On 04/03/2012 07:41, Adrian Brentnall wrote:
On 04/03/2012 00:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Adrian Brentnall wrote:
HI folks

The new LG N2A2DD2 NAS has been running without a hitch since Christmas,
with the very excellent BVCKUP backup software.

This morning, all of the backups had errored....

Tried to browse the NAS - I can log into it (as Admin) , but it says
that 'You don't have read permission' to view the shared data -
which is where BVCKUP has been saving its backups to.

BVCKUP is saying 'failed to create destination directory'

The Admin permissions appear to be allowing me all access to the
Shared area - and re-enabling permissions doesn't change things.

There's comments on the web about the flakyness of the LG NAS software -
and I have a ticket into LG's Tech Support - but, while I wait,
has anybody got any ideas, please ?

Thinking about it - perhaps what I really, really need is just a BIG
USB-connected hard drive - and CPC can have the LG Nas (and it's
dreadful software) back....

Thanks
Adrian


Dump it and get a linux machine running something like a ATOM board for
low power and install SAMBA

At leasts if it ****s up you can fix it.

Your not the first person to lose all their data on a NAS..



Thanks....
At the time I bought it , it looked like a bargain -
given that it contained 2 x 1TB drives.

Trouble is - it's a mare to set up, and now it seems it won't let me
access the data on those disks - which is kind of pointless g

Have pressed a 'spare' 250GB USB disk into service for backups -
but, as I say, a bigger USB-connected drive would be simpler to set up
than the NAS, and would do all that I need...

Zero response from LG support....

Thanks
Adrian

I have a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo. It does not like power cuts and can
spend several hours checking the HDs when switched on after a power cut.
There is a good support forum though. I think that the Synology and Qnap
products are also worth looking at.

One problem with the ReadyNAS Duo is that the disk drives can not easily
be read by a Linux PC. It might be worth your which to check the
position with the LG.


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Michael Chare