I'm probably stupidly proud of this thing. It's a external harddrive enclosure with a raspberry pi shoved into it, but for the price it's a pretty sold little device. I have not messed with the hardware raid features, it's running openmediavault6 , and mergefs for the 2 currently installed hard drives to show up as a single volume. Cutting aluminum isn't my strong suit, so the back looks like crap, but It could really look clean if you wanted it to. Although that little usb-c U connector says it's usb 3.1 comparable it cut my transfer speeds in half. so I've ditched it and just have a braided cable looped out of the hold and plugged in.
I'm always looking for unique projects for using single board computers, and this one will be very useful in my home.
After a power power outage cannot access files or GUI on my Network Attached Storage Device
So I have this older NAS which got fried from power brownouts without a surger protector (I just moved it to a new location and forgot/ hadn't connected the surge protector yet.)
* BUFFALO [LS-WX1.0TL/R1 *2TB LinkStation Duo Network Storage]
* I had two, *2TB WD drives* **in a RAID 1 configuration,** which I beleived helps increase my odds of recovery as it uses reduncy through mirroring. **
* I have disconnected my drives from the Buffalo NAS device because the NAS device itself seems to be faulty as it does not connect to my network despite the driver already being installed.
* **I have made no writes or changes to either of the drives since the issue with the NAS device.**
* I believe the Unix/Linux system on the NAS uses the EXT3 file system.
* [Perhaps a good sign:] When connecting the drives directly to my PC sata ports and run a *HDD health utility no problems are detected with either drive* IIRC(I ran the tests a few months ago, as I have been sitting on this problem trying to figure out what to do).
* [Note: I contacted [a recovery service,] they are commercial I guess, and they said a quote would run at about $30,000 for my personal pictures and videos from trips...]
* I wasn't able to get to the NAS IU from the driver program which [looks like this *only if your curious*]()
* I honestly can't remember if the NAS had a static IP that I could use to talk to it, the driver program always worked fine. For example, [the UI shows the IP at the bottom right here]()
* (They also have a web access feature at buffalonas.com which probably is, in no way really relevant here.)
* There is a serial looku[p]() on Buffalo, the company's, website, I am, of course, out of warranty.
**[TL/DR:] My stupid-uniformed best guess at my next steps to recover my old RAID 1 Buffalo NAS or at least the mirrored data on my 2x2TB HDD:**
- **Flash the Unix like firmware for the NAS, because maybe the firmware got corrupted but the hardware is still good?** O
I have moved house and I have been provided with a new router by my ISP (Virgin Media UK). My old router is a tp-link archer C4000, which I previously used to attach a usb hard drive to it. I would then use it as network storage and use Plex on my Nvidia shield to. The old router and harddrive was out the way and so I could hear the noise of the drive spinning. My new house has the internet wall socket next to the TV so would rather the drive was elsewhere.
I would like to use the C4000 as a repeater/range extender/access point and attach my usb drive to it again. I can then place it in the attic office, well out the way. Does anyone know if this is possible and how to go about it?
Appreciate any advice you all have.
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| [WD 20TB My Cloud Pro Series PR2100 Network Attached Storage] (https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-PR2100-Network-Attached-Storage/dp/B071J7LNR4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=67b60084-1a9a-4483-abfe-f22f181ef087&pf_rd_s=slot-4&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=9H5ZXPM8ADK8H9CPED1G&linkCode=ll1&tag=okdeals0b-20&linkId=8f9bf293e923b5f7339ebcb006283d5d) | $979.00 |
Looking for any advice on purchasing an external Network-attached storage (NAS) device to use mostly for storing FLAC audio files that can be played on a network AVR that has dlna (and for general multimedia use including 4k video). I dont really have a price range right now as I'm still figuring out what features are available and which ones I would regret not having. Are things like HDMI 2.0 outputs, integrated media apps, and dedicated audio outputs worth upgrading for? What kind of built in memory or processing power is suitable for this kind of use? Is it worth hardwiring the AV connection vs using dlna? Thanks!
If you have a network drive enabled on the router you use for AirLink, you probably have issues with micro-shudders.
I've been using my usb storage drive attached to my Netgear Nighthawk router as a media center for other TVs and PCs around the house. I set this up a few weeks ago while I took a little break from PCVR. Started up HL:Alyx (among other titles) and was totally annoyed by the micro shuddering I thought I fixed months ago.
I disconnected the storage drive from the router and turned off all share drive settings in the router menu, reset and BINGO. No issues. Back to a smooth VR experience.
Clearly an issue at the network level when AirLink is in use. Anyway, thought I'd share and I hope this helps someone out there.
I'm probably stupidly proud of this thing. It's a external harddrive enclosure with a raspberry pi shoved into it, but for the price it's a pretty sold little device. I have not messed with the hardware raid features, it's running openmediavault6 , and mergefs for the 2 currently installed hard drives to show up as a single volume. Cutting aluminum isn't my strong suit, so the back looks like crap, but It could really look clean if you wanted it to. Although that little usb-c U connector says it's usb 3.1 comparable it cut my transfer speeds in half. so I've ditched it and just have a braided cable looped out of the hold and plugged in.
I'm always looking for unique projects for using single board computers, and this one will be very useful in my home.
I'm probably stupidly proud of this thing. It's a external harddrive enclosure with a raspberry pi shoved into it, but for the price it's a pretty sold little device. I have not messed with the hardware raid features, it's running openmediavault6 , and mergefs for the 2 currently installed hard drives to show up as a single volume. Cutting aluminum isn't my strong suit, so the back looks like crap, but It could really look clean if you wanted it to. Although that little usb-c U connector says it's usb 3.1 comparable it cut my transfer speeds in half. so I've ditched it and just have a braided cable looped out of the hold and plugged in.
I'm always looking for unique projects for using single board computers, and this one will be very useful in my home.
I posed this in r/homelab and r/raspberry_pi. Someone suggested I post here as well.
