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ReadyShare seems to suck
Is anyone else actually using ReadyShare and getting it to work?
I recently added a HD to my Nighthawk X6 (R8000/AC3200) and enabled the readyshare. Both my computers see it and I started backups on both.
After 3 days one is stuck at 99% and the other at 55%.
I'm trying not to give up on it because I think the idea is right, but I'm starting to believe the software and implementation is crap.
Anyone else using it. OR is there another product out there that actually works.
I really just need nightly full backups of my systems.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
swebs wrote:
Sorry, I thought I was clear. It's the readyshare software that netgear provides.You can use any backup software on a Readyshare drive.
I wouldn't trust Netgear's software to match the performance of a specialist package.
SyncBackPro does a good job.
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swebs wrote:Is anyone else actually using ReadyShare and getting it to work?
I recently added a HD to my Nighthawk X6 (R8000/AC3200) and enabled the readyshare.
Which HD?
What backup software?
Readyshare is pretty basic. People who want reliable added drives often go down the NAS road.
Even with the wndr3400v1 routrer ready shear never did what a nas could do.
swebs wrote:Is anyone else actually using ReadyShare and getting it to work?
Probably not for the amount of data, folers, and files as fro multiple computer backups. Basically, ReadySHARE works for me. Potential limitations and shortcomings might exist in handling non-Linux native file systems (NTFS, HFS+, FAT32, ...) - however, all makers ofering this on Linux based systems make us of the middleware from just two companies - and these potential issues are similar with all products.
swebs wrote:Is anyone else actually using ReadyShare and getting it to work?
I recently added a HD to my Nighthawk X6 (R8000/AC3200) and enabled the readyshare. Both my computers see it and I started backups on both.
After 3 days one is stuck at 99% and the other at 55%.
Not very informative. Do the undefined backup programs maintain something like a log, listing folders and files handled, as well as potential errors?
Is or are the ReadySHARE shared folder(s) still accessible from the computers over the network at that point?Has or have the external stroage devices some "smart" power handling, which can lead to a HDD spin-down - without informing the host (the router here) of course?
Waht external storage devices (make, model, file system, ...) are we facing here?90% of the people using these netgear routers are on windows. With that being their bigest target I would think windows is what it was designed for.
I have the schedule set so that no 2 computer backups are running at once. One computer starts at 0100 on Mon, Wed, Fri and the other computer runs at 0100 on Tue, Thur, Sat. So there shouldn't be any conflict between them.
Yes both computers see the HD and I can browse to the share on either computer and see a folder with the computers name and browse it. The drive is only 14% full. Its a 2TB drive.
I'm running the Nighthawk X6 (AC3200 / R8000). The drive is a WD 2TB external HD with its own power.
I enabled the logging on the ReadyShare software but there is nothing useful in there. Even when I click the Backup Now button nothing useful shows in the logs. Just the same thing over and over every 5 seconds. and the status stays at Backup Protection: 99% and the other computer 51%.
03/10 06:55:55 [None] [Info] Drive accessible 03/10 06:55:55 [None] [Info] DataXML = D:\Users\Adams\AppData\Roaming\Genie9\GenieTimeLine\Jobs\{F4298088-7F22-4808-98AC-50A36B17C7A9}\ 03/10 06:55:55 [None] [Info] DataXML = D:\Users\Adams\AppData\Roaming\Genie9\GenieTimeLine\Jobs\{F4298088-7F22-4808-98AC-50A36B17C7A9}\ 03/10 06:55:55 [None] [Info] Drive Letter: \\192.168.7.1\BACKUPS\Adams_ADAMS_I7_Backup 03/10 06:55:55 [None] [Info] Drive Total Space: 2000393596928 03/10 06:55:55 [None] [Info] Drive Free Space: 1648736526336 03/10 06:55:55 [None] [Info] Drive Free Space(): 82 03/10 06:55:56 [None] [Info] GSPages::CGPage_Status::UpdateStatusData --Enter 03/10 06:55:56 [None] [Info] DataXML = D:\Users\Adams\AppData\Roaming\Genie9\GenieTimeLine\Jobs\{F4298088-7F22-4808-98AC-50A36B17C7A9}\ 03/10 06:55:56 [None] [Info] DataXML = D:\Users\Adams\AppData\Roaming\Genie9\GenieTimeLine\Jobs\{F4298088-7F22-4808-98AC-50A36B17C7A9}\ 03/10 06:55:56 [None] [Info] GSPages::CGPage_Status::UpdateStatisticsGUI --Enter 03/10 06:55:56 [None] [Info] GSPages::CGPage_Status::UpdateStatisticsGUI --LEAVE 03/10 06:55:56 [None] [Info] DataXML = D:\Users\Adams\AppData\Roaming\Genie9\GenieTimeLine\Jobs\{F4298088-7F22-4808-98AC-50A36B17C7A9}\ 03/10 06:55:56 [None] [Info] DataXML = D:\Users\Adams\AppData\Roaming\Genie9\GenieTimeLine\Jobs\{F4298088-7F22-4808-98AC-50A36B17C7A9}\ 03/10 06:55:56 [None] [Info] GSPages::CGPage_Status::UpdateStatusData --LEAVE
swebs wrote:
I have the schedule set so that no 2 computer backups are running at once. One computer starts at 0100 on Mon, Wed, Fri and the other computer runs at 0100 on Tue, Thur, Sat. So there shouldn't be any conflict between them.As I asked before, what software are you using to run these backups?
I find that some software works better than other packages for backups over the LAN and to readyshare.
Acronis often throws up meaningless and unexplained errors while SyncBack report on any issues that it finds.
In all cases, I have to be careful to get the versions right, especially in Windows 10 which is pickier than older versions.
- Sorry, I thought I was clear. It's the readyshare software that netgear provides. Readyshare on the router and the readyshare clients on Windows 7 and Windows 10.
swebs wrote:
Sorry, I thought I was clear. It's the readyshare software that netgear provides.You can use any backup software on a Readyshare drive.
I wouldn't trust Netgear's software to match the performance of a specialist package.
SyncBackPro does a good job.
Checked out the free version of SyncBack "SyncBackFree".... Its fricken AWESOME. Exactly what I needed.
