Comments on: The Backup Saga is Over! MyXerver!

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:50:08 +0000

Hi Keiron,

What verison of firmware are you currenty running ?
I am on V4.2R09 am I going to encounter any issues.

Also could you post/email me how you “configured incremental backup from the NAS to the USB ” some screen shots would be great as i am a bit stuck

Kind Regrads
L

By: Keiron

Keiron — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:46:07 +0000

Hi Norman,

I had a lot of issues with the syncing/backup features initially but have worked with Graham and the development team to resolve them and have got the new firmware provided by them – and am now thoroughly happy with it – works to perfection!

By: Norman Whitehall

Norman Whitehall — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:17:57 +0000

Still enjoying this drive or have you hit any issues?

By: Keiron

Keiron — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:10:27 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for that – but I’m a little confused… As 95% of the directories I have on the MyXerver copy across fine (circa 4GB) I just have a few directories that won’t!?

By: Nyi Nyi Lwin

Nyi Nyi Lwin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:10:15 +0000

Hi,
I’d like to discuss for the following question;
“directories that can’t be read copied from the MyXerver to the USB after I’ve dragged them onto the MyXerver”.
This is due to external USB file system. My server can behave the external USB in
1> FAT32–> read/write
2> NTFS –> read only
So, my suggestion is, try to change the file system for this USB device as FAT32 format.
If you still have problems, feel free to contact with me.
Best regards,

Nyi Nyi Lwin

By: Keiron

Keiron — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:16:43 +0000

Hi Graham,

Thanks for dropping by… I’m still having one or two issues with the things we discussed via email last week – directories that can’t be read copied from the MyXerver to the USB after I’ve dragged them onto the MyXerver. This latest set didn’t come from my SC101, but from my EEE PC which is even more odd! I’ll try recreating each of these directories this evening.

As a side note for anyone else reading this Graham has been exceptionally helpful with any queries I’ve had!

Keiron

By: Graham Barnish

Graham Barnish — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:50:04 +0000

Hi All,
I am Graham Barnish, the Product Manager for the Notouch Range.
if you have any questions on Keiron’s setup, or any other issues you’d like answers to, please either drop me a line at Graham@ezyinfotech.com or post a comment here and I’ll pick it up.
Thanks.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:58:47 +0000

Great post!!! I have defiantly bookmarked your site!

By: Darren Crannis

Darren Crannis — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:55:07 +0000

Nice solution – looks like a little Linux box acting as your storage host and then a 1TB USB drive bolted on to replicate the data – just what you were looking for. I believe FreeCom run a similar system, but I’m initially impressed with your set-up, I’ll have to pop over to have a look!

A wise decision to give it a static IP address, you will need this when you port-forward through your firewall – I don’t know if this device terminates VPN, but I wouldn’t advise you open any ports on your firewall, always VPN to the firewall (only a few SOHO firewalls support this, the Draytek Vigor 2820 range does and I’ve set these up they work a treat – great little VPN router, even has WAN fail-over, USB port and a GB port built in!).

Your incremental backups – are you actually running “incremental” or are you only updating (with or without file versions) the files that have been recently changed – there is a subtle difference, as with incremental, you have to restore the original file and all the increments – if you have lots of increments the chances of corruption increases – so you always want a fresh ‘snapshot’ at least every month…

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