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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: jgj10 on November 27, 2007, 05:40:00 AM
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Does anyone know when 1.04 will be released? I've heard rumors that it imminent -- it's been a while since the last update.
Also what functionality does it fix and/or add? ???
G
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Seems 1.04 was released for the German users today - so if you're in Germany ....
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Danke!
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Seems 1.04 was released for the German users today - so if you're in Germany ....
Please keep it D-Link US related.
1.04 is still going through OFFICIAL testing and approval. When it is finished a change log as well as updated manual/documentation will be provided on the D-Link US Support site.
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Please keep it D-Link US related.
1.04 is still going through OFFICIAL testing and approval. When it is finished a change log as well as updated manual/documentation will be provided on the D-Link US Support site.
D-Link
Looking forward to it. Please tell me that I won't have to reformat my drives when I upgrade from 1.03 :D
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The only time that a firmware has affected the device and required a format was when we removed EXT3 fs from the unit. This only affected units using EXT3 and all firmwares since have been straight upgrades. 1.03 -> 1.04 will be the same upgrade process.
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I want to use the "Download Schedules" to backup everything from Volume_1 to Volume_2 once every night.
Two questions:
Is the incremental option working in 1.04? (was in 1.02 but not 1.03)
Is there a "mirror" option in 1.04? If not: Please put it on the wish list for future releases.
Best Regards, DN
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I want to use the "Download Schedules" to backup everything from Volume_1 to Volume_2 once every night.
Two questions:
Is the incremental option working in 1.04? (was in 1.02 but not 1.03)
Is there a "mirror" option in 1.04? If not: Please put it on the wish list for future releases.
Best Regards, DN
Out of the box (1.02 and 1.03)the DNS supports RAID 1 (drives mirrored). Given that you have two volumes you must have put the drives in at separate times which automatically sets the configuration as "two separate disks"(vol1/2) or you selected that at install.
The solution: BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST as this will erase everything. Login go to tools/RAID and select RAID 1. This will REFORMAT your disk and disk 1 will mirror disk 2.
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I started off using Raid 1 but changed to using two separate drives for a few reasons:
- There were/are? several problem issues using raid in this device.
- Incremental backup of everything from vol 1 to vol 2 also help recovering files that are deleted by mistake, which happens in my family.
- Using one drive (except during backup) uses less power and thus fan noise.
So, for my purposes this home brew backup suits best.
I do regularly mirror the drives, so that I don’t have to many extra files when rebooting on Vol 2, in case vol 1 would crash.. I use scheduled robocopy on a client PC for both the incremental copy and the mirroring but would rather have the device handling this by itself.
Thanks for your input, DN
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I want to use the "Download Schedules" to backup everything from Volume_1 to Volume_2 once every night.
Two questions:
Is the incremental option working in 1.04? (was in 1.02 but not 1.03)
Is there a "mirror" option in 1.04? If not: Please put it on the wish list for future releases.
Best Regards, DN
I'd like to see the same thing ... without having to use RAID :)
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Where Can I download Firmware 1.04?
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Where Can I download Firmware 1.04?
1.04 has not been released officially yet. When it is released it will be on the D-Link Support Site.
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I presently use the Incremental Backup instead of the RAID, for the same reason describe by "jgj10".
My old nas (i sold it) having a "real" incremental Backup, that copy file from Drive1 to Drive2, but also create a folder named "backup_xxxxxx" (xxx = the day of the backup). On this folder, only the changed files.
So on the backup destination, i see one folder (full backup) and multiple folder (incremental backup).
Also, reside a TXT file named the same way as the folder, and included all file copied, with result (success / failure). That can help confirm that the Scheduler works !
With the DLINK, i'm unable to confirm that The incremental backup realy works because :
- unable to have a TXT file result.
- unable to confirm if the DLINK copy everything, and not only the changed file (the led are blinking for 1 hours, and only 10-20 file are modify each day).
- unable to know at what % of the task the copy are (full or incremental, the % status on the scheduler show nothing, but if i check the property of both drive, i notice size increase).
having something that "at least" confirm me that the copy works ok will be very usefull. And it's not something tuff to implement... the TXT file is probably the easier way ... by simply add the name of each file after each copy (include origin and destination + status Success of error), timestamp. This TXT file can confirm you that the Scheduler works, and also help the user if he have connexion error to a FTP site, or other.
Hope this will be fixed in 1.04 .... or 1.05.
It's not a funny requested from a used, it's a logical request that was logical to see with a scheduler. Like the opensource software "Cobian", pay version "SecondCopy" of some other US NAS product that already support these function.
I did'nt find anything that can confirm me that the copy as been done successful, and which file as been copied. Having a list are a good feature. Actually, i only see the "?" icon on the Scheduler status tab.
Q? : actually, i map 4 drive to the NAS. I MAP directly to some folder (U for User, M for my document,... and T for Temporary). After, i create fiew schedule to copy all folder i want, except the Temporary (in the ROOT of the Drive, i see 5 Folder). Did i done something wrong ? The copy seem to have working (the file size of the Folder from source and destination are the same), but i have no writen status that told me which file as been copy.
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Please keep it D-Link US related.
I ended up in this forum via dlink.ie and the same would have happened if I came in through dlink.co.uk (and probably other English-speaking countries too but I haven't checked). So this forum is not strictly for D-Link US issues.
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I have not visited the dlink.ie page until today, but I did not see a link to the forums. Could you please direct me to the page (via PM) with the link so I can report as much. This forum is for US use only, however it's not strictly enforced as you can see.
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Firmware 1.04 is now available on the US support page
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For the information of Australian DNS-323 users, the following is a reply I got from Dlink support in Australia about firmware version 1.04:
"Thank you for your email. Please kindly be advised that our R&D team is working hard on a 1.04AU firmware for Australian users. It will be available in 2-3 months. Please do NOT upload firmware from other countries as it might void the warranty. I would like to suggest you check our website, www.dlink.com.au/tech, periodically for any firmware update. "
I think it best that I make no comment!
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This has been more or less known to be the position with the different DLink - let's say - business groups.
Not all of them release new firmware at the same time, and even though the hardware might be the same (there are now two different versions of the hardware) they will always warn about the possibility of a voided warranty.
Those are corporate decisions made for reasons not always clear to the general public and often dictated out of a sense of caution, especially in societies that are known to seek legal action apparently without rhyme or reason.
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then why dint dink put an check within the firmware to identify the region of the firmware and if the check fails on the upload of a firmware, we wont be able to do it
giving us the ability to upgrade firmware irrespective of the region just reinforces our ability to void this warranty.
I'm sure dink can implement this easily
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then why dint dink put an check within the firmware to identify the region of the firmware and if the check fails on the upload of a firmware, we wont be able to do it
giving us the ability to upgrade firmware irrespective of the region just reinforces our ability to void this warranty.
I'm sure dink can implement this easily
Yes - it could be done.
Let me give you some reasons why most manufacturers would avoid such a scheme.
Instead of having one device with one part number being manufactured on one production line, you will now have to multiply those costs by how many ever regions you choose to set up - take a look at D-Link Europe's structure if you want an idea of how many regions they have to deal with.
Let's say your sales in Britain for what ever reason have increased whilst sales in Germany have dropped (or vice versa) - you can't just move product from one warehouse to the next to meet demands, you'd have to either manufacture new product or ship the old product to a facility that has the capability to reflash the firmware to suit the region.
Don't underestimate the cost of managing inventory - typically most manufacturers will market the same device unless there are legal regulations preventing them.
One of the manufacturers for whom I do warranty support ships the same product worldwide, with instruction manuals printed in multiple languages, self adhesive control panel overlays in multiple languages, a universal 90~270VAC power brick and three different AC line cords - on product that retails for well under USD$100 - a lot of that stuff goes in the trash - but it's cheaper to include it that to have to track the issues I mentioned earlier.
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i only said that because the majority of here (who are forign to the states) have now breached the support agreement with DLink with the new 1.04 beta upgrade.
unless dlink is able to provide us in writing that the group who are registered members of this forum are under full support .. irrespective of their region and to what firmware they said we should load from a specific site..
if not, then i have breached my support agreement when i did the firmware upgrade .. full stop