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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 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.
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Feb 05, 2016
    barryd wrote:
    
    I have no idea how to make an iSCSI Lun on the Readynas.
    
    Start here:
    
    iSCSI creates a virtual disk on the NAS. This can only be accessed from one device at a time (so the files are not shared), and the NAS has no way to know what's in the LUN. It's just opaque storage for it.
    
    You'll want a "thick" LUN and be careful on the size.