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RN104 with Multi-Drive eSATA/USB Enclosure
Trying to get the RN104 to work with a 2-bay eSATA/USB 3.0 enclosure. eSATA causes the RN104 to hang. I'm hoping to get some feedback on that issue here: viewtopic.php?f=65&t=78923 Windows wi...
Just tried with 6.2.2 and things are improving...
Seems to work reliably on the front USB port. GUI consistently sees both drives in the enclosure on hot plug or NAS boot.
Rear ports are not as consistent. GUI does not see the enclosure drives when hot plugged, it sometimes will see one small partition (128Mb of 128Mb) saying file system not recognized.
After playing around with power-cycling the enclosure and rebooting the NAS it did eventually see both drives.
If I then eject both drives and re-plug into rear port, GUI shows the 1st drive only and says file system not recognized.
At this point if I eject the one drive that it shows and plug back in to front port it will again show both drives normally.
eSATA is also improved, no longer hangs GUI trying to expand. Now shows the first drive as external storage, but does not show the second drive.
Seems to work reliably on the front USB port. GUI consistently sees both drives in the enclosure on hot plug or NAS boot.
Rear ports are not as consistent. GUI does not see the enclosure drives when hot plugged, it sometimes will see one small partition (128Mb of 128Mb) saying file system not recognized.
After playing around with power-cycling the enclosure and rebooting the NAS it did eventually see both drives.
If I then eject both drives and re-plug into rear port, GUI shows the 1st drive only and says file system not recognized.
At this point if I eject the one drive that it shows and plug back in to front port it will again show both drives normally.
eSATA is also improved, no longer hangs GUI trying to expand. Now shows the first drive as external storage, but does not show the second drive.
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