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Aspirant

Jan 15, 2016

Readynas 102 connection problem with Apple Macs

I have a client in a design studio where we installed a 2 disk (2x3TB) Readynas 102 about a year ago. The PC's on the network see the folders really quickly but the two Macs seem to have a proble...

Using with Mac OSX

barryd

Aspirant

Jan 25, 2016

Thanks for that.

I have accessed both macs remotely this evening and tried all the different protocols. All the same. I even tried different DNS settings as I wondered if it was trying to resolve the folder on the internet but its not that.

What I have discovered is that it will take 1 to 2 minutes to open a folder in the main artwork folder but then next time you go into that same folder its instant, like it remembered what was in it. Click on the next one and its back to taking ages again.

It only seems to be the main artwork folder as well where there are hundreds of folders and sub folders. So yes a large folder!

I copied one folder into a new test folder and it opened that one straight away.

Any further ideas?

barryd

Aspirant

Jan 27, 2016

I have started tackling this problem from the Apple end and it seems there is a known bug in Finder in OSX. I posted about it here. http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1410993-apple-imac-and-netgear-readynas-102-problem?page=1#entry-5447219

There is a post by David CSG where he links to page 4 of this thread

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/439085-smb-share-slow-to-load-in-finder-on-macs?page=4

There seems to be a solution that involves Samba and vfs_fruit. Its all way over my head to be honest but it does appear like this chap has a solution although it seems a complex one. As you can see they have suggested me talking to Netgear about implementing it so it would be useful to hear the experts views.

mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jan 27, 2016
I think I already applied the backend settings change that was mentioned in that Spiceworks thread on your system.
- barryd
  Aspirant
  Jan 28, 2016
  OK thanks, I will update the other thread on Spiceworks and let them know.
  - barryd
    Aspirant
    Feb 05, 2016
    Hi folks.
    
    No progress really although the Spiceworks thread has been updated with further input today. You can find it here. http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1410993-apple-imac-and-netgear-readynas-102-problem?page=1#entry-5480880
    
    It is clearly Apple Finder that is the issue and one of the posters today has suggested this "Get a demo license of SAN-MP and make an iSCSI LUN from that ReadyNAS and try that."
    
    Firstly I have no idea how to make an iSCSI Lun on the Readynas. I can download a demo of the SanMp software for the Macs but what is involved in setting up the NAS as an iSCSI Lun? I think at this stage if the NAS has to be reformatted or has to have any major changes made then its not a big issue. Is it possible to apply this solution and test it on a separate part of the NAS?
    
    Any suggestions as to if this is a viable solution and if so how to apply it. I really need to crack this as I have a fair few customers in the print and design industry wanting NAS drives and at the moment I dont know what to suggest to them.
    
    Many thanks.