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Today, we're going to find out how to test each hard drive in a QNAP TS-451, and

also learn how to schedule these tests on a regular basis in order to protect

your QNAP from drive failures. This tutorial applies to any QNAP unit that

runs on the QTS operating system. In a NAS, or a Network Attached Storage unit,

the integrity of each drive is of paramount importance, because after all,

the primary function of NAS is to store data. One level of protection is RAID, or

Redundant Array of Independent Disks. You can use RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 by storing your

data on redundant drives, but regardless of what level of RAID you're using, you

need to know if you have a bad hard drive as soon as possible.

The sooner you're aware of a failing drive, the sooner you can replace it. Of

course you shouldn't rely on redundant drives only. RAID by itself is not enough

to safeguard your data; you should have a good backup plan in place. After all, more

than one drive could fail at one time. Even worse, the QNAP hardware itself

could fail. I'll cover the topic of backing up to an external drive in a future video.

QNAP provides diagnostic tools to perform SMART

tests, or Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting

Technology, that's embedded in all of your hard drives, but it doesn't do it

automatically. You need to run them manually, or schedule the test to run at

regular intervals. Here, I've logged into QTS. To schedule the tests, you'll need to

start the Storage and Snapshots application. Tab over to the Disks section,

where you'll see the health information for each of your installed drives. You'll

want to click on Disk Health, and navigate to the Test section.

QNAP provides a rapid test, which lasts about a minute, and a complete test, which

can run for hours.

The drop-down allows you to choose which disk you want to test, but these are one-time operations.

If you ever want to test your disks again, you'd need to come back to this

screen and manually re-perform the tests. However, if you want to automate these

tests, you'll need to tab to Settings,

and enable the rapid and/or the complete

tests. You can perform these daily, weekly, or monthly. Some people schedule the

rapid tests daily and the complete tests weekly, while others do the rapid tests

weekly and the complete tests monthly. I fall in the latter group, so I'll enable

the rapid tests weekly on a Monday at 9:00 am,

and I'll enable the complete test monthly

on the first of the month at noon. You'll probably want to schedule the tests at a

time when you aren't performing a backup, or when you won't be using the QNAP

too heavily, especially for the long complete test. If you hit the Apply

button, you're scheduling the test to the individual disk in the drop-down list.

The Apply to All buttons force all four disks to follow this schedule.

So when the time comes to trigger the tests, QNAP will tell you whether they've

been successful or not. If one of the SMART tests fails, you will be notified

in the Event Notifications. When that time comes, you'll want to replace that

disk as soon as possible.

I hope you enjoyed - Thanks for watching!

For more infomation >> How to Schedule SMART Disk Tests on QNAP - Duration: 3:43.

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Pietro Valente - Smart Music - Soul/Jazz - Duration: 5:25.

Smart Music is a project for the audience to interact with the band in real time via smartphone with a dedicated web app.

In our Veneto Tour (North East Italy) local media have been curious and interested

Smart Music Veneto Tour 2017

one show already done, after the number 0

which one are the next gigs?

tomorrow, very important...

...people can direct the music in a specific way

in the same tune

yes, sure

so the tune starts and according the votation...

Smart Music is now available in two different versions:

the Soul one, of course based on the Soul classics

where still the audience can interact

eventually by changing the music genre of the song we are playing

or by changing the mood

or simply by choosing a song from a given list,

then there is the Jazz version

with many different modes and here we got to the core of interaction with the crowd

for exmple there are tunes composed to go in different directions

or the crowd can decide in a specific time which musician will play and their intensity

even more, the app allow people to type a sentence to use as a starting point for an improvised tune.

Let's see some exaples.

I composed this tune with extendable sections to be decided by the audience in real time.

In this improvised tune the crowd can interact deciding two important music parameters: dynamic and density.

Here the audience typed a sentence to represent the future

In the same way we did in this recent Veneto tour we can integrate the Soul and Jazz versions.

Good!

We sperimented and tested this Smart Music system

now we are ready to take it all around Italy and abroad

anyone interested can find my contacts in the description.

See you soon!

For more infomation >> Pietro Valente - Smart Music - Soul/Jazz - Duration: 5:25.

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What Are SMART Goals? 5) Is the Goal Time-bound? & SMART Goals Summary (6/6) - Duration: 2:05.

Hello again. Eric Coy, *your* productivity expert. Here with today's Productivity

Power-up. I'm finishing up my series on SMART goals, and today we're going to

discuss the fifth attribute: Is it Time-bound? Now, if you defined your goal for a

resolution, then the time is probably going to default to about a year.

However, goals can be as short or as long as you want them. Now, you have to be

careful with the time. If the time is too short, you start wondering about

attribute three: Is it attainable? Can you realistically achieve that goal in the

time you've said? And if the time is too long, now we may be dealing with, Is it

still relevant? So, make sure you are setting the time appropriately.

Additionally, you need to break up periodically and have some milestones

defined within that time range, so that you can then go back and check the

measurements you defined in attribute two, the success criteria, and compare them to

the baselines you already have the measurements of, so that you can see if

you are making progress or do you need to take some corrective action. So that's

it folks, SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound.

And I'll direct you once again to the document on my website, www.MindThaw.com,

from the University of California's Office of the President, that goes into a

very deep explanation and worksheet of SMART goals. And I'd also ask you, while

you're here, go ahead and subscribe to this YouTube channel if you haven't

already done so!

For more infomation >> What Are SMART Goals? 5) Is the Goal Time-bound? & SMART Goals Summary (6/6) - Duration: 2:05.

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What Are SMART Goals? 2) Is the Goal Measurable? (3/6) - Duration: 1:33.

Hello! Eric Coy, *your* productivity expert. Here with today's Productivity Power-up.

Continuing my series on SMART goals, the second attribute I want to cover is, Is

it Measurable? Now, as one of the executives at my old company used to say,

"You can't manage what you can't measure." So, as you're defining your goal, you'll

need to define some success [stutter] criteria -- that way you can be able to

measure progress toward your goal. Additionally, if you're going to measure

something towards a goal, that means you need to have a baseline defined so that

you can have something to compare your progress to -- to see if you are actually

making progress or if you need to take some corrective action. Now, you can

define both qualitative and quantitative success criteria. However, it's highly

recommended that you define the qualitative criteria in correlation to

something that is quantitative so that you can have some hard and fast data. If

you want to know more about SMART goals, please check out the document from the

University of California's office of the President on my website,

www.MindThaw.com; and also, don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel if

you haven't already done so!

For more infomation >> What Are SMART Goals? 2) Is the Goal Measurable? (3/6) - Duration: 1:33.

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What Are SMART Goals? Overview (1/6) - Duration: 2:10.

Hello, Eric Coy, *your* productivity expert. Here with today's Productivity Power-up.

Even though it's after the first of the year, it's not too late to set some New Year's

resolutions -- whether for personal or business reasons. According to StatisticBrain.com,

people who *explicitly* set New Year's resolutions are *10 times* more

likely to achieve them than those who do not explicitly set them. Now, "resolution"

is just a fancy word for "goal," so if you're going to define goals why not

make them SMART goals? For some of you this is old hat; but for those who don't

know, "SMART" is an acronym that defines five attributes of a goal that makes it

a good goal -- or one that is more likely to be achieved. In today's video, I'll

just highlight the different attributes; and then I'll go into further detail in

future videos. First, is the goal Specific? Second, is the goal Measurable? Third, is

the goal Attainable? Fourth, is the goal Relevant? And fifth, is the goal

Time-bound? If your goal has all of these attributes and is defined in this manner,

you have a greater chance of achieving it. Now, for those who want to go ahead

and -- read ahead -- The University of California's Office of the President has

an excellent document on SMART goals: Defining them and explaining them; and I

have a link to that on my website, www.MindThaw.com, under Resources, so check

that out! But while you're here, go ahead and subscribe to this channel!

For more infomation >> What Are SMART Goals? Overview (1/6) - Duration: 2:10.

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What Are SMART Goals? 1) Is the Goal Specific? (2/6) - Duration: 1:29.

Howdy! Eric Coy, *your* productivity expert. Here with today's Productivity Power-up.

Continuing the video series on SMART goals, I want to start with the first

attribute of a SMART goal: Is it Specific? Is your goal defined in a general,

nebulous manner; or is it defined with details that you can see, hear, touch,

taste, feel, smell? The more detailed and the more Specific your goal is, the

greater chance of achieving it because you can already visualize yourself

having achieved it. For example, is your goal of a nature like, "I want to raise

the employee satisfaction"? Or is it defined in terms of, "I want to increase

employee satisfaction by five points come the next employee satisfaction

survey, and I want to be able to use both monetary and [stutter] non-monetary

rewards"? Now see, that last goal is much more Specific and has a greater chance

of being achieved.

Check out the document from the University of California's Office of the

President on my website, www.MindThaw.com. Oh, and don't forget to subscribe to this

YouTube channel.

For more infomation >> What Are SMART Goals? 1) Is the Goal Specific? (2/6) - Duration: 1:29.

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What Are SMART Goals? 4) Is the Goal Relevant? (5/6) - Duration: 1:15.

Hello again! Eric Coy, *your* productivity expert. Here with today's Productivity

Power-up. I'm continuing my series on SMART goals, and today, I want to discuss

attribute number four: Is it Relevant? Now, relevance means is it linked to some

other strategic, or corporate, or even some other personal goal? Or is this a

one-off goal? Not that a one-off goal is bad; however, you have a greater chance of

achieving the goal if it is linked to something else that is also of

importance. So, look and see how you can make this goal tie into something else

that is also important to you -- or to your company. For more information on SMART

goals, check out the document on my website --

under Resources -- from The University of California's Office of the President. And

the website is www.MindThaw.com. Hey, and while you're here, go ahead and subscribe to

this channel so you'll get more productivity tips!

For more infomation >> What Are SMART Goals? 4) Is the Goal Relevant? (5/6) - Duration: 1:15.

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What Are SMART Goals? 3) Is the Goal Attainable? (4/6) - Duration: 1:19.

Greetings, everyone! Eric Coy, *your* productivity expert. Here with today's

Productivity Power-up. Continuing my series on SMART goals, today I want to

discuss attribute number three: Is it Attainable? Do you have all the resources

to realistically achieve your goal? If not, then you're just setting yourself up

for failure and not for success. So, do you have all the time, money, people,

skills and other resources and attributes necessary to achieve this

goal? If you don't, then perhaps this goal should be tabled; and maybe you need to

create a goal that concerns obtaining the necessary resources, and then come

back to the original goal. If you want to check out the other details of SMART

goals, look at the document on my website from the University of California - Office

of the President, under Resources. And that website is www.MindThaw.com. And I'd really

appreciate it if you'd go ahead and subscribe to this YouTube channel!