NAS device suggestions ...

Hi,
I would like to have a NAS drive with gigabit ethernet to do my nightly backup. What are the best suggestions for this NAS ?
Thanks in advance.
Robert Lespérance

Robert,
I'm currently using an Netgear (former Infrant) ReadyNAS NV+ (http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/ReadyNASNVPlus.aspx)
Mine came with 2x 500 Gb SATA disks in a mirror (models vary), which I can later expand to a RAID5 set when I run out of disk space (can take 4 disks in total).
It's very silent and does it's job very well; all the info is online.
bram

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With the release of Windows 10 Technical Preview (build 9926), some users may encounter an error message of “The account is not authorized to login from this station” when trying to access remote files saved in NAS storage. In
addition, the following error log may also be found via Event Viewer:
Rejected an insecure guest logon.
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guest logons are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks that can expose sensitive data on the network. Windows disables insecure guest logons by default. Microsoft does not recommend enabling insecure guest logons.
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The error message is due to a change we made in Windows 10 Technical Preview (build 9926) which is related to security and remote file access that may affect you.
Previously, remote file access includes a way of connecting to a file server without a username and password, which was termed as “guest access”.
With guest access authentication, the user does not need to send a user name or password.
The security change is intended to address a weakness when using guest access. While the server may be fine not distinguishing among clients for files (and, you can imagine in the home scenario that it doesn’t
matter to you which of your family members is looking at the shared folder of pictures from your last vacation), this can actually put you at risk elsewhere. Without an account and password, the client doesn’t end up with a secure connection to the server.
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As a Windows Insider you’re seeing our work in progress; we’re sorry for any inconvenience it may have caused.
Suggestion:
You may see some workarounds (eg. making a registry change restores your ability to connect with guest access).
We do NOT recommend making that change as it leaves you vulnerable to the kinds of attacks this change was meant to protect you from.
The recommended solution is to add an explicit account and password on your NAS device, and use that for the connections. It is a one-time inconvenience,
but the long term benefits are worthwhile. If you are having trouble configuring your system, send us your feedback via the Feedback App and post your information here so we can document additional affected scenarios.
Alex Zhao
TechNet Community Support

Hi RPMM,
Homegroup works great in Windows 10 Technical Preview (9926 build), when I invited my Windows 10 Technical Preview (9926 build) joined in HomeGroup, I can access the shares smoothly:
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Alex Zhao
TechNet Community Support

NAS Storage Suggestion

I've got a small networked office (with a laptop and a desktop) and am hoping for suggestions for a reliable long term solution for an NAS storage device that I can connect to my Time Capsule via ethernet connection. I will be using this device to Time Machine backup my MacBookPro.
The 1TB Time Capsule backing up my 500 GB Mac Pro.
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Hello.
I'm having a difficult time copying photos from my library and then transferring them to my NAS device once I've edited my photos in iPhoto. It seems as though I can only transfer/move the iPhoto library file and not my actual photos. I use iPhoto 11 to edit photos and then would like to move those edited photos to my NAS device so I can view these photos on all my network computers. I have a new Macbook Pro Retina Display and my NAS device is a Synology ds212J. This device is a media server so I can view these photos on my tv and other connected devices. Does anyone know how I can accomplish the above? I'm new to the Mac environment and need some help with this problem. I'm sure there has to be a fix for this as it seems so seemless for my Windows computers to do the same.
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Think of it this way:
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Seashore (free)
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Acorn ($50 approx)
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Hi,
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When I upgraded to Win8 it kept the Win7 settings and it looked like it was just going to work, then as it came to create the system image it failed with error code 0x807800C5 and message "The version does not support this version of the file format".
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Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          13/01/2013 23:14:52
Event ID:      517
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:
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Computer:      Home-Laptop
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solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
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Source:        Windows Backup
Date:          13/01/2013 23:14:56
Event ID:      4104
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Home-Laptop
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Thanks willis! I will look into the iSCSI route. A quick Google search and I can see some mention of the NSA310 and iSCSI so maybe it does support it.
One question: Have you ever attempted to restore a system image from a NAS iSCSI device with a Win8 Restore Disk? Is it easy? I just want to be sure that it is possible to do so in case the worst happens and I need to restore the entire image onto a
new disk.
Hopefully Microsoft will fix the issue with the standard NAS setup with an update in the future, but I don't want to wait for it.
Thanks again,
Phil
Hi Phil, No I have not had to do this yet, but I see no reason why it shouldn't work as the iSCSI disk looks just like a regular hard disk to the OS. I agree that Microsoft should fix the direct NAS support as the iSCSI approach does have the downside
of dedicating a fixed chunk of your NAS drive to the iSCSI disk that you have to choose when you create the disk whereas the direct NAS just uses the actual space currently needed by the backup. Also I had some trouble getting authentication (access rights)
to work so I left the iSCSI portal as open access - which is OK for a home solution but not a good idea in general. I will revisit this for my own setup and see if I can get it working but just wanted to mention it in case you have the same issue. It manifests
itself as not being able to connect to the iSCSI portal due to failed authentication when running iSCSI initiator setup.
-willis

How to migrate File server to NAS device?

All right so here's the scenario.
An external forest level trust is setup between two forests A & B as recently as we acquired the company B.
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All software / firmware is up-to-date on all machines / devices.
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Multiple macs and iTunes library on NAS device

My iTunes library is stored on a Buffalo NAS drive.
I have an older Mac desktop - running OS X 10.6.8; on this machine iTunes 11.4 is set up to use the library on the above noted NAS device. This is working fine; all my burned and purchased music is playing no problem.
I have a new (latest) version Macbook Pro Retina - running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2. I proceeded to set iTunes 12.1.0.50 on this machine to use the exact same shared location as is being used on the desktop noted above for the library location. On this machine, however, I am only able to view my purchased music (with the download cloud displayed).
Anyone know why two Macs pointed to the exact same iTunes library shared folder location would result in one working fine and the other only showing purchased music available for download?
Thanks

How exactly did you set it? You do not do it in preferences (a common mistake). You do it by starting up iTunes while holding down the option/alt key whereupon iTunes will irreversibly convert what it sees as the library, namely the iTunes Library.itl file, to a version which will only work with the newest version of iTunes you run (your 12). Clearly you can't use 12 on your old computer so there is no way to share the same library file. Each version of iTunes will have to run its own library file which will essentially maintain its own independent list of entries, though they can share media. This means changes you make to one library will mostly not appear in the other but if you do something such as delete media in one library the other library will fuss it can no longer find the file, etc.
If you are going to start doing advanced iTunes things you need to learn how iTunes works.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847 - plus supplemental information about organizing to new structure https://discussions.apple.com/message/26404702#26404702
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I'm using my MacBook in a primarily Windows environment at work. We have an Iomega NAS device for our network file sharing.
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Hi. I am hoping someone could help me out. I have been pulling my hair out for the past 2 days.
I am running Arch v0.8. I have very few packages installed -- I started with base install and added Apache, MySql, PHP, Samba and a few others.
Configuration:
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- Apache can read /mnt/edge_nas.
- Apache can write in its home directory on /mnt/edge_nas/home/apache.
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Thank you for your help.
Edge

cactus wrote:umm. still not clear on what you did...
Please layout a clear step by step of what you did. That might make it easier to help you.
Ok. From the top...
On the Buffalo NAS (edge_nas):
- I logged into the Buffalo web-based admin screen.
- I created a new share called linux.
- I created a new user called apache.
- I granted read/write access to apache on the linux share.
On Arch Linux:
- I logged in locally as root.
- I created a new user apache, in group apache.
- I created a new directory called /mnt/edge_nas.
- I mounted the Buffalo share using the following entry in fstab:
//edge_nas/linux /mnt/edge_nas smbfs username=apache,password=theapachepassword,gid=apache 0 0
- I changed apache to run as apache:apache. I changed this from nobody:nobody in httpd.conf.
- In /home/httpd, I created a softlink for /home/httpd/html, pointing it to /mnt/edge_nas/home/httpd/html.
- I chmod 777 /mnt/edge_nas/home/httpd/html.
- I restarted apache.
- I created a summy index.html in that directory to ensure apache can see the mount.
To test it out:
- I logged into arch locally as my apache user.
- I cd'ed to /home/httpd/html.
- I tried to create a new text file with vi.
- I cannot open the text file for write.
I hope that helps. Please excuse any misuse of terminology.
Thanks.
Edge

Does Time Machine back up external NAS devices?

I'm on a small business network and recently added an external NAS device that stores all customer files. I have another external HD that I use for Time Machine back-ups that I disconnect at the end of the day and place in a fire safe. Before adding the NAS I plugged the back up HD into my G5 via USB. If I continue to do that will Time Machine also back up the mounted NAS? If not, how do I go about scheduled back ups of the NAS?

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