Network-attached storage (NAS) is file-level computer data storage connected to a computer network providing data access to heterogeneous clients.
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Can I “move” a folder between two shares on a Netgear ReadyNAS without copying?
I have a private folder on my ReadyNAS. It's not technically a share, since it's the user folder of my ReadyNAS user. In this folder I have about a terabyte of video that I want to move to a share ...
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Auto backup photos to network drive
My wife's ultrabook is getting full of pictures. I have a NAS that all our pictures are on. What I want to do is store EVERY picture on the NAS (easy) but keep all the photos from the last 12 months ...
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Use Qemu & chroot to reset password on mounted external disk
I have a NAS based on Linux, but the root password is kept secret by the manufacturer.
Now to reset the password I am trying to mount the disk to my local linux computer. All of the files are present ...
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Software Which Enables Checking Folders In And Out [closed]
It will be easier if I explain what I would use it for than explaining what it does.
I am part of a student television and we have several editing pcs. At the moment the structure we have with all ...
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Can't connect from outside of my LAN
I am running a Debian Squeeze linux server on my Dlink DNS-320 NAS. I signed up for a DNS service, so I could access it from anywhere. I installed lighttpd, and created a very simple page to test. To ...
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How to mirror multiple sources to a single destination?
I have multiple 2-3TB drives inside and connected to my working PC. The data I want to backup on each system lies in the folder "digitalized" (photos, time-lapse, etc).
I have a NAS (PC with 8 drives ...
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How can I turn my current PC into a NAS device without losing the PC
Basically I want to know if there is a proper way that I can take my current desktop PC (custom built) and add 2 additional hard drives and have these 2 drives act as a NAS backup with raid, while ...
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Move Synology packages and ipkg applications to another volume
I have just had a harddrive failing in RAID1 on my Synology DS412+, and since the drive is not available for replacement, I have upgraded to 3x 3TB plus one old 1TB (the one left in the old array). ...
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Ready-to-deploy low-power Linux server distribution wanted [closed]
I know, the question is quite generic, so I will try to go into details.
Recently, my old neighbour, computer enthusiast, with whom I had so many great talks, upgraded his rigs, and asked me if I ...
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Setting up a Networked External Drive with different filesystems
everybody and thank you for taking the time to read this. I have an external hard drive with partitions for Time Machine (HFS+), Linux storage (Ext4), Swap Storage (Fat32), and Windows Storage (NTFS). ...
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Micro-PC as USB NAS [closed]
I am thinking of trying a Micro-PC such as MK802 III as a USB NAS.
Is that a good idea?
Do USB hubs generally work with Micro-PCs?
I do need a LAN port, and I see many of these do not have it. ...
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Spikes in network usage from a Windows 7 to NAS device on port 445
I notice network traffic spikes on my LAN from time to time. I was able to use the Resource and Performance Monitor tool in Windows 7 64-bit edition to determine it was "System" image using various ...
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Mount shared drive on Mac
I have currently added a shared drive to my "load at login" window for my user.
Now this does automatically mount the drive when logging in however it also immediately loads up a finder window with ...
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Wi-Fi router with USB NAS [closed]
I want a Wi-Fi router with USB NAS (The idea is that I can connect my USB drives and then have them in my LAN).
It seems it is not so straightforward.
When there is a USB in the router, it is not ...
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Hard drive reliability: what are the indicators [closed]
I'm looking to buy a 1TB or 2TB hard drive (actually 2 of them) for a Home NAS.
Reading several comments online about failing drives within a year after purchase, I'm obviously trying to avoid this.
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Virtual Filesystem that hides file location and moves items around
I have a media box and a NAS. At the moment I would like to have most of the videos that I would like to watch on the media box. [For performance reasons] All of the other videos I would like to ...
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Recording CCI-flagged content with CableCARD tuner to NAS drive
Has anyone been able to record CCI 0x02 programming to a NAS drive with a CableCARD tuner, like Ceton's InfiniTV or the Hauppauge WinTV DCR-2650? And have any ARGUS TV or PseudoTV deployments with ...
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Freecom NAS drive keeps going off the network
I have a Freecom network drive 500 GB which I use for backups over the network. However, it seems to go offline and has to be turned off and turned back on. Any ideas how to fix this?
The drive is: ...
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What is the solution for my home office network? [closed]
I'm building my home office and I have some doubts about how to structure my network. I made some draws to illustrate different solutions for my case and I wan't to know wich one is the best.
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Providing a torrent with Zyxel NSA320
I have a Zyxel NSA320 that is capable of downloading files with the BitTorrent protocol. Torrents are a possibility to spread the file server. Each node feeds the torrent so the server load is ...
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One hard drive local to one computer but connected to server
I would like to have one dedicated hard drive for my files (but not OS installation) at my home computer, and I would like to make those files available anywhere via a file server. I want fast file ...
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Photos are gone. File structure and thumbs remain
We use a Buffalo NAS at our office. yesterday someone noticed that the file full of folders was missing the images. The Folder structure remains and some random pictures remain but most folders just ...
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Transfer files between two NAS units on same network
So I have two Seagate BlackArmor 400 NAS units and I want to transfer a lot of files from one to the other.
I can access both through a browser GUI and also are the shares I want to transfer between ...
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software RAID in Linux - system partition on a separate drive?
I'd like to build a cheap NAS with two drives in RAID1 configuration using Linux software RAID. What are the pros and cons of having a separate system drive? My main concern is reliability of the ...
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Is it a good idea to work directly on WebDAV shares on a Synology NAS over the Internet? [closed]
I'd like to keep the files for my current development project on the NAS and be able to use any computer on the road to emacs the files remotely.
I don't care if it's slow (it actually seems to not ...
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“Vanilla” Cloud Storage to back up NAS
I'm looking for a way of backing up a NAS to the cloud. I don't want any sort of sync services as the workflow will be to back up my laptop to the NAS (something like Synology, as I like the web ...
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NAS Device not picking up after IP reset
I have this 3.5" Gigabit Lan Disk enclosure. I had to reset the IP address to its factory settings by depressing a button behind it for 15-20 seconds. Reason for the resetting was that the company ...
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adding disk in a Synology 2-bay drive
I got a Synology 2-bay NAS (DS213). Initially i added 1 3TB harddrive. It was configured with SHR (with no data protection). I have some data in it too.
Now got a new harddrive. Added it into the 2nd ...
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NAS and the Command Prompt
I have a Seagate GoFlex NAS drive. I keep my iTunes folder there. Windows has a map from "\GOFLEX_HOME\GoFlex Home Public" to X: This all works fine. From Window's Explorer I can drag and drop files ...
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How to set up a home NAS and share it online?
My family lives in 3 different countries in Europe. We've all got decent Internet connections, but we're struggling with sharing files (documents, photos and home movies, and music).
I'm dreaming of ...
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Painfully slow transfer speeds on Synology DiskStation DS412+ NAS?
I've just bought a Synology DiskStation DS412+ and put 2 x 3TB Western Digital Red drives in it, set up in RAID 0. It's currently plugged in to my gigabit Netgear switch.
I created a user with full ...
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RSS Reader/Downloader on a NAS
First, I'm no NAS-pro and I'm no Unix-pro. Second, I read the other RSS-downloader question, but rsstail is a C-source and tvrss is a GUI-program. I also checked out NetVibes, but I can't sort by ...
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.ssh/environment does not work on Synology dsm3.2. How to fix/debug?
I'm trying to set up git on Synology NAS via ssh.
I've created git user, set private key authentication and installed git package.
I can log in successfully using private keys and have git in /opt/bin ...
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How to share Twonky 7 library (running in NAS) over internet?
The problem:
I had funplug & Twonky Server 7 running on my Dlink DNS320 (guide: http://nas-tweaks.net/384/installation-of-twonky-server-7-on-nas-devices/)
Now I want to share my Twonky library ...
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Using my NAS on LAN hangs my Internet connection
I have made a lot of changes and even replaced hardware and I cannot get a good performance from my LAN/WAN setup. Basically I have a NAS and when anyone at home uses it, my Internet connection gets ...
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Is there a NAS that can act as a “simple”, “dumb” USB Drive?
I have a satellite video reciever that can store (save) movies on an attched USB hard disk (FAT32 or NTFS). I there an NAS-System out there that can act as a dumb hard disk attached via USB towards ...
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Problems mapping network drive in Windows 8
I recently bought a NAS drive (My Book Live), and it's working great from my iPad, Windows 7 PCs, and OSX, but I have a problem on Windows 8.
Each time I map a network drive I'm prompted for a ...
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I want to set up a NAS across 3 different computers 2 with internet and 1 without internet [duplicate]
I have 3 computers, 2 laptops (both connected to the internet) and a desktop (my music computer, NOT connected to the internet). I want to set up a NAS (network attached storage) on the router. So ...
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WD RED - are HDD's designed for NAS another hype? [closed]
When I assembled my current system two years ago, I bought a Crucial M4 128 GB SSD, which was truly worth its price and I bought a Samsung EcoGreen 2 TB HDD, primarily for storing large media data ...
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What is the best use of 4-8 250GB laptop drives? NAS?
Over the last few years I've collected a bunch of SATA laptop hard drives. Most all of them are 250GB. I'm looking for an easy way to turn them into a NAS? Ideas?
Thanks!
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NAS repeatedly disconnecting
This situation has been driving me crazy for weeks, and I haven't had any luck finding a suitable solution on the internet in general, so I hope someone on these forums will have experienced this ...
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Creating symbolic link in windows 7 from NAS device
We currently use Carbonite for our file back ups. I have an N.A.S. with a bunch of files on it that I would like Carbonite to back up in addition to the local files on the machine with the Carbonite ...
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Mapped drive won't let me login until I open a different folder in the same location
On my LAN I have a NAS drive. A folder is mapped to my PC.
Every so often, when I click on my mapped drive I get the error message
\location is not accessible. You might not have permission to ...
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Upgrade Synology 111 with 3 TB drive - Allocate more than 2TB
I'm currently trying to upgrade a colleague's NAS, a synology DS111 and got blocked trying to allocate all the space.
I managed to upgrade the drive by cloning the original 1 TB drive to the 3 TB ...
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Connecting to a remote drive
I am on windows 7. My synology NAS server is on my network as diskstation and I can run commands such as
ls //diskstation
from a command prompt ( using cygwin). My synology server has two ...
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Recover deleted file on network drive
it seems I've accidentally deleted some files from a network drive
(Western Digital NAS with proprietary OS, but probably Linux; used by 3 PCs with Windows XP and Windows 7).
Is there any way to ...
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Suggestion to connect my Passport to D-Link router (DIR-655 NAS)
I have a router with USB shareport support (NAS) however, sadly I found out it only supports the hard disks with an external power( obviously the router doesnt generate enough power) since my "My ...
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Restoring Windows 7 from a system image
I am asking now so when the time comes, I can restore from the image on my NAS drive drive.
I have Windows 7 Home Premium, and used the anytime upgrade to upgrade to Windows Professional, for the ...
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What happens with my encrypted files on Synology when it is stolen?
I have a Synology NAS. It has the possibility to encrypt folders. I have enabled it via the web interface. But one of the reasons for actually encrypting these files is that they should be protected ...
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Options for mounting a hard drive to lessen the chance of data loss?
I have a Raspberry Pi as my NAS machine with a USB external hard drive connected. When I remove the drive or power down the machine, I don't want to SSH to the computer (non-technical people will be ...
