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Readynas 102 not backing up and freezing after upgrade to 6.4.2
My client has a Readynas 102 2x3tb system It is backed up by 2 x WD 3TB disks which are rotated and plugged into the front of the Nas. It has always been a bit problematic in that the WD driv...
O.K. I think this discussion has run its course.
Now that this is fixed in 6.5.0 if you have any issues on that you should open a new thread.
I'm closing this thread.
Just to remind the support team at Netgear that I am having exactly the same problems as Yorkboy with a 102 after upgrading to 6.4.2.
the symptoms are exactly the same although I am able to either manually or using third party software backup the nas across the network. The USB drives on the nas are unusable for backup now. As with Yorkboy the admin screen and access to the nas is impossibly slow when it is attempting to backup and the unit eventually freezes.
Hi Barry
Thanks for this.
For other readers.
Basically over the last two days I have carried out tests on my 102 NAS using the front USB socket.
The results are that from all five tests (using different USB sticks before anyone jumps in and grasps at straws by suggesting it's my stick that's the problem), in each case the NAS slowed down considerably. Sometimes it recovered after the backup, sometimes it didn't and finally froze requiring the power to be removed by removing the power plug as both the admin page and the power button failed to function.
As a result of this I have also discovered that backing up across my network also takes considerably longer. My last NAS to NAS backup in November 2016 (prior to 6.4.0) took just over 5 hours, the latest took five times as long in fact 29 hours to back up 143GB. So the same factors which are increasing the time taken to backup via the rear USB sockets appear to affect the NAS to NAS backup as well.
However, no doubt someone from Netgear will tell me it's me or my methods....
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