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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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Script to eject usb disk from task scheduler on Synology nas?

I would like to be able to eject a certain disk from the task scheduler. I can find out which disk I want to eject with the lsusb -ciu command. If for example I want to eject disk 5-1.2, how could I ...
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iTunes on Mac: How to use an external music library on a NAS (Windows share)?

I have a large music collection of mp3-encoded CDs stored on a NAS (Windows share). I can access the drive via SMB on the Mac. I'd like to change my default iTunes music library without importing the ...
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How to set up git in NAS Server (git, ssh, busybox)

I'm trying to set up git using my Synology DS212J NAS Server. I've been following these instructions: https://www.wonko.de/2011/01/set-up-git-on-synology-nas.html But I am very much a beginner with ...
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How do I mass relocate the iTunes library?

I have all the files in my iTunes library sitting on a NAS. It is accessed via a Windows share. I've changed my NAS last week and the new one exposes the data via a differently named share. For ...
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trusting files on my NAS in XP

I have a commercial Network Addressable Storage (NAS) that I use as a file storage location with multiple computers and operating systems. I prefer to get to it by its IP address rather than set it up ...
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Is there a NAS that can act as a "simple", "dumb" USB Drive? [closed]

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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How do you remove a hard drive's GPT Protective Partition without compromising its functionality?

I recently bought an Iomega NAS drive but I want to install my own operating system on it. I connected the hard drive to my computer with a SATA to USB casing but under disk management it says it is a ...
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How can I perform copy/move file operations while ensuring data integrity?

I've got a huge amount of family photos stored on a NAS drive that I would like to move to my Windows computer, edit, and then move back for archival purposes. However, I'm a bit paranoid about data ...
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Sharing iTunes Library Between Mac & PC Via A NAS

I'd be really grateful if anyone can help me with this, I spent literally days trawling the net before I came across this site, which seems to have very knowledgable people! So, the problem is: ...
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Folder Size 18.7gb but Size on disk 1.33TB - why/how could this have happened? Synology DS212 NAS RAID

To start - I am way out of my comfort zone trying to fix this problem but I am not sure what else to do! We have (2) 3TB hard drives in a Synology DS212 NAS RAID and are constantly running into ...
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Is iSCSI good for my situation?

I want to setup a file server for my own personal use. It will be accessed from a simple home network by about 5 computers, mixed between Linux (Ubuntu, usually) and Windows. I plan on using FreeNAS ...
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Is it possible to have a wireless in-house NAS with wireless data transfer rates of equivalent to SATA speeds?

Basically I would like to know, if it is possible to set up an NAS in my house to be accessed wirelessly, that can reach equivalent real-life data transfer speeds to USB 3.0 or an internal SATA hard ...
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Error on Install DiskStation Manager (DSM) with Synology, forward port 23

I just got this error when trying to install my new Synology DS920+ on my local network: An error occurred during installation. The telnet service of Synology NAS is turned on for error determination....
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Can I safely stop and disable the "pkgctl-SynoFinder" service on DSM7?

Index files are still created on my Synology DSM7 although the pkg-SynoFinder-fileindexd service is disabled and not running : $ systemctl status pkg-SynoFinder-fileindexd ● pkg-SynoFinder-fileindexd....
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Swapping disks with a higher capacity in a NAS

I have a Synology NAS with 3x 3TB in Raid 1. One of the disks is in failure mode and the other one is "not happy" (a few smart errors appeared and disappeared). I am replacing the disk that ...
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Windows 11 cannot connect to network shares (SMB) on my NAS

For a few weeks, I cannot connect anymore from my Windows 11 PC to shared folders on my Synology NAS. The PC and the NAS are both on the same network, with static IPs. I can ping and traceroute to the ...
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How to manage large HDD storage, integrity of data,

I'm currently running personal NAS storage. I'm not professional in computers and I'm just using copy-paste to do backup. (no raid or something like that) I have 8TB * 8 seagate archive drive. 4 ...
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network drive mounts itself multiple times (win10, synology NAS)

I have a strange problem. One of my network drives is mounted multiple times to different drive-letters, from time to time. I have 3 network drives (git,home,common) mounted to (git)X:,(home)Y: and (...
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Can I share a hard drive both over USB and SMB?

The answer to this is likely "It is not possible.", and from what I know about filesystems and storage, I would say the same thing. But, I thought I would try the great wisdom of SuperUser: I'm ...
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RAID 5/10 setup

I am trying to setup a personal media server. I am thinking of working with RAID 5 or 10 ( I haven't decided yet). So my questions are What would be a recommended RAID setup? I don't need anything ...
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What happens in a raid (5) when one drive or more gets a bad sector?

A very simple question that I couldn't find a clear simple answer on anywhere online! I have a RAID 5 in a NAS box of 4 physical hard drives and two of them are now reporting a few bad sectors. I ...
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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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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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Wireless Network Slower than expected

I have a Belkin N600 dual band router. On the network typically are my PC, 2 iPhones & 2 PS3's. At times there can be another PC and a couple of laptops. I have configured the router so that the ...
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Cloud Storage Map to Network Drive [closed]

I've been trying to find a cloud storage provider that can provide direct access as a mapped network drive. Are there any cloud storage providers that allow you to map a network drive over a protocol ...
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DiskStation: OpenVPN TLS Handshake error (self-signed cert & defaults)

I have a DS 1813+ (DSM 5 4493 Update 1 - latest) and am having issues setting up OpenVPN: DS' 3rd interface is directly connected on a static IP, with the DS firewall set to only allow the VPN app on ...
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Does anyone have experience recovering the files from a Promise NS4300 server disk?

I have a Promise NS4300 server which contains 285Gb of user files. The windows protocol died so we could no longer access the hard drive (1 drive, no RAID). The support suggestions from Promise didn't ...
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Upload\Download speeds NAS

Any ideas why when you download ANYTHING from ANYWHERE on the Internet, most of the time you can download at your max DOWNLOAD speeds (because YOU are the CLIENT and where you're downloading from is ...
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