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Author Topic: Mount DNS-323 Volumes From Outside My Local Network  (Read 3811 times)

jonhimself

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Mount DNS-323 Volumes From Outside My Local Network
« on: November 23, 2009, 06:19:46 PM »
I've searched around these forums and the internet at-large but haven't found much information on this. I've had the DNS-323 for a while now and have pretty much got everything set-up how I want. I can access it via FTP when I'm away from home - though files don't load on my iPhone even if they're formatted correctly - but other than that, set-up is fine.

I have the drives set-up in JBOD (I think that's it? Two 1 TB drives merged to a single 2 TB drive. I'm running OSX 10.6 on a Macbook Pro and an older D-Link router. I know what I'm doing with forwarding ports, etc etc but I am wondering if there is a way to mount the hard-drive on my laptop when I'm not at home?

Ideally I could mount it on my desktop and access some files I have as if it were attached when I'm at home (obviously bigger files would be noticeably slow). Hopefully someone can help. I'm leaning towards this not being possible but you never know.
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fordem

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Re: Mount DNS-323 Volumes From Outside My Local Network
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2009, 05:57:25 AM »
First - you need to be aware that with a JBOD configuration, failure of either drive WILL result in ALL the data becoming inaccessible, even if that data is container entirely on the remaining drive - let's say you have 500GB of data, all stored on the first drive, and the second drive fails, you will lose access to that data even though it is still there, on the good drive.

Think twice before using JBOD - or for that matter RAID0.

Second for remote access either directly to the NAS or via a desktop - consider using a VPN of some sort - your router may have that capability.  With a VPN, its as if you are attached directly to the network, albeit somewhat slower.
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RAID1 is for disk redundancy - NOT data backup - don't confuse the two.

jonhimself

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Re: Mount DNS-323 Volumes From Outside My Local Network
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2009, 02:04:20 PM »
Great point about JBOD. Fortunately I have a 2TB USB drive that I use to back it-up (it's done manually, once a month or so and is annoying.. just a temporary solution).

I'll look into the VPN idea. That's a term that I'm familiar with but know little about the details. Definitely worth a shot. Thanks!
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