Questions tagged [nas]
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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Problems streaming media to Samsung TV from NAS, possibly due to DLNA issues
I have been experiencing problems with my IT-entertainment setup at home lately, and haven't managed to sort it out on my own. Basically I have the following setup:
an iMac desktop computer
a Drobo ...
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Recommend versioned backup solution for NAS at home
I have a Windows Home Server which I would like to backup to a secondary NAS located on the local network.
Requirements for the backup are as follows:
Some kind of control over backing-up a subset ...
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NFS mount on Mac OS X 10.6.8 - Problem with special characters such as "á"
On Snow Leopard, I used Disk Utility's "NFS Mount" feature to automatically mount a NFS shared folder from my Synology NAS.
Here are the Advanced Mount Parameters I used:
resvport,nolocks,locallocks,...
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Torrents not downloading on a QNAP TS209 NAS
I have a Linux-based NAS from QNAP, which comes with a built-in torrent downloader. I have never really had reason to moan until about three weeks ago, when it suddenly stopped downloading anything.
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Netgear ReadyNAS NVX noise level
I recently purchased a ReadyNAS NVX, a 4-drive NAS storage device. It is a nice, solidly built, small package, and generally is not too loud. Most other sounds drown it out, so I have it sitting out ...
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How to prevent WD MyBook Live Duo from going to sleep?
I have an issue of my WD MyBook Live Duo going into some kind of low power standby mode when it hasn't been accessed for awhile. When I try accessing the drive it takes a minute or two to become ...
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Extremely slow network directory subfolder listing from QNAP NAS in OS X
Having an issue where I have a folder on a QNAP NAS (TS-439P II+) with over 68,000 subfolders within it.
I can browse it quickly and almost instantaneously within Windows 7 via samba, however in OSX ...
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Can one make window server VM's use system RAM for file caching?
When using Windows Server 2019 as a virtual machine for serving files, is it possible to convince it to use system RAM for caching to improve performance? We're running several file servers on a box, ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS: cifs_mount failed w/return error -5
In my home network, I have a few very old hard drives in a NAS that I mount with the following fstab configuration:
//192.168.1.35/Volume_1 /mnt/Disk1 cifs _netdev,rw,guest,uid=128,iocharset=utf8,vers=...
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What does the total field indicate during an rsync?
I'm performing a backup of a Synology NAS to USB drives by doing an rsync in an SSH shell with the following command
rsync -rltv --delete --ignore-existing -O -P /volume5/Data/ /volumeUSB1/usbshare/
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How can I make Samba's vfs fruit work with large macOS extended attributes on a Linux kernel?
I have a macOS client (12.6.7) with APFS filesystem that supports large extended attributes (one attribute value being over 68 MB in a test).
I have a NAS server with Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 LTS with ...
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Slow wifi speeds and ethernet ports in house not working
I am brand new to networking and find it really interesting, but also very confusing. First of all, I have a Google Nest Wifi (one wan & lan port) with two wireless access points (doesn't support ...
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Owncloud - Access files locally on a network instead of sync client
I have a typical use case that I think a lot of people would have a similar situation but I cannot find a solution on the internet or even a discussion about it.
I have owncloud installed on a QNAP ...
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How to add an index on ASUSTOR NAS for filename searching?
I am looking for how to let my Mac (or PC) look into a folder on ASUSTOR NAS and then search for any file that has the word "Cat" in its filename, for example. (probably by SMB but other ...
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How to fix my FreeNAS?
I had a power interruption and my FreeNAS 9.2.1 install refuses to boot. I've watched the logs during loading and I get a few suspicious messages that seem to point to my auth configuration being ...
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Cannot access Synology NAS on Linux Kubuntu
I already tried to access the NAS with several different ways, but in the end, adding the NAS folder works, but for some reason, I can't access the NAS. When I enter the IP-Address for example in the ...
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RHEL7 - High CPU load when write to NAS
I do not understand, what is the reason for very high "load average" reported by top.
This is RHEL 7. The problem is repeatable. We have one remote NAS and when one user-space process start ...
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Restoring/Accessing Synology Raid 1
I was recently asked to try to restore the data from a raid on a synology NAS. The raid consists of 2 disks of 2TB in size. It is a raid 1.
From what I was told, One of the drives has failed and the ...
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Oculus Quest 2 unable to view DLNA source on network
My Quest 2 used to be able to view DLNA NAS sources on my local network. I think something on this new router I have is now preventing this.
Here’s the setup;
Quest 2 is on 5Ghz WiFi.
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Windows 10 SMB cannot connect to shares on my Synology NAS anymore
For years I have a Synology NAS running in my network for various uses and it is accessed by multiple devices. Recently, a package on the NAS was causing a slow performance, with the interface loading ...
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Synology NAS, Synology Drive Sync - won't synchronize between central office and remote location
Our company has Synology NAS (DS1517+) at central office. We have the NAS device (DS1618+) at remote location (production site). It used to be syncing before, but then synchronization has gone, on ...
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How to sync Synology to my AD Server?
I'm covering for our normal IT person so I need the answer to be explained in a way that doesn't assume I know much as I don't and am still learning/taking notes.
Right now no one can access our NAS ...
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What happens with Synology Drive backup tasks that are scheduled at a time where the computer is down?
I am using the Synology Drive Backup tasks, and I would like to switch to a daily backup instead of a continuous backup, in order to avoid constant network traffic when working on large files.
But ...
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ZFS write performance slow after scrub
My ZFS pool consists of 4 mirrors with 2 disks each (4TB, 6TB, 6TB, 6TB) and just recently one of the 6TB mirrors went into a degraded state which was fixed by using the scrub command (zpool scrub ...
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VS code is not showing any of my folders in a directory
I have multiple remote machines setup in my university lab and I use ssh to connect to them. But using vs code remote on windows I can't access any of my folders on my NAS. When I use VS code in Linux ...
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Bidirectional Hyper Backup between local and remote synology NAS
I'm trying to set up a system where my friend and I back up each other's files on our respective Synology NAS's. I followed this guide to set up a Hyper Backup task from a local Synology NAS to a ...
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Mount NTFS drive in Synology NAS via bay
I'm working in a situation where I specifically want to use one empty drive bay in my Synology NAS to mount a hard drive, copy the contents to the raid, and then remove the drive. However, the ...
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How to configure a gateway between a VPN and a local network?
In my application, I have a local network connected to the internet through a basic router.
192.168.0.0/24
basic router with DHCP (192.168.1.1)
Internet connection
IoT devices
Synology NAS (192....
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Synology client connecting to OpenVPN server?
I have setup an OpenVPN server on a Cloud VM using easy-rsa. To create my new client I ran this command:
./easyrsa sign-req client client
Then I used the default example to get the ovpn configuration:...
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Why am I getting 4x transfer speeds using SMB to NAS RAID when compared to the very poor FTP rate?
When transferring any size or amount of files to NAS RAID via FTP the transfer rate is abysmally slow at 3MB/s. When I transfer same files across a SMBv1 connection I can achieve 11.3MB/s. Given the ...
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Sharing MS Access dB for multi user edit
I need to share a MS Access database file between multiple PCs so they would be able to edit and view the other's edits in realtime.
I have no server to make a NAS and Windows File-Sharing service isn'...
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Can multiple 802.11n access points increase the amount of android devices capable of connecting to a NAS
I am trying to deploy a local wireless server using a synology DS720+ with two 120GB SSD's which can be accessed by anyone on the local network. The office space im deploying to has limited access to ...
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USB HUB on Synology NAS gets disconnected when moving files from one drive to another
I have purchased a USB hub (Atolla - USB 3.0 Hub with 4 ports) to connect several 3.5 in external drives to a Synology NAS (Synology DiskStation DS118 single bay NAS), all of them have their own ...
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Can access entire NAS, but can't map it as network drive
I can access my entire NAS via Windows Explorer (Samba), but I cannot map it as network drive. I must always map a particular share:
Is this a normal situation? Is there anything I can do about it?
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Moving or Copying files from one NAS to another while maintaining Timestamps
Some of our designers want to move some of their old files from our active Synology unit to an archive Synology unit using their windows machines. But it is imperative all the timestamps (created, ...
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Shucked WD Easystore works on PC but not on MyCLoud EX4100
I recently shucked a 14tb EasyStore from BestBuy and taped the third pin. This drive now shows up on my PC. When I plug it into a WD My Cloud EX4100, the LED indicator glows solid red.
The drive shows ...
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Western Digital MyCloud EX2 SLOW
My Western Digital MyCloud EX2 has become very slow. No recent changes to device or network.
Logging in to web interface often times out and if it logs on it takes a minute or more to load the main ...
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How to configure non-root user on Synology NAS?
I figured out how to login, just use ssh <username>@<ip> with appropriate password. However, when I login, it says:
Synology strongly advises you not to run commands as the root user, who ...
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How do I troubleshoot an LSI HBA card that is not recognized as a controller `storcli`?
first time posting in here, I hope I'm not off-topic.
I am trying to set up a Supermicro CSE-826 chassis, but with an ASRock J4005B-ITX board and an LSI SAS 9207-4i4e card instead of an officially ...
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Write cache on local Windows 10 machine for asynchronous transfer to NAS?
I have an application that generates a stream of data as a single file. The amount of generated data is variable, but in average wouldn't nearly saturate my network or NAS speeds. However, there can ...
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How to setup my WD EX2 NAS for remote access
I have recently bought a WD EX2 Ultra which is working fine in my local network. Now I want to set it up for remote access, so I can access it when I am not in my local network.
There is a way to ...
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Browser related display issue with Synology Docker
This is a new problem, but I have not checked this scenario in months so don't know when it might have started.
Synology DS-718+ (on local network)
DSM 6.2.4-25556
Docker 18.09.0-0519
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Port forwarding for MyCloud NAS Device
So I've got a MyCloud NAS device and I used to have port forwarding set up on an old router. I recently moved and have a new ISP so I'm unfamiliar with the jargon used by this one. I've got HTTP port ...
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DISM unable to capture a dir located on network disk
I am trying to capture an image with DISM, where the /capturedir path is located on a NAS mapped to Z: via net use in the same elevated command prompt that is running DISM (Z: works fine with any ...
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I can't see a VM running using Asustor NAS VirtualBox?
I am using Asustor NAS VistualBox to run a VM.
All the software is up to date. But when I start the VM, I saw the "Preview" of the VM, asking me to install it.
But this preview is like 100 ...
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Is SMB 1.0 Client vulnerable to the port 139 hack or is it just the server?
I have an old Buffalo NAS that only supports SMB 1.0. The recent forced upgrade to Windows 10 turned off SMB 1.0 support by default. So, now the Windows box can’t access the shares on the server.
I ...
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DSM unaccessible via browser since update to 6.2.3
Since I upgraded my DSM from version 4 to version 6.2.3, I can't access DSM interface via browser. I see my Syno (413J) in the Synology assistant and I can access my data via the finder.
Performed ...
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Transfer data to NAS synology from server located behind a VPN
Is it possible to configure a synology NAS to be able to transfer data (using ssh but other protocl are possible) from a server located behind a VPN. I've all the credentials to connect to the VPN and ...
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Can't externally access my home server on one phone
I've got a NAS server running with nginx, which I can successfully access from different devices and networks.
However, I cannot access the server with my main phone (using 4G). I don't get a response ...
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Testing LAN network speed
I have my home wired with CAT 5e (which I understand can support gigabit ethernet) connected using the ubiquiti devices (1 UniFi Security Gateway 3P, 1 network switch 8-60W and 2 access points - UniFi ...
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