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Comment on How To Recover Data From DLink DNS-323 by Kym Harper

Kym Harper — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:59:30 +0000

Many thanks for this article.

I was unaware there were any utilities that would read the EXT2/3 format.

This article and your mentioning DiskInternals was a lifesaver.

Regards Kym

Comment on The Problem With Workstation RAID by admin

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:44:45 +0000

Points taken, and I appreciate you taking the time to write them.

One of the things I do when I have time is help on forums, and there, too, workstation RAID problems are often horrific. That coupled with my personal experiences led to the my opinions as they are.

Security: We use ReadyNAS for most client solutions and often tie the security into a Windows domain… Additionally, firmware updates are frequent enough although I would not try to specify a timeframe.

As for power consumption, consumers may be interested in that but our business clients never are. My home NAS I have the unit set to spin down the hard drives in periods of inactivity so the only real draw is the cooling fan.

thanks for your comment.

Comment on The Problem With Workstation RAID by signal7

signal7 — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:23:41 +0000

Interesting. I’m a sysadmin by day and I wouldn’t have taken such a firm and absolute posture regarding workstation raid solutions. One thing to consider is security. NAS solutions are usually pretty horrible about protecting sensitive data because their authentication mechanisms are there only serve the most basic functionality. I’d trust my Windows workstation far more than I would trust an off the shelf embedded NAS.

And then we come to the subject of software updates. NAS devices are marketed as appliances with most vendors issuing updates for only one year after the device goes to market. I’m not ready to purchase a new NAS every year just to make sure all of the security holes have been patched. Microsoft supports their OS’s for 5 years after the last service pack was issued, on the other hand.

And when it comes to reliability, there’s no reason to believe that an embedded, consumer solution is going to be any better than the raid you would get with a hardware controller. I’ve dealt with some pretty poor raid solutions in my time and I really don’t think a stand-alone unit is any better.

Finally, lets think about power consumption. A standalone NAS is basically the same as leaving your computer on 24×7 in most cases. Personally, I’d rather spend the money running my workstation 24×7 and avoid running two devices (with double the overall power consumption).

just my opinion….

Comment on Stream Multimedia From Your ReadyNAS To Your Mobile Device Using Orb by admin

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:31:50 +0000

I suggest heading over to the ReadyNAS Support forum, they have a section for “streaming services”

Comment on Stream Multimedia From Your ReadyNAS To Your Mobile Device Using Orb by M Nilsson

M Nilsson — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:18:23 +0000

I have a ReadyNAS Ultra 2+ with the “Orb” add-on installed and have also installed the “Orb Live Free” on my Galaxy S2. When I try to connect to my ReadyNAS I only get a message that the “Orb Caster” is too old and must be updated!

Any solution?

Comment on Which Home NAS Is Right For Me? by admin

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:06:45 +0000

Customizing the web server is probably possible, but not supported by Netgear.

Also, for streaming I would recommend a newer, Intel powered, faster Ultra or even Ultra Plus

Comment on Which Home NAS Is Right For Me? by Michelle Murray

Michelle Murray — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:03:48 +0000

I am thinking of buying the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo RND2220
(2 x 2TB) as I am looking for a home media streamer I can connect to from the NET do you know if I can add webpages to the streamer and use flash to control the lay out and look of the server

I would like to use it as a website server for my private use would I have more control on how the content looked and can I use other software to create custom video and mp3 players I would like to use it like windows server 2008 with media streaming
also can I upgrade the ram to 1gb
I think you site is great full of useful help well done thanks
Michelle Murray

Comment on How Do I Share and Back Up Files in My Home? by mark dodd

mark dodd — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:59:35 +0000

great videos better than netgear support!

Comment on Laptop Hard Drive Crashed, iTunes Music Library Lost by Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:07:52 +0000

Oh that was so bad but with me,i save my itunes online with safecopy online backup.I do it for free with the free unlimited 3GB trial version which has now been upgraded to 5GB.So i now have free space.