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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...
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.
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.