DNS-323 Network Storage

[samball]

Sorry to hijack the thread...but how to backup this NAS if I configure both drives to be on raid 0?

TIA!

 

[sigh]

Sorry to hijack the thread...but how to backup this NAS if I configure both drives to be on raid 0?

TIA!

Backup what? If you use RAID 0, both HDD are used. You have to backup to a 2nd NAS?

 

[lockweld]

Thank for replying. Is there promotion price for member?

Don't think there's any promotion for members, when i bought it at Challenger@Funan last Sat.

 

[ktee]

Thks. I changed the port to 60000. But i still couldnt access it (same error). Anybody can help? cheers.

Any help?

I even try dyndns to chg to a link like: xxx.kicks-ass.org and use port 8000. I still couldn't access the NAS, got connection time out message. I did port forwarded 8000. How ah?

 

[richneo]

Any help?

I even try dyndns to chg to a link like: xxx.kicks-ass.org and use port 8000. I still couldn't access the NAS, got connection time out message. I did port forwarded 8000. How ah?

check ur router manual or call ur router's tech support and ask them to teach u how to do port forwarding correctly

 

[sigh]

Any help?

I even try dyndns to chg to a link like: xxx.kicks-ass.org and use port 8000. I still couldn't access the NAS, got connection time out message. I did port forwarded 8000. How ah?

What router you using?
If you can ftp locally, you should be able to ftp globally.
As a test, you should put your NAS in the DMZ temporarily to see if it works.
Then check your routers firewall settings.

 

[ktee]

What router you using?
If you can ftp locally, you should be able to ftp globally.
As a test, you should put your NAS in the DMZ temporarily to see if it works.
Then check your routers firewall settings.

DI-524.

I can access 192.168.0.xxx but cant access the ip fr SH 222.xxx.xx.xxx in IE. I port forwarded TCP 8000 using virtual server and also allowed in firewall.

I shall try the DMZ method and rpt back again. Thks all.

 

[ktee]

Finally got it. I juz need to change http: to ftp: and it is done! It is a ftp server not a webserver....

Thks for all who help.

update:

Can access at home but not in office! any way out? thks

 

[lowend]

Finally got it. I juz need to change http: to ftp: and it is done! It is a ftp server not a webserver....

Thks for all who help.

update:

Can access at home but not in office! any way out? thks

your office blocking port 21 or 22? My company however allows 443 so I use that port.

 

[Diavonex]

Sorry to hijack the thread...but how to backup this NAS if I configure both drives to be on raid 0?

TIA!

You should give Acronis 11 a try.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/trueimage/

 

[samball]

You should give Acronis 11 a try.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/trueimage/

Thanks. I've been using Acronis for quite some time now.

Maybe I should explain what my question really refers to.

I have more than 700Gig of data that I plan to put in dns-323 in raid 0 config so I have enough space for all my files. But I also need redundancy - so what backup strategy do you guys recommend? Get a second dns-323? or can I utilise the usb port to connect to a 2-bay external drives and do a scheduled backup?

 

[sigh]

Thanks. I've been using Acronis for quite some time now.

Maybe I should explain what my question really refers to.

I have more than 700Gig of data that I plan to put in dns-323 in raid 0 config so I have enough space for all my files. But I also need redundancy - so what backup strategy do you guys recommend? Get a second dns-323? or can I utilise the usb port to connect to a 2-bay external drives and do a scheduled backup?

USB port not meant for external storage, although there are workaround to make it work.
My suggestion is to get 2 NAS, 1 for main, 1 for backup. You should be able to configure NAS 2 to copy from NAS one periodically. Then no need to have PC running.

I also advised against running RAID0. There is little performance benefit as the bottleneck is in your network. Failure on 1 disk will kill all your data. In the end I kept it as separate drives.

 

[samball]

USB port not meant for external storage, although there are workaround to make it work.
My suggestion is to get 2 NAS, 1 for main, 1 for backup. You should be able to configure NAS 2 to copy from NAS one periodically. Then no need to have PC running.

I also advised against running RAID0. There is little performance benefit as the bottleneck is in your network. Failure on 1 disk will kill all your data. In the end I kept it as separate drives.

If this is the case, your advise would be RAID1 for each NAS? Does 323 have standard application to do nas to nas backup?

In d-link website it states that 323 supports any size of hard drives. Can anybody verify this or has anybody tried big size like 2x1TB config?

 

[richneo]

yes from forums overseas, seagate, hitachi and etc 1TB hdd has been tried and works

 

[tan_b_t]

Under RAID 1 scenario, what if the DNS 323 itself fails but both hard disk are fine ? Can my WIndows PC still gain access to the ext2/3 files?

Thinking of geting a set but concerned abt the RAID/NAS hardware failure itself and not the drives.

Might also consider not using RAID 1 but rsync?

http://forum.dsmg600.info/t1150-Tutorial:-Backup-Everything-from-once-night.html

In this case, you are less susceptible to failure from the DNS 323 as you can plug in the drives as per normal and read using linux, even if the DNS 323 is spoilt. But you increase the risk of data loss due to HDD failure before synchronization, which you can minimize by setting a shorter time interval in between sync.

 

[sigh]

If this is the case, your advise would be RAID1 for each NAS? Does 323 have standard application to do nas to nas backup?

In d-link website it states that 323 supports any size of hard drives. Can anybody verify this or has anybody tried big size like 2x1TB config?

No, I suggest the standard individual disk setup, neither JBOD, RAID-0 or RAID-1.

Then use schedule download to copy from Disk A to Disk B within the same NAS. This will not impact your LAN and easier to setup. Out of 1TB, only at most 30GB I consider as critical to have such a backup.

A better option will be use scripts to copy from NAS 1 to NAS 2, but that will require some tweaking and also lull time in your LAN.

 

[richneo]

dns-323 has scheduled downloads

u can set ftp in nas 1 and den scheduled download in nas 2 to download at a scheduled timing from nas 1

 

[quekky]

scheduled ftp will be copying everything from nas1 to nas2

rsync will only copy the difference, moreover will del the files that is not in nas1

 

[richneo]

scheduled ftp will be copying everything from nas1 to nas2

rsync will only copy the difference, moreover will del the files that is not in nas1

dns-323 has rsync?

sorry i noob i oni have 1 dns-323

 

[PatchAdam]

dns-323 has rsync?

sorry i noob i oni have 1 dns-323

time for u to get another one!