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Title: Is there a way to log into the NAS, and transfer from disk to disk
Post by: NecessaryEvil on November 06, 2009, 11:31:38 AM

without going through the client system?

Moving several GB of data within the NAS itself would beat the hell out of going from drive 1 to my laptop to drive 2...especially with how painfully slow this NAS is, even over gigabit (I get faster transfer speeds going from one laptop to another over 802.11G than I do going to or from this router)

Title: Re: Is there a way to log into the NAS, and transfer from disk to disk
Post by: ECF on November 06, 2009, 04:29:40 PM

Yes using the Scheduler. When you go to log in click applications instead of configuration. 

Title: Re: Is there a way to log into the NAS, and transfer from disk to disk
Post by: tfiveash on November 08, 2009, 09:58:31 PM

Hi:

I can figure how to use the scheduler to move data from another source to the DNS-321.  Is there a way to move data from the DNS-321 to another drive using the scheduler?  To me it seems only one way.

Terry

Title: Re: Is there a way to log into the NAS, and transfer from disk to disk
Post by: ECF on November 09, 2009, 08:57:56 AM

Click the Local button under URL to select a location on one of the volumes then click the bows button to select the destination location on the other volume.

Title: Re: Is there a way to log into the NAS, and transfer from disk to disk
Post by: tfiveash on November 09, 2009, 11:28:57 AM

I tried what you said.  The problem is that when I click the browse button all that is listed for the save to drive is the DNS-321 in the popup window.  What I would like to do is have the save to screen to include other network drives so I can backup my DNS-321 to them. I also will not let me enter a location manually.

Terry

Title: Re: Is there a way to log into the NAS, and transfer from disk to disk
Post by: ECF on November 09, 2009, 01:34:32 PM

Oh my bad...it sounded like you where asking about transferring from volume_1 to Volume_2. Yeah this feature will only pull from another NAS or network share not push data to a location.

Title: Re: Is there a way to log into the NAS, and transfer from disk to disk
Post by: tfiveash on November 09, 2009, 06:27:00 PM

Let's remember that feature for FW 1.04.  ;)

Terry

Title: Re: Is there a way to log into the NAS, and transfer from disk to disk
Post by: mzpx on November 10, 2009, 08:52:26 AM

Hm. I am afraid to recommend this because it is not officially supported by D-Link and requires the use of Linux command line tools. If you are not good at typing commands, reading manuals and such, or if you have really precious data on your box you might be better off ignoring this....

But if you are into some adventure, search for 'fun_plug' for the DNS family ( http://wiki.dns323.info/ ). Installing it is as simple as copying some files onto your first drive  and restarting the DNS-321. But all it gives you is (by default) a command line access to the DNS-321. From there if you know how to use linux commands it is pretty simple. ('cp' or 'mv' the files and that's it.)

Again, if you are not familiar with Linux a little bit, you might be better off just copying the data off the box and back again.