I just had a problem where my NAS wasn't recognized by the network anymore. I could ping it, but I couldn't see the shares and I couldn't get into the web admin.
In my case, and I suspect in many cases, the flash memory got trashed. By just running a firmware update downloaded from Buffalo, that fixed all my problems.
Keep that in your memory banks.
Thanks Michael. I've got a Buffalo LS (250G) that's been running
reliably for about 5 years now. I'd hate to lose her.
-Kevin
CULLY Technologies, LLC
Michael Madigan wrote:
> I just had a problem where my NAS wasn't recognized by the network anymore. I could ping it, but I couldn't see the shares and I couldn't get into the web admin.
>
> In my case, and I suspect in many cases, the flash memory got trashed. By just running a firmware update downloaded from Buffalo, that fixed all my problems.
>
> Keep that in your memory banks.
>
>
[excessive quoting removed by server]
I bought mine because I think you recommended it (or someone on here did).
I have the 500 now. It's been very reliable up to today. I wonder what happened to it?
--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Kevin Cully <kcully@cullytechnologies.com> wrote:
> From: Kevin Cully <kcully@cullytechnologies.com>
> Subject: Re: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
> To: profox@leafe.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 7:46 PM
> Thanks Michael. I've got a Buffalo LS (250G) that's
> been running
> reliably for about 5 years now. I'd hate to lose her.
>
> -Kevin
> CULLY Technologies, LLC
>
>
> Michael Madigan wrote:
> > I just had a problem where my NAS wasn't
> recognized by the network anymore. I could ping it, but I
> couldn't see the shares and I couldn't get into the
> web admin.
> >
> > In my case, and I suspect in many cases, the flash
> memory got trashed. By just running a firmware update
> downloaded from Buffalo, that fixed all my problems.
> >
> > Keep that in your memory banks.
> >
> >
[excessive quoting removed by server]
It's winter. Perhaps static electricity?
I pummel mine all day long, mostly playing music from it.
-Kevin
CULLY Technologies, LLC
Michael Madigan wrote:
> I bought mine because I think you recommended it (or someone on here did).
>
> I have the 500 now. It's been very reliable up to today. I wonder what happened to it?
I have a blend of brands for my external HDD units that I use for disk image
and file backup purposes. But not being the trusting type I also back up
the backup HDD units to a 2nd set of external HDD units, connected to a Dell
840 Server via eSATA. Since having gone to a 2nd layer of HDD protection
(which is backed up weekly to an LTO3 tape drive unit, on any one of 3 sets
of tape media) I have only lost one primary backup HDD. I bet if I did not
have the backup HDD units backed up at a 2nd level, much less via LTO3 tape,
I would have lost a lot more <g>...
That said, a friend of mine in SoCal had a Lacie 500Gb RAID external USB2
unit. He told me last year that he could never lose data on that unit
because of its RAID configuration. "Wanna bet?", asked I. Sure enough, the
other month he lost the Lacie unit. He could not find anyone who was
willing to touch it for less than $1,000 to try to recover data. And I was
not out there to try to help him out. Luckily he moved it from being used
as a primary storage device to file backup only, otherwise he would have
lost a lot of client video he was storing.
He has now gone to the primary/secondary external HDD backup strategy. Once
he has the bux to do so he is going to get an LTO4 Tape Drive and start to
behave in a responsible manner. Some of the video he shoots is for the
medical community for training. Once in a while they ask him to splice in
or out changes, then recompile the output file. So if he ever lost the
source files used for his compilation he would be "almost" screwed. He
tells me he has the original tapes, and can rebuild the projects if he has
to. I advised that I would not put that much faith into tape, and pointed
out the hours of tape restoring and recompilation he could save by not
taking chances.
I have been using the Seagate FreeAgent External HDD units for the past year
(5 year warranty) with good results. If you want to use these with anything
other than XP or Vista you will need to connect the HDD via US2 to an
XP/Vista machine, then run the Seagate software to turn off the sleep mode
(default = 15 minutes, I set it to never sleep, gets saved in the HDD
firmware). That way on a Linux/Mac/Windows Server 2003 machine the HDDs
never "disappear" when they go to sleep. It is the only flaw I have
experienced thus far with that model. BTW, I found their utility software
works fine with USB2, maybe with Firewire, but certainly not with an eSATA
connection.
Gil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com
> [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]On Behalf Of Kevin Cully
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:47 PM
> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
>
>
> Thanks Michael. I've got a Buffalo LS (250G) that's been running
> reliably for about 5 years now. I'd hate to lose her.
>
> -Kevin
> CULLY Technologies, LLC
>
>
> Michael Madigan wrote:
> > I just had a problem where my NAS wasn't recognized by the
> network anymore. I could ping it, but I couldn't see the shares
> and I couldn't get into the web admin.
> >
> > In my case, and I suspect in many cases, the flash memory got
> trashed. By just running a firmware update downloaded from
> Buffalo, that fixed all my problems.
> >
> > Keep that in your memory banks.
> >
> >
[excessive quoting removed by server]
Madigan,
> I have the 500 now. It's been very reliable up to today. I
> wonder what happened to it?
Maybe it noticed you aren't the Michael Madigan in Illinois.
Kristyne McDaniel
http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog
http://www.emryldadvantage.com/
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't.... you are right.
-- Henry Ford
I've had to fight excessively to have backup systems and RAID systems because the nitwits always think that RAID means you don't have to do a backup.
I wonder if they argue with their doctors as much as they do with their computer guy. LOL
*************************************************
--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Gil Hale <gil@gilhale.com> wrote:
> From: Gil Hale <gil@gilhale.com>
> Subject: RE: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
> To: profox@leafe.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 8:34 PM
> I have a blend of brands for my external HDD units that I
> use for disk image
> and file backup purposes. But not being the trusting type
> I also back up
> the backup HDD units to a 2nd set of external HDD units,
> connected to a Dell
> 840 Server via eSATA. Since having gone to a 2nd layer of
> HDD protection
> (which is backed up weekly to an LTO3 tape drive unit, on
> any one of 3 sets
> of tape media) I have only lost one primary backup HDD. I
> bet if I did not
> have the backup HDD units backed up at a 2nd level, much
> less via LTO3 tape,
> I would have lost a lot more <g>...
>
> That said, a friend of mine in SoCal had a Lacie 500Gb RAID
> external USB2
> unit. He told me last year that he could never lose data
> on that unit
> because of its RAID configuration. "Wanna bet?",
> asked I. Sure enough, the
> other month he lost the Lacie unit. He could not find
> anyone who was
> willing to touch it for less than $1,000 to try to recover
> data. And I was
> not out there to try to help him out. Luckily he moved it
> from being used
> as a primary storage device to file backup only, otherwise
> he would have
> lost a lot of client video he was storing.
>
> He has now gone to the primary/secondary external HDD
> backup strategy. Once
> he has the bux to do so he is going to get an LTO4 Tape
> Drive and start to
> behave in a responsible manner. Some of the video he
> shoots is for the
> medical community for training. Once in a while they ask
> him to splice in
> or out changes, then recompile the output file. So if he
> ever lost the
> source files used for his compilation he would be
> "almost" screwed. He
> tells me he has the original tapes, and can rebuild the
> projects if he has
> to. I advised that I would not put that much faith into
> tape, and pointed
> out the hours of tape restoring and recompilation he could
> save by not
> taking chances.
>
> I have been using the Seagate FreeAgent External HDD units
> for the past year
> (5 year warranty) with good results. If you want to use
> these with anything
> other than XP or Vista you will need to connect the HDD via
> US2 to an
> XP/Vista machine, then run the Seagate software to turn off
> the sleep mode
> (default = 15 minutes, I set it to never sleep, gets saved
> in the HDD
> firmware). That way on a Linux/Mac/Windows Server 2003
> machine the HDDs
> never "disappear" when they go to sleep. It is
> the only flaw I have
> experienced thus far with that model. BTW, I found their
> utility software
> works fine with USB2, maybe with Firewire, but certainly
> not with an eSATA
> connection.
>
> Gil
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com
> > [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]On Behalf Of
> Kevin Cully
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:47 PM
> > To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> > Subject: Re: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
> >
> >
> > Thanks Michael. I've got a Buffalo LS (250G)
> that's been running
> > reliably for about 5 years now. I'd hate to lose
> her.
> >
> > -Kevin
> > CULLY Technologies, LLC
> >
> >
> > Michael Madigan wrote:
> > > I just had a problem where my NAS wasn't
> recognized by the
> > network anymore. I could ping it, but I couldn't
> see the shares
> > and I couldn't get into the web admin.
> > >
> > > In my case, and I suspect in many cases, the
> flash memory got
> > trashed. By just running a firmware update downloaded
> from
> > Buffalo, that fixed all my problems.
> > >
> > > Keep that in your memory banks.
> > >
> > >
[excessive quoting removed by server]
Michael Madigan wrote:
> I've had to fight excessively to have backup systems and RAID systems because the nitwits always think that RAID means you don't have to do a backup.
>
> I wonder if they argue with their doctors as much as they do with their computer guy. LOL
Hi Michael!
My experience was that they smile agreeably and then don't have enough
money to pay their bill.
--
Regards,
Pete
I don't know how many RAID systems I've seen fail because the backplane
failed. 5? When they go to order a new backplane for the RAID system,
they can't get a replacement because the tech is too old and it's out of
stock. They want to put the drives in a new RAID system but ... HD
technology has moved on and the drives aren't compatible so ... they'll
have to order something. Which means days of down time.
I'm a fan of cheap duplicated redundant simple systems with failovers.
I think the costs come out to be the same, setup and recover are cheaper
and faster. $0.02.
-Kevin
CULLY Technologies, LLC
Michael Madigan wrote:
> I've had to fight excessively to have backup systems and RAID systems because the nitwits always think that RAID means you don't have to do a backup.
>
> I wonder if they argue with their doctors as much as they do with their computer guy. LOL
>
> *************************************************
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 12/17/08, Gil Hale <gil@gilhale.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Gil Hale <gil@gilhale.com>
>> Subject: RE: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
>> To: profox@leafe.com
>> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 8:34 PM
>> I have a blend of brands for my external HDD units that I
>> use for disk image
>> and file backup purposes. But not being the trusting type
>> I also back up
>> the backup HDD units to a 2nd set of external HDD units,
>> connected to a Dell
>> 840 Server via eSATA. Since having gone to a 2nd layer of
>> HDD protection
>> (which is backed up weekly to an LTO3 tape drive unit, on
>> any one of 3 sets
>> of tape media) I have only lost one primary backup HDD. I
>> bet if I did not
>> have the backup HDD units backed up at a 2nd level, much
>> less via LTO3 tape,
>> I would have lost a lot more <g>...
>>
>> That said, a friend of mine in SoCal had a Lacie 500Gb RAID
>> external USB2
>> unit. He told me last year that he could never lose data
>> on that unit
>> because of its RAID configuration. "Wanna bet?",
>> asked I. Sure enough, the
>> other month he lost the Lacie unit. He could not find
>> anyone who was
>> willing to touch it for less than $1,000 to try to recover
>> data. And I was
>> not out there to try to help him out. Luckily he moved it
>> from being used
>> as a primary storage device to file backup only, otherwise
>> he would have
>> lost a lot of client video he was storing.
>>
>> He has now gone to the primary/secondary external HDD
>> backup strategy. Once
>> he has the bux to do so he is going to get an LTO4 Tape
>> Drive and start to
>> behave in a responsible manner. Some of the video he
>> shoots is for the
>> medical community for training. Once in a while they ask
>> him to splice in
>> or out changes, then recompile the output file. So if he
>> ever lost the
>> source files used for his compilation he would be
>> "almost" screwed. He
>> tells me he has the original tapes, and can rebuild the
>> projects if he has
>> to. I advised that I would not put that much faith into
>> tape, and pointed
>> out the hours of tape restoring and recompilation he could
>> save by not
>> taking chances.
>>
>> I have been using the Seagate FreeAgent External HDD units
>> for the past year
>> (5 year warranty) with good results. If you want to use
>> these with anything
>> other than XP or Vista you will need to connect the HDD via
>> US2 to an
>> XP/Vista machine, then run the Seagate software to turn off
>> the sleep mode
>> (default = 15 minutes, I set it to never sleep, gets saved
>> in the HDD
>> firmware). That way on a Linux/Mac/Windows Server 2003
>> machine the HDDs
>> never "disappear" when they go to sleep. It is
>> the only flaw I have
>> experienced thus far with that model. BTW, I found their
>> utility software
>> works fine with USB2, maybe with Firewire, but certainly
>> not with an eSATA
>> connection.
>>
>> Gil
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com
>>> [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]On Behalf Of
>> Kevin Cully
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:47 PM
>>> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
>>> Subject: Re: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Michael. I've got a Buffalo LS (250G)
>> that's been running
>>> reliably for about 5 years now. I'd hate to lose
>> her.
>>> -Kevin
>>> CULLY Technologies, LLC
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Madigan wrote:
>>>> I just had a problem where my NAS wasn't
>> recognized by the
>>> network anymore. I could ping it, but I couldn't
>> see the shares
>>> and I couldn't get into the web admin.
>>>> In my case, and I suspect in many cases, the
>> flash memory got
>>> trashed. By just running a firmware update downloaded
>> from
>>> Buffalo, that fixed all my problems.
>>>> Keep that in your memory banks.
>>>>
>>>>
[excessive quoting removed by server]
I do like RAID5 systems, with hot swap capability and automatic re-striping
of a replaced HDD. Those have worked well. But if the RAID controller
innards go bye bye, you are right, one is totally screwed without a good
backup (and image if it is a boot array). RAID is really good for
increasing reliability and performance as well in the correct
configurations, when it comes to the ability to survive the loss of a single
HDD in an array. But it does nothing to assure me of the ability to scrap a
backup/imaging strategy.
Gil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com
> [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]On Behalf Of Kevin Cully
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:51 AM
> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
>
>
> I don't know how many RAID systems I've seen fail because the backplane
> failed. 5? When they go to order a new backplane for the RAID system,
> they can't get a replacement because the tech is too old and it's out of
> stock. They want to put the drives in a new RAID system but ... HD
> technology has moved on and the drives aren't compatible so ... they'll
> have to order something. Which means days of down time.
>
> I'm a fan of cheap duplicated redundant simple systems with failovers.
> I think the costs come out to be the same, setup and recover are cheaper
> and faster. $0.02.
>
> -Kevin
> CULLY Technologies, LLC
>
>
> Michael Madigan wrote:
> > I've had to fight excessively to have backup systems and RAID
> systems because the nitwits always think that RAID means you
> don't have to do a backup.
> >
> > I wonder if they argue with their doctors as much as they do
> with their computer guy. LOL
> >
> > *************************************************
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 12/17/08, Gil Hale <gil@gilhale.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Gil Hale <gil@gilhale.com>
> >> Subject: RE: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
> >> To: profox@leafe.com
> >> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 8:34 PM
> >> I have a blend of brands for my external HDD units that I
> >> use for disk image
> >> and file backup purposes. But not being the trusting type
> >> I also back up
> >> the backup HDD units to a 2nd set of external HDD units,
> >> connected to a Dell
> >> 840 Server via eSATA. Since having gone to a 2nd layer of
> >> HDD protection
> >> (which is backed up weekly to an LTO3 tape drive unit, on
> >> any one of 3 sets
> >> of tape media) I have only lost one primary backup HDD. I
> >> bet if I did not
> >> have the backup HDD units backed up at a 2nd level, much
> >> less via LTO3 tape,
> >> I would have lost a lot more <g>...
> >>
> >> That said, a friend of mine in SoCal had a Lacie 500Gb RAID
> >> external USB2
> >> unit. He told me last year that he could never lose data
> >> on that unit
> >> because of its RAID configuration. "Wanna bet?",
> >> asked I. Sure enough, the
> >> other month he lost the Lacie unit. He could not find
> >> anyone who was
> >> willing to touch it for less than $1,000 to try to recover
> >> data. And I was
> >> not out there to try to help him out. Luckily he moved it
> >> from being used
> >> as a primary storage device to file backup only, otherwise
> >> he would have
> >> lost a lot of client video he was storing.
> >>
> >> He has now gone to the primary/secondary external HDD
> >> backup strategy. Once
> >> he has the bux to do so he is going to get an LTO4 Tape
> >> Drive and start to
> >> behave in a responsible manner. Some of the video he
> >> shoots is for the
> >> medical community for training. Once in a while they ask
> >> him to splice in
> >> or out changes, then recompile the output file. So if he
> >> ever lost the
> >> source files used for his compilation he would be
> >> "almost" screwed. He
> >> tells me he has the original tapes, and can rebuild the
> >> projects if he has
> >> to. I advised that I would not put that much faith into
> >> tape, and pointed
> >> out the hours of tape restoring and recompilation he could
> >> save by not
> >> taking chances.
> >>
> >> I have been using the Seagate FreeAgent External HDD units
> >> for the past year
> >> (5 year warranty) with good results. If you want to use
> >> these with anything
> >> other than XP or Vista you will need to connect the HDD via
> >> US2 to an
> >> XP/Vista machine, then run the Seagate software to turn off
> >> the sleep mode
> >> (default = 15 minutes, I set it to never sleep, gets saved
> >> in the HDD
> >> firmware). That way on a Linux/Mac/Windows Server 2003
> >> machine the HDDs
> >> never "disappear" when they go to sleep. It is
> >> the only flaw I have
> >> experienced thus far with that model. BTW, I found their
> >> utility software
> >> works fine with USB2, maybe with Firewire, but certainly
> >> not with an eSATA
> >> connection.
> >>
> >> Gil
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com
> >>> [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]On Behalf Of
> >> Kevin Cully
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:47 PM
> >>> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [NF] Heads up to Buffalo NAS owners
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Michael. I've got a Buffalo LS (250G)
> >> that's been running
> >>> reliably for about 5 years now. I'd hate to lose
> >> her.
> >>> -Kevin
> >>> CULLY Technologies, LLC
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Michael Madigan wrote:
> >>>> I just had a problem where my NAS wasn't
> >> recognized by the
> >>> network anymore. I could ping it, but I couldn't
> >> see the shares
> >>> and I couldn't get into the web admin.
> >>>> In my case, and I suspect in many cases, the
> >> flash memory got
> >>> trashed. By just running a firmware update downloaded
> >> from
> >>> Buffalo, that fixed all my problems.
> >>>> Keep that in your memory banks.
> >>>>
> >>>>
[excessive quoting removed by server]