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[fotoGrrl69]

Greetings, newbie extrodinare here with NAS systems.  Just got a DNS-320.  Its installed and up.  I run Macbook Pro btw and the hubby has pc thus the reason for the NAS.  We bought the system because we are photographers and travel around the world.  I wanted to be able to make a "safe backup" from wherever we found ourselves.  We have a 500gb mini drive that travels with us plus the HD on the mac, HOWEVER we still wanted to be able to send stuff home just incase.

I have the orginal 1tb drive that came with the system plus I have a 1tb external drive.  My problem is how do you get the external drive to be listed as a available drive and can map it on both the mac and pc? 

I see it under USB in the system status/info tab but doesnt show size or available space.  Do i need to let the NAS format it?  Cant I just plug it in and it work?

any help would be most appriciative

thanks

[fotoGrrl69]

several reads on my post but no help yet??

[baltzatu]

Well... the manual states that the NAS "Supports FAT16/32, NTFS (Read only) for USB external Storage". It also allows you to copy the entire content of your USB storage device onto NAS using "USB Copy Function".

I can test those function later on today, if you want (meh... I'll probably do it anyway . I can also check if the USB storage devices can be accessed directly via network, but only from a PC (no Mac available).

[albuemil]

I was able to access my WD MyBook (that contains a 1Tb drive) through the network connected on the USB port of the NAS. The problem that I've encountered was that it took about 5-10 seconds to enter a folder or to start copying files, the transfer speed was similar to that of my NAS (about 12-15Mb/s) on large files, but it took forever for small files since i had the 5-10 seconds delay for each file.

As a note, the external drive was formated as NTFS (as I'm using as a backup drive for my Win7 PC) so that might have been the problem with the browsing/reading delays.
Anyways, I don't intend to use it like that, it was just a test.
I'll have to try again with another drive formated as FAT32 or Ext3 and see if that changes anything, only that now i don't have a spare drive at the moment and i need all the data stored on the 1TB drive.

[baltzatu]

Okay... test finished. The USB storage device connected to the NAS can be accessed via \\NAS_IP\USBDisk1_1 (of course, you have to replace NAS_IP with the actual IP). You can copy/move files from/to it, delete files from it, etc. It takes a while until the device is recognized and also it takes a while to safely disconnect it (you have to keep NAS' USB button pressed for more that 5 seconds and then wait until the USB LED stops blinking) and the transfer speeds are not great, but... it works.

Edit: I only tested a FAT32 USB stick.

[fotoGrrl69]

ok i need to find someone to help me because im an idiot...I want to be able to see this drive when I am out and about working so that I can copy all of our photos in a safe place.  I dont understand really how to connect so that its seen from the web application where I can upload my files.

sorry for being uneducated about this

[ivan]

OK, let's try and define what you actually want to do.

Reading what you have written I think you are asking how can you transfer files - photos - from any place in the world to the NAS in your home.  The NAS has one 1 TB drive installed.

Then you want to know if it is possible to backup the NAS to a connected 1 TB USB drive.

Is that correct or am I totally not understanding what you want to do?

[fotoGrrl69]

yep to all except one thing...the USB hard drive.  I dont want to back up NAS to it...I just want to be able to share it across our network and be accessable

[cable2]

Hi,
To remotely access your NAS, I think that the Web File Server feature should do what you want.  This link, although for the 325, should help you set that up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmFqNZYdvMk&feature=autoplay&list=PL54762D67A5E9E5C8&lf=results_main&playnext=2
  A little trial and error should also tell you if your USB drive is readily accessible also. 
Local access with a MAC is beyond me as I don't have one, but I am pretty sure this will not be a problem.  There is also a link on youtube for setting up a DDNS account if needed.  Good luck

[fotoGrrl69]

the disc that comes with the 320 does not include mac software so have had to set it up manually :/

[tanco]

i understand how mac users feels about using this NAS. it kinda sucks and for newbies extraordinaire (even myself), it will take some time to learn how the heck to copy and delete files.

Sometimes you can't just drag a HUGE chunk of files into the NAS folder from your desktop or it will end up copying nothing but just the folders.

i wish someone from d-link can write a beginner's guide for mac users and what we can do to maximize our experience using this.

this is not a cheap investment.