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System not recognized in Windows connection
Perfectly operational ReadyNAS 626 system as of one week ago. Installed and recognized for the past three years. Connected and operational on five different Windows workstations. RAIDar can...
Digital999 wrote:
the READYNAS has contaminated the network
No idea what you mean by "contaminated". They are not bringing down the network or interfering with access generally.
What clearly has happened is that the ReadyNAS hostnames aren't being resolved by the PCs. We don't know why that is happening, but with more effort we could maybe sort it out. But since you are ok just taking them out of service, we could just stop now.
As an aside - do you have a backup plan in place for the Synologies? You could potentially repurpose the ReadyNAS as backup devices. The PC issue you ran into won't prevent their use for Synology->ReadyNAS backups.
"Contaminated" was my term -- meant to refer to the fact that workstations that used to work properly all started to fail with trying to access the ReadyNAS with the FileManager browse and mapped drives. This is definitely impacting system performance and file access from the existing workstations. Possibly incorrect terminology but seemed to capture the essence of the issue.
You are correct, the ReadyNAS systems could be used for backup except Rsynch does not work as an exposed application in the Synology system. They have their own approach entitled "Active Backup for Business". I have Rysync working from the ReadyNAS system as a 'pull' service. It does work but it is clearly a work around.
That said, here is the list of my priorities...
System capability that integrates with our software and processes -- make and sell widgets
Systems that can be maintained by others in various locations -- availability of skilled personnel
GUI for management -- helps average non technical folks to maintenance and understand the system
Product life with a future
The unfortunate fact is that the Netgear systems fails on four out of the four criteria listed.
As far as I am concerned this thread should close -- no actual resolution but an interesting discussion that others may be interested in.
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