2TB Iomega EZ Media and Backup NAS connection failure.

Hi,
Can someone please explain to me why my 2TB Iomega EZ Media and Backup with the newest firmware installed often suddenly cannot be approached anymore whatever I try. My desktop (W8.0) says “Cannot find networkpath “. Code: 0x80070035. IE. says “Cannot find server”. White and blue leds are on.
And after a few hours or sometimes days it reconnects again all by itself. What can I do, suggestions welcome.
Thanks,
Wil

Hi Andrew, Thank you for your response.
Does anybody else have access to the device that might be trying to log in? Have you enabled security on the device? If not, I would recommend enabling security and make sure that your device is secure by reading the following support article: Security Best Practices Guidelines
Nobody else has acces to the device. Security is enabled.
You might want to set up a static IP address as well: Configuring a static IP address
A static Ip address has been set up after installation, otherwise it won`t function.
If the problem persists, you can try to reset the network and user settings with the reset button on the back of the device. Press and hold the reset button for four seconds. Using the device reset button
This I will try.
OR
Reset the entire device using the Factory Reset from the web interface. This will erase all of your data, however.
This is only a last resort as the device is full with data.
You can also contact technical support to troubleshoot the issue further since you are still covered by the warranty.
This I will do if the problem persists.
Thanks a lot for your advice.
Wil

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Drawbacks:
1. Time Machine is not bootable, if your internal drive fails, you cannot access files or boot from TM directly from the dead computer.
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10. TM working premise is a backup of a users system and active working data, and NOT massive amounts of static data, yet most users never take this into consideration, making TM a high-risk locus of data “bloat”.
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1. TM is very easy to use either in automatic mode or in 1-click backups.
2. TM is a perfect novice level simplex backup single-layer security save against internal HD failure or corruption.
3. TM can easily provide a seamless no-gap policy of active data that is often not easily capable in HD clones or HD archives (only if the user is lazy is making data saves).
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Drawbacks:
1. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
2. Unless the user ritually copies working active data to HD external archives, then there is a time-gap of potential missing data; as such users must be proactive in archiving data that is being worked on or recently saved or created.
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4. Best-idealized 1st platform redundancy for data protection.
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Drawbacks:
1. HD clones can be incrementally updated to hourly or daily, however this is time consuming and HD clones are, often, a week or more old, in which case data between today and the most fresh HD clone can and would be lost (however this gap is filled by use of HD archives listed above or by a TM backup).
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1. HD clones are the best, quickest way to get back to 100% full operation in mere seconds.
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7. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
HD cloning software options:
1. SuperDuper HD cloning software APP (free)
2. Carbon Copy Cloner APP (will copy the recovery partition as well)
3. Disk utility HD bootable clone.
#4. Online archives
Drawbacks:
1. Subject to server failure or due to non-payment of your hosting account, it can be suspended.
2. Subject, due to lack of security on your part, to being attacked and hacked/erased.
Advantages:
1. In case of house fire, etc. your data is safe.
2. In travels, and propagating files to friends and likewise, a mere link by email is all that is needed and no large media needs to be sent across the net.
3. Online archives are the perfect and best-idealized 3rd platform redundancy for data protection.
4. Supremely useful in data isolation from backups and local archives in being online and offsite for long-distance security in isolation.
5. *Level-1.5 security of your vital data.
#5. DVD professional archival media
Drawbacks:
1. DVD single-layer disks are limited to 4.7Gigabytes of data.
2. DVD media are, given rough handling, prone to scratches and light-degradation if not stored correctly.
Advantages:
1. Archival DVD professional blank media is rated for in excess of 100+ years.
2. DVD is not subject to mechanical breakdown.
3. DVD archival media is not subject to ferromagnetic degradation.
4. DVD archival media correctly sleeved and stored is currently a supreme storage method of archiving vital data.
5. DVD media is once written and therefore free of data corruption if the write is correct.
6. DVD media is the perfect ideal for “freezing” and isolating old copies of data for reference in case newer generations of data become corrupted and an older copy is needed to revert to.
7. Best-idealized 4th platform redundancy for data protection.
8. *Level-3 (highest) security of your vital data.
[*Level-4 data security under development as once-written metallic plates and synthetic sapphire and likewise ultra-long-term data storage]
#6. Cloud based storage
Drawbacks:
1. Cloud storage can only be quasi-possessed.
2. No genuine true security and privacy of data.
3. Should never be considered for vital data storage or especially long-term.
4. *Level-0 security of your vital data.
Advantages:
1. Quick, easy and cheap storage location for simplex files for transfer to keep on hand and yet off the computer.
2. Easy source for small-file data sharing.
#7. Network attached storage (NAS) and JBOD storage
Drawbacks:
1. Subject to RAID failure and mass data corruption.
2. Expensive to set up initially.
3. Can be slower than USB, especially over WiFi.
4. Mechanically identical to USB HD backup in failure potential, higher failure however due to RAID and proprietary NAS enclosure failure.
Advantages:
1. Multiple computer access.
2. Always on and available.
3. Often has extensive media and application server functionality.
4. Massive capacity (also its drawback) with multi-bay NAS, perfect for full system backups on a larger scale.
5. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
JBOD (just a bunch of disks / drives) storage
Identical to NAS in form factor except drives are not networked or in any RAID array, rather best thought of as a single USB feed to multiple independent drives in a single powered large enclosure. Generally meaning a non-RAID architecture.
Drawbacks:
1. Subject to HD failure but not RAID failure and mass data corruption.
Advantages:
1. Simplex multi-drive independent setup for mass data storage.
2. Very inexpensive dual purpose HD storage / access point.
3. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
Bare hard drives and docks. The most reliable and cheapest method of hard drive data storage, archives, and redundancies
The best method for your data archives and redundancies, which is also the least expensive, the most reliable, and the most compact option is the purchase of naked hard drives and at least one USB 3.0 HD dock ($40 roughly).
While regarding Time Machine and your Macbook or desktop, your primary backup is best saved to a conventional USB (or Firewire / thunderbolt) hard drive inside an enclosure, the most important part of your data protection begins after your 1st / primary Time Machine / backup; and these are your secondary (most important) data storage devices, archives and their redundancies.
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Six terabytes of 2.5" HD pictured below in a very compact space.
Bare hard drives and docks have the lowest cost, the highest reliability, and take up the smallest storage space
Drawbacks:
1. Care and knowledge in general handling of naked hard drives (how not to shock a bare HD, and how to hold them properly). Not a genuine drawback.
Advantages:
1. By far the least expensive method of mass HD storage on a personal basis. Highest quality naked HD can be purchased in bulk very cheap.
2. Eliminates the horrible failure point of SATA bridges and interfaces between external drives and the computer.
3. Per square foot you can store more terabytes of data this way than any other.
4. Fast, easy, no fuss and most simplex method of data storage on hard drives.
Time Machine is a system backup, not a data backup
Important data you “don’t dare lose” should not be considered ultimately safe, or ideally stored (at the very least not as sole copy of same) on your Time Machine backup. Hourly and daily fluctuations of your system OS, applications, and software updates is the perfect focus for the simple user to conduct ‘click it and forget it’ backups of the entire system and files on the Macbook HD.
Bootable clones are the choice of professionals and others in that Time Machine cannot be booted from and requires a working HD to retrieve data from (meaning another computer). Your vital data needs to be and should be ‘frozen’ on some form of media storage, either in a clone, as an archived HD containing important files, or on DVD blank archival media.
A file that is backed up to Time Machine is unsafe in that if that file is deleted off the computer by accident or lost otherwise, that file will likewise vanish from Time Machine as it reflects changes on the internal computer HD/SSD.

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Hi,
I'm deciding which NAS to buy. I'm interested in Iomega EZ Media & Backup Center.
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I don't want to download the file, edit it, and then re-upload the edited file. Is too uncomfortable.
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Thinkin that maybe I'll access from a public pc and want to have the possibility to edit it directly.
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Hello aleb21
You would need to install LSM on every remote pc/workstation to be able to mount/map the shares for file editing.
You can install LenovoEMC Link on your iOS and Android mobile devices. The application is intended to allow you to open documents, however since the application functions the same as the web user interface it would be more for viewing documents not editing. To edit files/documents you would need to download the file, edit on the mobile device, then upload the updated file to the NAS.
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-Enter your NAS credentials created on the NAS or that are included in the invite email sent from the NAS.
-Once connected LSM's default is to auto-map/mount the shares that your user as access for to the remote computer. You can confirm this option by right clicking on the LSM system tray icon and make sure the "map drive letters" option is checked. You can also access the shares via the share tab in LSM, this will open an explorer/find window for you to navigate through the shares.
WebDAV is seperate from the web user interface (home page and content explorer). It would look similar to a basic FTP web interface when accessing via a browser. Just like the FTP protocol you could theoretically map the connection to explorer/finder remotely as a web/internet location with your external ip address. It should allow for remote editing.
For VPN, when accessing your cloud using LSM on a remote computer it would function like a VPN between your NAS and the remote computer. If you want to use a 3rd party VPN and not use personal cloud it should be possible, but may require your router or computer on the network to actually manage the VPN software.
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I have a back up of the folder 'iTunes Media' on a Nas (LaCie CloudBox).
I do a weekly update.
Everything is cool.
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What kind of trouble I may run into?
Where are the hidden catches?
What can go wrong, and how can i undo any mistake?
I also have an iTunes Match acccount.
Cheers
rudy

HI
Read this user tip Make and keep a backup of your iTunes library, and only stream from the cloud.
Problems? No hidden catches. Whilst streaming using match, you will need a wifi connection. You main worry is that if your NAS drives fails, you need to redownload your music from match but this could take time depending on how large your collection is. Personally I keep an additional backup of all my music as a matter of course.
Jim

Wrt320n + 1Gb/s iomega nas connection problem

I have a linksys wrt320n router and Iomega Home media drive 1GB storage (NAS). The problem after some time, about 30 min router loose internet connection (PPPoE via ADSL modem). NAS support 1Gb/s speed and connected using cat5e cable included with nas. If nas doesn't connected router works fine.
Other clients in network either wireless or 100Mb.
When I connected nas directly to my notebook (100Mb) it works fine.
I am not sure if this a problem with 1Gb/s connection or nas. Anyone experience similar problem? Is it possible to setup only 100Mb connection speed at router?
BTW, I have latest dd-wrt Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (05/31/10) big
was using mini version before, and original firmware with the same problems.
Thanks,
Eduard

oops, the nas is 1Tb of course.
I reverted to original firmware and lower transmission torrent number of peers. Looks like it works now.
Anyway it's strange that it hangs entire network. After it hangs I connected it to my notebook and watch wireshark.
It asks arp who is 192.168.1.1 constantly, even when I respond to it. And it doesn't ping.
Maybe it's a problem of NAS ethernet adapter. Or low number of files in ulimit. Will try to figure out.

Set up a media server and backup

I hope I picked the best community for maximum exposure to this set of questions:
I want to build a video distribution system. I have teh ability to send audio throughout the house and HD video via 2 CAT 6 in every room. From my research and being an Apple fan this is what I am thinking about doing. I am considering not using the CAT 6 for video and using wired or wireless connections at one of several locations to get video and other media.
Here is what I have: Airport Express (extender mode), Aiport Extreme, Netgear Gigabit switch feeding the wired locations. I have some older WD MyBooks connected via the network and a USB 500GB drive connected to the Airport Extreme for Time Machine backups - of just my MBP, not my wife's MBP.
1. Should I buy a Mac Mini to act as the media server for the house? I suspect I could have 4-5 locations at once demanding media via Apple TV or xBox 360 (via connect 360). I would like to not buy more than 1 Mac mini. I have considered stuff by Request Media and they are really expensive compared to the cost of one or even two mac minis.
2. I want to have all of the media stored on a RAID 1 network attached drive (or Firewire, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 whatever). I also want to be able to backup the computers in the house to this storage too. Possible? Lacie seems to have a good product, but, pricey.
3. I suppose I could put a large hard drive in the Mac Mini and store all the media there and use the RAID 1 system to back up all computers somehow. It seems Time Machine freaks out when more than one computer backs up to the same drive.   Is there a better way than Time Machine?
In essence I want to put together a system that supports media distribution via multiple streams via wired or wireless network connections to 3-4 locations simultaneously, backup everything, and store everything video and audio and I am looking for recommendations.
Thanks many!

tonydutt wrote:
1. Should I buy a Mac Mini to act as the media server for the house? I suspect I could have 4-5 locations at once demanding media via Apple TV or xBox 360 (via connect 360). I would like to not buy more than 1 Mac mini. I have considered stuff by Request Media and they are really expensive compared to the cost of one or even two mac minis.
As previously stated, iTunes libraries cannot be accessed
simultaneously by to different computers. This would pretty
much rule out having an Apple TV and other Mac(s) using
the same iTunes library at the same time. Unfortunately,
Apple TV needs iTunes for any local network streaming.
However, ther are other ATV type devices out there that can
access files directly on any network storage.
There are also other media apps (PLEX, XBMC,etc.) that
can simply be set up to link to network storage systems.
Personally, I am using XBMC on my Macs and all are
linked to media files that are located on HDD attached to
my Airport Extreme Base Station.
2. I want to have all of the media stored on a RAID 1 network attached drive (or Firewire, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 whatever). I also want to be able to backup the computers in the house to this storage too. Possible? Lacie seems to have a good product, but, pricey.
There are various options here. Something to consider, is
LaCie's Thunderbolt to SATA adapter:
http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10574.
You could then get one of OWC's RAID enclosures w/ SATA
interface and roll your own storage. Advantages of this approach
1. The RAIDs will be hardware RAID.
2. You could have two independed RAID systems attached
      for various reasons or puposes.
3. Higher speed disk interface vs. USB3.
4. You can also install highest speed HDD's available if
      desired.
5. If a a single disk drive goes belly-up, replacement is fast
      and easy.
6. Also, upgrading to larger drives is a matter of just swapping
     the HDD itself.
3. I suppose I could put a large hard drive in the Mac Mini and store all the media there and use the RAID 1 system to back up all computers somehow. It seems Time Machine freaks out when more than one computer backs up to the same drive.   Is there a better way than Time Machine?
With this sort of system, I would avoid putting data inside
and libraries inside the Mini. Should the HDD fail, your whole system
and data will be down. I would suggest get a Mini with a single
SSD drive with OSX and install Server on it. Being solid state,
it will in the long run be more reliable than a mechanical HDD.
Then put all data and libraries on external storage. If any of
the data/library drives fail, repair/replacement will be quick
and simple.
For your purpose, you don't need to by the "Server" model.
Just get either the base or next one up and just install the
server app on it.

2TB Iomega EZ Media and Backup NAS connection failure.

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