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Varlon's avatar
Varlon
Aspirant
Sep 09, 2011

Very Needful Features

Cron mangement GUI:
- automatic remove or delete old folders and files,
- automatic backup system,
- etc...
More detailed system info in FW(w/o plugins).
All logs(as on freenas-0.7.2).
Shared folder aggregation, ISO mount.
Batch folder and user upload.
More functional gui for samba:
- network recycle bin,
- audit file and folder access,
- exclusion filters.
More functional backup system:
- Several backup types - total, incremental, differential.
- Synchronization / Mirroring.
- Inclusion and Exclusion filters.
- Backup verification.
- Creation of customized folders - current date name, weekday name, etc...
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PS
It would be interesting to see firmwares roadmaps.
thank you.

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    You can already do a fair bit of what you want.

    Frontview backup jobs can be scheduled.

    There has been a recycle bin feature for a long time.

    With Frontview backup you can do full (total) and incremental backups. With ReadyNAS Replicate (http://www.readynas.com/replicate) you can do full, incremental and differential backups.

    In Frontview backup you can use the exclude option if using Rsync

    Rsync compares the source and destination and is good for backup verification.

    Replicate creates differential backups with the date of the backup in the name of the folder.


    From time to time NetGear hints as to what they are doing shortly in advance (e.g. regarding adding Lion support, iSCSI compatibility with ESXI 5).
  • mdgm wrote:
    You can already do a fair bit of what you want.
    1.Frontview backup jobs can be scheduled.
    2.There has been a recycle bin feature for a long time.
    3.With Frontview backup you can do full (total) and incremental backups. With ReadyNAS Replicate (http://www.readynas.com/replicate) you can do full, incremental and differential backups.
    4.In Frontview backup you can use the exclude option if using Rsync
    Rsync compares the source and destination and is good for backup verification.
    Replicate creates differential backups with the date of the backup in the name of the folder.
    5.From time to time NetGear hints as to what they are doing shortly in advance (e.g. regarding adding Lion support, iSCSI compatibility with ESXI 5).


    Hmm...
    1.Yes, i know, but the sheduler is quite simple. Good backup sheduler in the ReadyNAS Replicate...
    2.Yes, i know, but I need "More functional gui", for example:
    http ://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/VFS.html#id409794
    http ://www.secaudi.com/blog/?p=40
    I can do it manual accross ssh, but more true way is to use "more functional gui", because I invested in development of this product. ;)
    3.Yes, i know, very good service/program, but its shareware.
    4.Rsync is very good app, but i work in windows network and more simple for me to use smb/cifs.
    5.Good, but what features we can expect in this years. Its part of motivations for working with netgear...
    (the thecus have not justified our expectations)
  • They rarely comment on feature changes before they are tested to the point of being in a Beta of a new release, exceptions noted by mdgm.

    This is because they at times attempt to add something, and then either hit some obstacles, or must make a release early for other (security comes to mind) reasons. The Force is aware of posts in this section.

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