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ReadyNas® is the name of a network attached storage product series manufactured by NETGEAR.

ReadyNas® is the name of a network attached storage product series manufactured by NETGEAR. Use this tag to mark questions about the professional NAS systems of this series.

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Scalable (> 24 TB) NAS for research department

I have been asked to provide a new fileserver to store our medical images (raw format, not dicom). As we have no IT staff, I have to find a solution, and I hardly know anything about this topic. The requirements we have are: scalable to 24 TB in 3…
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The Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password

I have a NAS device, it has 3 shares. On one computer I have access to all 3 of the shares. On another computer I keep getting this error when try and add a 2nd one. The Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and…
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Malformed rsync command on ReadyNAS

I'm trying to set up rsync backups on my ReadyNAS and I'm getting the following error: ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a / This error is accompanied by the following information: Job: 015 Protocol: rsync Source:…
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Building a new office NAS solution

Currently, I'm in the process of specifiying a new backup / storage server. At the moment, we have an ailing Netgear ReadyNAS, which is pretty good for some things, but has some big limitations, such as unable to bridge the NICs, and a dodgy…
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VMware ESXi running on dual NFS NAS Configuration using rsync and snapshot scheduling

I'm considering a setup for a client. GOALS 10 users 2 servers maximum redundance (with minimal costs) maximum scalability (with minimal costs) HARDWARE Here's the hardware I'm considering: 2 x Dell PowerEdge R610 with Intel Xeon L5520 CPU and 8 GB…
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2 disk RAID5 Linux software array

(I've posted this on Serverfault as I suspect it a bit to technical for Superuser. If I'm wrong please move it where appropriate) I am remotely looking at a device which identifies as ReadyNAS ProUltra2 V1.4. It appears this device has 2 disks in…
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Rsync to NETGEAR ReadyNAS fails on one particular file

I currently have a server that nightly backs up its data to a NETGEAR ReadyNAS device using Rsync. This has been working fine for the past few months. However recently, I started to get the following error: rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write…
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Can't modify or chown files on readynas nfs share

I have a readynas with nfs sharing. I have a bunch of files that I can't write to on the share. They're owned by nobody:nogroup and if I try to chown them I get chown: changing ownership of `myfile': Operation not permitted even when I run it as…
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What is domain.actdsltmp?

In my ReadyNAS, the DNS "Domain name" is set to domain.actdsltmp. I don't know how it got that way or what it means, and searching reveals lots of mentions but no explanation I could find. Does this mean something to someone?
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Can I install FreeNAS on an old ReadyNAS 1100

I have an old ReadyNAS 1100 by Netgear. It has 4x500GB disks. http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/rnr4000.asp Can I install FreeNAS on it? If so, can you please explain how? As far as I can understand, the ReadyNAS has it's system in a…
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Why does my ReadyNas 4200 have a constant beep post disk failure

Went to check on a high pitched constant beep coming from the server room and discovered that all the LED lights on the disks were black except one which had a constant green. Post a Re-boot nothing changed. Console indicated that that particular…
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How do I back up root directory with ReadyNAS?

I'm backing up a Linux machine (Ubuntu 10.04) with rsync over SSH. If I specify for my path something like "home/jason" it works just fine. "home/jason" is translated into "/home/jason". But how do I back up my root directory, i.e. "/"? Logic would…
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Rebuilding a partially failed RAID5 array

Last week we had a series of power failures, which unfortunately lead to HDD4 dying in our ReadyNAS drive. The hard disk was swapped out, and the ReadyNAS automatically started rebuilding the array, stating it would take 2 hours to…
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Expand a volume residing on one X-RAID disk installed on a Netgear ReadyNas Duo v2

I've got a Netgear ReadyNas Duo v2 (2 disk slots). System is configured with X-RAID which does not provide flexibility but automatically expands based on a sort of RAID-5 logic. I had 2 500 GB hard disk installed, redundant, so I had 500 GB of…
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rsync and compression for local network

I'm in the process of backing up my ReadyNAS NV to a linux server with rsync. Is the -z or --compress option worthwhile over a local network? Or am I just adding overhead on the ReadyNAS when I don't care about saving bandwidth? Thanks
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