrub, Balance and Disk Test). I looked through the ReadyNAS Software and Hardware manuals but I did not see any information about what functions should be done and when.
  
  So I have a question about these programs. Where can I find information from the manufacturer that documents what should be done and how often?
  
  Thank you.
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 09, 2015
    everytime wrote:
    
    So I have a question about these programs. Where can I find information from the manufacturer that documents what should be done and how often?
    
    Netgear hasn't given any guidance on the schedule (though some Netgear folks likely have opinions).
    
    I schedule everything quarterly (spacing out the four tests throughout the quarter).