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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Windows 11 Can't Find NAS
I have a NAS at home - built with a Raspberry Pi and a spare 2TB HDD using the openmediavault package.
Until today I could see it fine as a network drive on my home network using my Windows 11 PC (...
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Hard drive makes a lot of crackling noises when searching through a large folder and buzzes when I am afk
I have a WD Red Pro 4TB HDD. Bought it about 3 months ago.
When I open a folder with a lot of files it starts crackling, I guess it's caused by the drive reading, but I haven't had any file misreads ...
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Synology NAS Mapped Drive not Available Until Accessed by User
I am using Synology Assistant to map a Synology NAS to my Windows Server 2019. The issue I am facing is that the drive is inaccessible to my backup scripts after a reboot until I log in myself and ...
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Debug slow home network
I don't know how to approach this problem. The TL;DR is that my internal home network is "slow". Here is the setup:
I live in the UK. I have a Sky ER115 router
Directly plugged into the ...
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Connecting to NAS server on different subnet at home
Attached you will find diagram of my home network + tracert. Please review before reading below, to help with context.
I have two routers. One has my NAS server and regular daily traffic. The second ...
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Does RAID5 need synchronization all the time?
I have a TS-453D NAS with 4x10TB HDD disks. I have reinstalled it from scratch - it never asks me to format the disks though - but when I created the Storage Pool as a RAID5 it started to sync "...
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Task Scheduler running a Program incorrectly
I have created a python exe that copies data from a NAS to a external HDD.
This is on a Windows sever 2012 and the NAS and External is accessible to use. Also using the user account with full admin ...
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How to easily access data on ZFS drive connected directly to Windows PC in case of NAS failure? [duplicate]
I am aware of the question Access a ZFS volume in Windows?. However it is 12 years old. There are some newer answers, however, they are not really clear.
I am setting up TrueNAS on an old PC for a ...
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QNAP - When reday?
I have transferred 450 GB with tons of small files to my QNAP NAS TS-231k. It is now working for 2 days continuously.
How can I see what QNAP is doing?
Is there a way to see when the process is ready?...
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Seagate Central NAS Drive corrupted / Not Mounting Shares
Good Morning,
I have a Seagate Central NAS Drive that has been running fine for years but has suddenly stopped working correctly. It will power up and is available on the network but is showing no ...
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NAS running trueNAS core with direct link to PC
I have a nas running trueNAS core and a pc running windows. My goal is to connect these two together with 2.5 gigabit ethernet. My idea was to use 1 gigabit ethernet from both devices to a switch that ...
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Unmanaged switch in home network?
I have some knowledge but here I'm stuck and don't know how is going to work or if is possible !!??
I'm using an Asus NAS with 2.5Gb port and thinking of having high speed connection between NAS and ...
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Synology UPnP configuration
I am trying to set up a home network using a TP-Link Archer AX55 router to bridge the provider modem Comtrend GRG-4280us.
I have a Synology NAS DS1019+ at home and I am attempting to configure it on ...
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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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External access to NAS behind router - security concerns?
Consider this scenario:
My parents* have a Fritzbox router, probably 10 years old, which offers to attach a USB drive and set it up as a NAS, which I have done for them, so far, only with internal (...
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Recover missing data from failed HDD in LVM2
I have a raspberry Pi 4 NAS with 4 externals HDDs connected to it, which are formatted using LVM2, and OpenMediaVault installed on the RP4. After moving to a new apartment, I tried restarting the NAS ...
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Pasting does not work in Network share
i have a weird problem on my Ubuntu 20.04.1 Notebook. I can write in shares from my server but i can't paste. That means i can create a new folder or file but the paste button with right-click is ...
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can i passthrough data from port 9001 to port 443 and viceversa?
im trying to connect my nas to the network. the problem is that i choose to create my nas with nextcloud running on Trunenas Scale running on Proxmox. the truenas-proxmox part is fine, each one has ...
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How can I share a windows network drive to another computer which is in a different network?
I have a computer (Computer 1) which is in a different subnet than the Network Server. Computer 1 should be able to map a network drive on that server.
There is another computer (Computer 2) which has ...
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Do resting hard drives age? (newly bought, NO DATA) [duplicate]
Consider this:
I buy a little NAS, e.g. some Synology with 4 bays, put 4 CMR drives in it, configure it for RAID-5 for covering the case of one failing drive, and let it do its merry business running.
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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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How do I change 2 disks using SHR(With data protection for 1-drive fault tolerance) to 2 disks without data protection & data remained on 1:st disk?
I'm using an old Synology ds213j with two disks using SHR(With data protection for 1-drive fault tolerance)
Initially I had one disk using SHR and when I added the second disk it automatically set it ...
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How do I use an OpenVPN connection to load the DSM in a Synology NAS from an external location?
I have installed the VPN server (OpenVPN) on a Synology NAS running DSM (DiskStation Manager) 7.1.1. I have installed the OpenVPN client on Windows 11. I successfully connect to the VPN Server. How do ...
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Program Access Denied Error with firewall allowance on a mapped Drive
I'm using a Daw(Native Instruments)
I want to offload the large library files to my NAS (TrueNAS core).
I have access to the NAS via a mapped drive NAS Access.
When I browse to the directory I'm ...
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Unable to log into Synology NAS using ssh
I have enabled SSH service on my Synology NAS and changed the port number as recommended in many articles online.
Until recently I was able to log into it without any issues but now (over the past ...
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simple but annoying issue with setting up a switch that is NOT connected to a router
Having an issue connecting my Windows 10 PC to two NAS devices through a TP link SG108S switch while simultaneously maintaining an Internet connection via WIFI.
My PC is connected to the Internet via ...
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Does multi storage pools make sense to avoid more damage from a bad disk?
I am a beginner of NAS(and its hardwares), and I get some basic knowledge about RAID from Synology's guidebook. There are many tutorials taught me how to use my hard drive devices to create the ...
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exFAT USB router sharing
I wish to plug in an USB drive to my router and be able to share the content across all connected devices.
The issue I have is that the drive is not seen and I think it's because the file system is ...
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What's a safe network file system protocol that I can expose to the public internet?
I have a home DIY NAS (Debian) that I occasionally use from remote devices. The NAS has an SMB file server and currently I access it remotely by using SSH (private key encryption) and SSH port ...
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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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FTPS conncetion to Fritzbox NAS fails - due to EPSV / PAS port change?
I am using my FRITZ!Box 3490 with a connected USB HDD as a NAS server. I have configured a certain port (32753) for FTP communication. To ensure a static static servername (u**********u.myfritz.net), ...
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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.
DLNA NAS is ...
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Synology NAS DSM: SSH client to backup/rsync a REMOTE server locally
Scenario:
a remote Linux webserver (Ubuntu 22.04)
a local Synology DS220+ with DSM 7.1
I would like to use the Synology to access the remote server via SSH to rsync the server data locally. The ...
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Windows cant connect to Synology NAS on local network
This used to work last year. Mid-last year, after an update it stopped working. I tracked it down to Enable NTVLMv1 authentication which had been unticked by an update. I ticked it and everything ...
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Remote Synology NAS Box, keeps dropping out
The Remote Synology NAS box seems to disappear every time its restarts or updates. And I cannot connect to it for weeks.
The remote VPNs into the local one (server with a static IP address)
When it ...
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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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ECC ram for long term storage, is it relevant?
I've been a musician composer for over 15 years, and I have to manage a growing body of works, in .wav format, and I would like to be able to find the best way to archive them while still being able ...
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file transfer OMV drops to zero
I have a Raspberry Pi with omv setup. The issue is that on my 16 TB hard drive if I upload from my computer to the network folder it will drop to 0kb and then I temporarily lose connection to my NAS ...
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Missing folders make my Windows 10 system hang
I have been recently facing some issues with my local Terramaster NAS and after a long struggle I ended up buying a Synology NAS as a replacement.
I used the NAS for sharing files in my home network ...
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How to get new hard drives into a QNAP NAS and transfer the old data from static volume
I want to make sure this plan works.
Existing setup: 2-bay QNAS NAS drive containing two 1TB drives. No RAID. One drive is a "Static Volume" and one is a "Legacy Volume" (from an ...
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Can I connect to a device thats connected to another vpn?
i have a Unifi USG-3P, with a L2TP VPN Server setup where i connect to access my local devices
I also have a Synology NAS, this NAS connects to ExpressVPN via OpenVPN and allows to be set as a gateway ...
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Linux networking using macvlan interfaces
This setup is working for my needs but I don't understand it which concerns me e.g I assume it's possible a system update could break this functionality and if I don't properly understand then how can ...
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Is it possible to run a Tor relay or proxy on a Synology NAS with low RAM?
When I recently bought a NAS for backups and local media service, I also had in mind that this would be my chance to finally contribute my internet bandwidth to the Tor network. My thoughts were: I ...
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How to upgrade Samba on old NAS DNS-323
I have an old D-Link DNS-323 that doesn't have updates anymore.
I found a way to connect to it through Telnet so I can try to update it manually. Then I would compile the latest Samba version, but it ...
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One PC on network has very slow transfer speeds to NAS over wired ethernet
I have three Windows 10 PC's (two running 22H2 and one running 21H1) using Macrium Reflect 8.0 to backup images to a 48TB NAS (Using Truenas 12.0) built on a Supermicro CSE-826BE16. Both of the 22H2 ...
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NAS no longer mounting but FSTAB not changed
My Linux box is set up to automatically mount a NAS volume on startup. I did this by including the following line in the FSTAB file.
//192.168.1.106/Media/ /media/media cifs users,rw,username=****,...
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Mounting a drive from my Synology NAS to my Raspberry pi system (Retropie): No write rights?
I have a Synology NAS.
On this NAS, there's a group and a dedicated RetroPie user. Both the group and user have read and write rights on a specific shared drive that contains two sub-folders: roms/ ...
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Linux uses a wrong network interface than the intended one
I use an Odroid device with Debian 11 and kernel 6.1 as my NAS. I tried older kernel versions (5.10 and such) with no difference.
I recently connected a second network interface, so now I have got:
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