The Disk Management menus show capacity information for the main drive (which is XFS formatted by default) and two drives attached to the USB ports. This menu also holds Disk Check and Format options, with the latter including ext3 and FAT32 options that can be used only to format external USB-connected drives.

Shared Folders is where the controls for setting up new shares are. Figure 6 shows the options, which include designating the share for Mac OS share, FTP or LinkStation-to-LinkStation backup duties. Note also the ability to set access privileges at both the User and Group level. A Service Setup sub-menu holds the enables for FTP and AFP support.

Figure 6: Add Shared Folder screen (click image to enlarge)

Groups and Users are defined in the Group and User Management screens, which are very straightforward. Note that quotas cannot be set at any level - share, group or user.

The Disk Backup menu is used to set up the built-in backup utility that can copy selected Pro folders (or the entire drive) to either another networked LinkStation, TeraStation or an external USB drive.

Figure 7: Disk Backup screen (click image to enlarge)

Moving on to the Maintenance menu reveals controls for emailed alerts (Figure 8), UPS settings, Alert sounds, LED brightness (Status LED Setup), Shutdown and Initialization. By the way, I liked that the Pro chirps a little greeting when powered up, ready for use and to confirm the press-and-hold-the-power-button for shutdown.

Figure 8: Mail Notification screen (click image to enlarge)

Finally, the System Status menu just provides more information on general System Information, attached USB devices, the HDD and Network settings, including received and transmitted packet count.

On the downside, features you won't find in the Pro's menus are controls for:

HTTP or any form of media serving The print server found on the other LinkStations Admin interface idle timeout Timed sleep and wake up Idle time drive spindown or NAS sleep Logging